The two year Program will either begin in late August or early September, and has the following goals for its students:
- To achieve a level of competency in health sciences informatics that generalizes across domains of application
- To develop proficiency in public health informatics
- To increase knowledge of fields related to health sciences informatics such as computer science, biostatistics, and evaluation methodology
- To observe and participate in collaborative research and development activities in public health informatics
- To make a contribution to the field of informatics by completing a research project