Master of Population Health Management at Johns Hopkins University

Program Overview

The Master of Applied Science (MAS) is a fully online, part-time degree designed for working professionals, delivered through the Online Programs for Applied Learning (OPAL). Programs focus on emergent industry sectors in public health and health care that have a need for highly skilled professionals. By building on the strengths of the School, they provide unmatched opportunities for advanced training and focus on both local and global health issues. Students are prepared to create innovative solutions through multidisciplinary approaches that apply the latest scientific knowledge. All MAS programs will culminate in a final Integrative Activity. The goal of this activity is for students to synthesize knowledge and skills obtained through coursework in a final project that demonstrates mastery of program competencies, as applied to real-world public health and health care questions.

Population health management has emerged as an important strategy for health care providers and payers. The MAS program in Population Health Management prepares students to examine and respond to both challenges and opportunities to improve health within and across populations. The program is structured to guide health care professionals seeking to transform systems into sustainable models of value-driven accountable care.

The interdisciplinary curriculum also examines the importance of the determinants of health, including medical care, public health, genetics, personal behaviors and lifestyle, and a broad range of social, environmental, and economic factors.

LinkedIn Group

We have established a LinkedIn group for each of the OPAL program areas in order to strengthen connections between current students, faculty, and alumni of OPAL programs, as well as to facilitate student-to-student peer networking.

Participation is voluntary, but we encourage you to join this professional networking community.

BSPH OPAL Population Health Management

Additional Public Health Learning Resources

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center provides links to many of its online learning resources, as well as external resources, databases and public health organizations. These can be used to supplement learning on a particular topic, or provide background material. Many of these resources are available for free via their website.

The Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins has many resources related to research, writing and documentation on their YouTube channel.

The School has a number of research and practice related seminar series that occur throughout the year and contribute to the intellectual community of the School, for students, staff, and faculty.  The Bloomberg School has a website that provides some additional resources for practitioners as well.

Practitioners can also access dozens of courses from Bloomberg School faculty on Coursera. Practice-focused offerings include courses on topics such as gun violence, food systems, health equity, biostatistics, and epidemiology, among others. 

MAS in Population Health Management Contact Information

MAS Program Advisers

Mark Bittle, DrPH
Senior Scientist and Program Director, MAS and Certificate programs in Population Health Management
Email: [email protected]

David Baker, DrPH, MBA
Assistant Professor - Adjunct
Email: [email protected]

Megan Priolo, DrPH
Associate
Email: [email protected]

Debra Thompson, DNP
Associate
Email: [email protected]

For Program-wide Issues

Elizabeth F. Topper, PhD, MEd, MPH
Senior Lecturer and Director, Online Programs for Applied Learning (OPAL)
Email: [email protected]

PROGRAM COMPETENCIES

The Master of Applied Science in Population Health Management is an interdisciplinary program. The Master of Applied Science (MAS) in Population Health Management provides students the opportunity to learn from experts and develop advanced skills in population health leadership and management, informatics, assessment, and social and behavioral techniques to engage communities and improve health.

By the end of the program, students should be able to:

1. Apply the essentials of public health practice to identifying determinants of population health that impact health outcomes in a community and design low cost interventions;
2. Apply leadership in the formation and management of health systems organizations that consist of, and rely upon, diverse stakeholders in the organization and delivery of community-based systems of care;
3. Communicate effectively to constituencies both within and outside of the health system;
4. Articulate and apply frameworks for collecting, analyzing and using data to inform decisions, facilitate care coordination and improve health outcomes of targeted populations within and outside the health system;
5. Support state and local public health agency efforts in assessing health needs, quality of services and strategies for health services research.
6. Evaluate payment systems and risk mitigation strategies and develop new structures to function under evolving value-based payment models emphasizing low cost, high quality care;
7. Describe new methods for assessing the health needs of a population, working with stakeholders to establish meaningful targets and applying scientific frameworks for measuring and reporting progress;
8. Apply social and behavioral constructs to develop and enhance community engagement and involvement to improve health;
9. Engage in a population health practicum designed to allow the student to work on a project to integrate clinical care and public health practice around an identified community need.