Research Master in Health Sciences

This programme - the only one of its kind in the Netherlands - trains you to design, conduct and evaluate top-quality, interdisciplinary research related to health sciences and healthcare.

This programme is your entrance key to the world of research in healthcare, preparing you to become an independant researcher with a bright career in science. Either to obtain a PhD position, or to get a position in an industrial environment.

The healthcare chain stretches from prevention of illness, diagnosis and care, to cure and maintenance of good health, starting to cross national borders as well. The opportunities and need for research within this new healthcare dynamic are endless.

The programme teaches you both quantitive and qualitative research skills.
The core discipline is Epidemiology: the science that studies the occurrence of diseases in human populations and its determining factors.
Other disciplines involve knowledge on:
* Health Technology Assessment, which emphasizes the form, function & implementation of health technology innovations and the organization & financing of healthcare systems
* Pharmacoepidemiology, focusing on the epidemiological methods to study the use and (side-)effects of drugs in large numbers of people. Purpose: supporting rational and cost-effective use of drugs
* Advanced statistics

This a two-year full-time programme in English.