HOW WILL A MPH PHI OR PHI CERTIFICATE ENHANCE MY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES?

Students enter our program to either enhance their current careers or transition into new, more challenging fields. Depending on their work experience, our graduates are prepared for a wide range of roles at mid-to-high management levels in the health care information setting. Leading employers world-wide include:

Public Health Agencies

• The World Health Organization
• State and local departments of public health
• US Public Health Service

Federal Governmental Organizations

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• US Military
• US Veterans Health Administration

Hospitals, Medical Colleges, and Universities

• Mayo Clinic
• University of California, Davis
• University of Ghana, Legon ( Ghana)

Non-Profit Medical/Health Associations

• American Medical Association
• Ministry of Health, Mali, West Africa

Pharmaceutical Companies

• Abbott Laboratories

Testimonials from recent graduates:

“The PHI courses were well planned and provided me with in-depth knowledge about how information systems work in hospitals and public health agencies. I learnt the importance of technology in healthcare management, underlying dynamics of HIS, and the tools required to specify the requirements for the development or adaptation of public health-related information systems. Above all, I am now very familiar with data definitions and standards and can discuss these issues knowledgeably with pure data specialists.”

Sunanda Gupta, MD, MPH, PHI Certificate
National Consultant, Making Pregnancy Safe, WHO India Office, New Delhi

“UIC’s program is one of the first, and best, efforts to place the study of informatics into a public health context. I consistently use the concepts learned throughout the MPH coursework in teaching my own students and public health professionals in my state. UIC’s affordable distance learning program allows practicing public health professionals to improve their knowledge of informatics while still serving their communities.”

James Aspevig, MS, MPH PHI
Assistant Professor of Health Care Informatics, University of Montana at Butte

“The quality of education I received from the PHI program at UIC enables me to perform at the highest level in all areas of my current position. I currently hold several positions at UC – Davis’ Health Informatics Graduate Program. My responsibilities include the development of graduate curriculum, working on public health informatics grants, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in public health informatics, all of which could not be possible without my degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.”

Mark J. Carroll, MPH PHI
Public Health Informaticist and Assistant Director, Health Informatics Graduate Program
University of California at Davis School of Medicine

“The Public Health Informatics program at the UIC School of Public Health has better prepared me for the acquisition, integration, and use of enterprise-wide decision support systems used within hospitals, clinical practice and academic medicine. The instruction and the experience I gained through this program have allowed me to implement evidence-based decision-making practices that improve patient care, patient safety, and enhance business efficiency. It was one of the best investments of my professional career.”

Susanne Feret, MBA, MPH PHI, CRA
Director, Service Line and Physician Development
St. Francis Hospital, Resurrection Health Care