Informatics for public health

Graduate certificate

Transform your health care or policy career with an online graduate certificate in informatics for public health from the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou).

Data continues to advance health care and policy sectors — from electronic medical records to analyzing trends in population, community and environmental health. This 12 credit-hour, fully online certificate program meets the growing demand for health care professionals, information officers and community professionals trained in health informatics, health information technology and database management. 

Bring more value to your current role, move up in your field or give yourself an edge in the job market. With courses tying these core informatics competencies to population health and care delivery, you’ll be ready to use your newly acquired health informatics knowledge in surveillance, prevention and health promotion. You’ll develop, assess and uncover solutions to current and future public health and policy issues.

Mizzou designed the online graduate certificate in informatics for public health as a standalone program for existing and aspiring health care, policy and public health workers with at least a bachelor’s degree. Credits cannot be applied to other graduate degree programs. Students currently enrolled in the master of science in health informatics or the master of public health program have the option of earning this certificate on top of their degree. 

For questions, contact Lhakpa Lama, coordinator of student recruitment and admissions, at Ldlpdp@missouri.edu or call 573-884-0698. This program is administered by the Department of Health Management and Informatics.

Advance your career with an online graduate certificate in informatics for public health

Informatics shapes how the health care and health policy industries manage and access data, influencing medical records management, research, program development, care delivery and trend prediction. The University of Missouri School of Medicine’s Department of Health Management and Informatics not only notes these shifts and respective skill demands but pioneers their applications in and beyond the classroom. Course work emphasizes real-world use in health care, public health, policy and research. Faculty members, meanwhile, participate in or provide industry consulting. 

As an introduction to the possibilities of public health informatics, this online graduate certificate enhances your knowledge of data collection, surveillance, reporting and health information exchange. Step up to the challenge in your organization or your first public health role by drawing meaningful insights from data, identifying trends, and influencing health services and community programs.

You’ll be equipped to:

• Connect informatics and information technology to improve public health research and services by analyzing data and influencing projects and strategic decisions
• Collect, process, store, use, manage and analyze data for public health purposes
• Uphold data standards, including for security, integrity, privacy and usage
• Develop, evaluate and deploy information systems designed to aid public health, health care and policy efforts
• Use informatics to gather information and make predictions involving clinical, environmental and population health
• Aid public health, policy and health care research efforts regarding disease prevention, preparedness and evaluation