This course teaches about the public health and health care delivery systems in the United States. Topics include the history and role of public health and health care providers; trends and challenges among health care industries; evolving health politics and policy; the global COVID-19 pandemic; and comparative health systems.

This course provides an overview of research methods commonly used in public policy. Students learn to how to use Stata, publicly available secondary data, and multivariable regression to examine an import public policy issue. Topics range from health disparities, environmental policy, poverty, national security, and education policy.

This 1-credit seminar provides students an opportunity to discuss LGBTQ+ rights and how public policies like marriage equality, bathroom bills, and non-discrimination protections impact the health and wellness for LGBTQ+ families and individuals.

I welcome students to dive deeper into a public health topic or to engage in health policy research through independent study. Previous students have conducted research, explored health care management, or learned how to write and publish op-eds. Students can receive 1-3 credits.

Co-taught with Professor Tara McKay, this course teaches students to be more effective participants in debates over health policy by immersing them in the health policy environment, connecting the classroom to students’ everyday lives, and promoting reflective and critical scholarship. Students meet with lawmakers in Nashville, TN.

This course takes students to Miami (Florida) and Havana (Cuba) to learn about US-Cuba relations and Cuba's health care system. While in Cuba, we visit primary care clinics, hospitals, medical schools, maternity homes, and community health organizations.

This course introduces students to the American health care system and how President Trump and his policies have changed U.S. health care and health policy. Topics include plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This course introduces students to health services organization and delivery in the United States with some comparisons to health systems in other countries. In lieu of a final exam, students complete a mock employment interview for an entry-level health care consulting position with Vanderbilt alumni working in Nashville's health care industry.