The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research offers an institutional pre and postdoctoral fellowship training program for registered nurses funded by the National Institute for Nursing Research (T32 NR-07104). The fellowship provides advanced training in nursing outcomes research through a formal interdisciplinary program comprising the conceptual and empirical foundations, and the methodological approaches and statistical tools of outcomes research. The program provides for a full complement of coursework and mentorship in research methodology, culminating in the development of skills and experience in research grant submission and peer-reviewed data-based publications. The program has a strong quantitative methods focus and prepares researchers in the use of administrative data, as well as, social survey techniques. The full resources of the Center are available to trainees, including use of Center research databases.

Funding is available on a yearly basis for four pre doctoral candidates and four post doctoral candidates. Applications are accepted for the fall of each year.  Applications for doctoral study should be submitted to the relevant school or department and a letter of interest submitted to Dr. Linda Aiken.  Applications for the School of Nursing doctoral program are due on or before December 15th and information about application to the School’s doctoral program can be found at Penn Nursing: PhD Programs.

Congratulations to Our Newest Doctor! 

Ann Kutney Lee, PhD

Ann defended her dissertation entitled "The effect of the care environment on the outcomes of surgical patients with comorbid psychiatric illness" on September 18, 2007