Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Certificate Program

The certificate program in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety will provide learners with core knowledge of pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, as well as insights from these fields that can inform the work of policy-makers, patients, clinicians and payers seeking to improve the quality and safety of medication use.

This certificate program is open to masters and doctoral degree students enrolled at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in other Johns Hopkins University divisions, including the Schools of Medicine and Nursing and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. It is also available to early and mid-career public health professionals who wish to expand their knowledge of pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety to inform their work in academic, regulatory, or industry settings.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of the core courses required for the Pharmacoepidemiology certificate program, participants will have the ability to:

1. Identify the processes of drug development;
2. Explain key requirements in biomedical product regulation and their rationale;
3. Participate in the design of studies, both observational and experimental, to assess the effectiveness and safety of drugs;
4. Employ techniques to study the patterns and determinants of drug utilization;
5. Apply methods appropriate to the surveillance for adverse drug events.

Please visit our Academic Catalogue to see the full certificate curriculum requirements. Please also review the certificate completion requirements.