Breakthroughs in genetics research are changing how we discover, diagnose, and treat disease. Individualized genomics is an emerging field filled with career opportunities in health care, education, biotech, and industry.

The only Master's degree program in this field offered by an international intergovernmental organization.

The online Master of Science in Individualized Genomics and Health at Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs will equip students with the theoretical knowledge and multi-disciplinary skills to meet the demands of the academic, research, and industry sectors of this emerging field. This 10-course program offers a comprehensive curriculum that encompasses bioinformatics, bioscience, regulatory science, policy, and ethics.

MSN: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner This MSN: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program option at the George Washington University School of Nursing provides the theoretical and practical foundations for registered nurses to become leaders in their role as advanced practice nurses, specifically working with adolescents (ages 13 and older) and adult patients. With an aging populace, adult-gerontology is an expanding area with abundant opportunities in home health, long-term care, assisted living, and other fields. Completing this program will qualify you to sit for the ANCC and AANP certification exams. Who Should Apply If you’re already working as a nurse and are interested in advancing your education to become the primary care provider your patients come to know and trust, with opportunities in home health, long-term care, and other fields, you should consider our MSN: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP program.

The Aging & Health program provides the basic competencies in aging studies offered by faculty interested in aging from mid-life to end of life, ethics and humanities in aging, health care administration, and policy.

The Master of Science in Global Health program is based on an interdisciplinary and development-oriented approach to global health. With a strong focus on quantitative, qualitative and applied social sector research in developing countries, the program offers new opportunities to individuals pursuing a career in the field of global health.

Master of Science in Nursing Ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 6 online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program nationwide, the George Washington University School of Nursing offers a unique learning experience through a hybrid approach that includes a combination of online courses, in-person training in simulation centers and faculty that are industry leaders. Emerging as the leader in policy, GW Nursing’s leadership, faculty, and students have an impact on global policy decisions that improve health care for underserved communities. GW Nursing offers a progressive MSN program that blends online learning with in-person training on campus.

The M.S. in Health and the Public Interest (HAPI) Program, part of the Georgetown University Graduate School, is a unique interdisciplinary evidence-based training program that prepares students to help solve global healthcare problems. Students will examine health policy through a lens that takes into account societal, psychological, and cultural factors and how they intersect with corporate and institutional influences.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University offers a Master of Science degree in Epidemiology, a core discipline in public health. Epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global). The epidemiology program addresses health disparities as a crosscutting theme at the local, national, and global levels via didactic training, practicums, and applied ‘hands-on’ research leading to the written thesis.

The Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences program is designed for students interested in advancing their understanding of the role nutrition plays in health and disease. It offers a flexible curri...

The Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering is designed to prepare students to apply engineering principles to problems in medicine and biology; to understand and model attributes of living systems, and to synthesize biomedical systems and devices in order to improve human health.

The PhD program in Communication Sciences and Disorders is designed to prepare students for advanced research and scholarly work in the field. It focuses on developing a deep understanding of communic...