这是一个跨学科，以研究为重点的博士课程，旨在为学生提供从事健康学科（包括物理治疗，职业治疗，语言病理学，健康心理学，健康科学和公共卫生）的研究，高等教育和组织领导地位的职业的准备）。学生可能是具有临床或高级学位的从业者，他们打算寻求以研究为重点的职业机会，或者他们可能是在获得学士学位后立即入学的学生。该计划使用指导模式，在该模式中，学生被接受在特定教师的实验室中工作并通过动手研究经验进行学习。课程工作是针对学生的研究兴趣和跨学科而量身定制的。班级由MU卫生专业学院内以及整个MU校园内的教授授课，要求学生完
This is an interdisciplinary, research-focused doctoral program designed to prepare students for careers in research, higher education, and organizational leadership in the health disciplines (including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, health psychology, health science and public health).Students may be practitioners with a clinical or advanced degree who intend to pursue research-focused career opportunities, or they may be students who enter immediately after earning a bachelor’s degree. The program uses a mentorship model in which students are accepted to work in the labs of specific faculty and to learn through hands-on research experience. Coursework is tailored to students’ research interests and crosses disciplines. Classes are taught by faculty within the MU School of Health Professions and across the MU campus. Students are required to complete 72 credit hours of post-baccalaureate study. Curriculum will include foundational course work in Health and Rehabilitation Science, and core courses focused on statistics and research methodology. Students will complete additional graduate coursework that advances their line of research and is approved by their faculty mentor(s). Students will complete at least 15 credit hours of 8000-9000 level coursework in their research area, along with an additional 11 mentor-directed learning credit hours in readings, problems or research. Up to 28 credit hours of research credits may be counted towards the 72 hours minimum required, though students may take more than 28 credit hours of research to complete their research and defend their dissertation.