Digital Health Innovation Certificate
Why Enroll in this Course?
An actionable approach to digital health innovation.
Brown University’s online Digital Health Innovation Certificate assembles top faculty and practitioners from our renowned School of Public Health, School of Engineering, and the Warren Alpert Medical School with healthcare professionals, engineers, researchers, regulators, and entrepreneurs to improve healthcare delivery through technology. You will comprehensively understand the innovation process needed to go from idea to impact.
Learning Journey
The Digital Health Innovation Certificate program prepares participants to meet the growing demand for technological advancement in the healthcare sector. Participants who finish the initial three courses can then leverage their acquired knowledge to create a capstone project, which they can present in a 10-minute pitch.
Key takeaways
By the end of the 4-course online certificate, you’ll learn how to:
Analyze the current digital health landscape within the private, public, and nonprofit sectors to identify opportunities and barriers within the space
Apply user-centered design thinking practices to create high-quality, inclusive, and user-friendly products
Identify relevant innovation funding sources to start your business design
Evaluate digital health products using evidence-based research for safe, effective, ethical, and equitable use
Optimize outcomes for scalable deployment and broader adoption, including the pursuit of suitable regulatory pathways in the United States
Develop a commercialization and implementation plan that meets high clinical, technical, ethical, regulatory, and inclusivity standards
Earn Brown University credentials for each completed course and a certificate of completion upon program completion that carries the Ivy League reputation of academic excellence.
Learning Experience
The Digital Health Innovation Certificate methodology is multifaceted, applying a combined approach to instruction:
Program Faculty
Edens Family Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Associate Director, Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Director of Strategy and Research Development at Rhode Isla...
Digital Health Innovation Certificate Program Author, Former Deputy Dean of the School of Public Health
Hugh W. Pearson '58 Professor of the Practice of Technology and Entrepreneurship, School of Engineering
Head of Clinical Innovation of the Digital Medical Society and a Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health advisory board member
Director of Business Development of Brown Technology Innovations
Professor of Engineering and senior associate dean in the School of Engineering
Admission Process
Complete the admission form and pay the non-refundable fee.
Receive a call for an interview with our admissions team.
Our Admission Committee will inform you of the final decision within two business days.
Once payment is complete, your enrollment is secured.
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