Students are encouraged to participate in the various D&I training opportunities offered through the Bursky School of Public Health and the university. Additionally, the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences’ D&I Research Core affords students opportunities to receive and offer consultation and research support as research assistants.

Students in the concentration build out a mentoring committee made up of faculty members whose scholarship involves D&I science. Typically, these faculty members will supervise the preparation for and passing of the oral qualifying exam. After finishing D&I and other required doctoral coursework and milestones, students conduct dissertation research in the field under the mentorship of faculty working in the area.

Students interested in the concentration work with their faculty advisor, the Dissemination and Implementation Sciences concentration lead, and their program director to ensure interest alignment. The student and faculty members develop and execute research that culminates in a dissertation that contributes to the systems science literature. The successful defense of the dissertation is recorded in the student’s final academic transcript.