Dr. Joshua Salomon

Professor

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Biography

Joshua Salomon is a Professor of Health Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. His research primarily focuses on public health policy and priority-setting, addressing key areas such as modeling patterns and trends of major causes of global mortality and disease burden, evaluating health interventions and policies, and measuring and valuing health outcomes. He is involved in projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he models infectious and chronic diseases and assesses intervention strategies. Salomon also specializes in the economic evaluation of public health programs and the measurement of the global burden of disease. He directs the Prevention Policy Modeling Lab, a research consortium dedicated to health economic modeling for infectious diseases. Before joining Stanford, he was a Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Research Interests

Courses

HRP 200 CHPR 399 CHPR 290 HRP 299 HRP 399 BMDS 370 HRP 370 HRP 800 HRP 199 BIOMEDIN 432 HRP 392

Requirements for Stanford University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:165
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Overall
Required:4.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from an accredited institution Strong background in mathematics and programming
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.