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LAUREN CLAY, Department Chair

Degrees Offered

M.S., P.B.C. (Degree Types )

Faculty

Professor

WILSON, LUCY, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine; Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology.

Associate Professor

CLAY, LAUREN, Ph.D., University of Delaware; Disaster Science and Management, Public
Health, Food insecurity following disasters, Community resilience.

Assistant Professor

NIBBS, FARAH, Ph.D., University of Delaware; Disaster Science and Management, Disaster
and island communities, Health infrastructure resilience, International disaster management.

Clinical Professor

MITCHELL, JEFFREY T., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; Traumatic stress, Crisis intervention.

Emeritus Professor

BISSELL, RICHARD A., Ph.D., University of Denver; Disaster public health, International EMS, Emergency management.
WALZ, BRUCE J., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; EMS education, volunteer organizations.

Emeritus Senior Lecturer

POLK, DWIGHT, M.S.W., University of Maryland, Baltimore; Social work, Crisis intervention.

Adjunct Faculty

CHRISTY, JOHN, M.A., LaSalle University; EMS billing and finance.
MICHAEL HUBBLE, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Emergency & Community Paramedicine,
Trauma, Biostatistics
RYAN-GREY, JENNIFER, M.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Emergency management, EMS response
STEPANEK, MEGHAN, J.D., University of Maryland, M.P.H., University of Virginia; Healthcare law and policy, Policy and ethics, Hospital law, Healthcare fraud and abuse, Legal issues in managed care
TAIGMAN, MIKE, M.A., Saybrook University; organizational systems, quality improvement, human relations in EMS, Six Sigma design and implementation, Healthcare improvement
WARD, MICAHEL, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, M.G.A, University of Maryland, University College; EMS Leadership and Education
WASHKO, JONATHAN, M.A., Hofstra University; Community Paramedicine, EMS Telemedicine

Program Description

The Department of Emergency Health Services at UMBC offers a graduate program leading to a Master of Science degree. This degree incorporates offerings from several university departments at both UMBC and UMB. The program offers two Master’s degree tracks: (1) administration, planning and policy; (2) preventive medicine and epidemiology; and (3) an education concentration in connection with either degree track. (The full EHS education track will be available for Spring 2024 applications)

The department also offers a graduate certificate program in emergency management. Available as a fully online, distance education program or as an on-campus/hybrid program, the EHS degree sequence is designed to fit the needs of both part-time and full-time students.

Program Admission Requirements

General admission requirements follow those of the Graduate School. All original application documents must be sent directly to the Graduate School or uploaded into the ADMIT application program. Do not send information to the Emergency Health Services graduate program.

In addition to the Graduate School requirements, the Emergency Health Services Master’s program requires:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum 3.0 average (3.2 + preferred)
• Three (3) professional letters of recommendation
• 750-1000 word, double spaced Personal statement
• 750-1000 word, double spaced Goals statement
• Scores on the aptitude sections of the Graduate Record Examination are required if a student’s undergraduate GPA is below 3.0
• An undergraduate background in emergency health is not required, although those applying with non-EMS, Public Health or other related health/emergency/disaster fields or have strongly divergent undergraduate backgrounds may be asked to take the undergraduate Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course.
• Applicants with any identified background deficiencies may be admitted provided they remove such deficiencies promptly.
• International applicants must submit English Language proficiency scores. We accept TOEFL, IELTS, and DUOLINGO scores. Please see EHS website (https://ehs.umbc.edu/) for minimum required scores for each test.

Programs

• Emergency Health Services, M.S.

• Emergency Management, P.B.C.

Courses

• EDHS 609 - Guided Introduction to EMS Research
• EDHS 620 - Epidemiologic Methods
• EDHS 625 - Leadership, Risk and Crisis Communication
• EHS 621 - Biostatistics
• EHS 630 - Issues Analysis and Proposal Writing
• EHS 632 - Disaster Health Services
• EHS 633 - Refugee Health Services
• EHS 634 - Disaster Mitigation
• EHS 636 - Disaster Response
• EHS 637 - Disaster Recovery
• EHS 638 - Disaster Preparedness
• EHS 639 - International Disaster Management
• EHS 640 - Introduction to High-Performance EHS
• EHS 641 - EHS Law and Policy
• EHS 642 - Event-Driven Resource Deployment
• EHS 652 - Human Resources Deployment
• EHS 658 - Materials and Fleet Management
• EHS 661 - Educational Issues In Emergency Health Services
• EHS 662 - EHS Educational Program Management
• EHS 676 - EHS Management of Reimbursement
• EHS 691 - Business Development and Strategic Planning
• EHS 699 - Independent Study
• EHS 700 - Systems Practicum
• EHS 720 - Emergency Health Services Quality Assessment
• EHS 790 - Research or Capstone Project
• EHS 799 - Master’s Thesis Research

• EDHS 624 - Emergency Management for Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations

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