Key Dates

• Registration Closed: May 18, 2026
• Institute Begins: June 8, 2026
• Institute Ends: June 26, 2026

The DPHS Summer Institute offers 14 workshops that will support your research goals. You'll strengthen your foundational knowledge in population health sciences; approach your research from different perspectives; better understand your context; and be more innovative in your proposals, research designs, and data analyses.

Are you looking to:

• Gain best practices for collecting and analyzing patient-reported outcomes?
• Design evidence-informed approaches to improving health?
• Understand how to formulate population health research questions?
• Learn how to translate research results into policy and practice?
• Study the principles of qualitative questionnaire design and interviewing?
• Develop, evaluate, and implement healthcare delivery interventions?
• Critically assess commonly applied research study designs as well as measures?
• Network with experts and colleagues with diverse research backgrounds?

Duke University population health researchers will teach these skills and more at the Department of Population Health Sciences Summer Institute, June 8–26, 2026. 

Why Attend the Summer Institute?

The Summer Institute will introduce you to new research methods that:

• You can apply on the job
• Will expand your areas of expertise
• Can help further your career

Who Should Attend

The Summer Institute is for early- to mid-career researchers, professionals working in health care and health services research, trainees, and students who want to learn new methods that will broaden their research expertise.

"I appreciated the alternating structure of didactic instruction on core concepts and small-team application of those concepts. It helped me to consider the details of my own mixed methods projects."
— 2025 Summer Institute Attendee

Summer Institute Quick Facts

The Summer Institute:

• Is primarily virtual
• Is now in its seventh year
• Has had hundreds of attendees from all over the world

Learn From Duke University's World-Renowned Faculty

You'll engage in learning experiences that address topics in population health sciences and health science research methods. See the Summer Institute Faculty page for more information.

Have questions about the Summer Institute? Contact us.