- Philosophical Foundations of Qualitative Inquiry
- Conventional & Alternative Data Collection Approaches
- PhotoVoice
- Photo Elicitation
- Nominal Group Technique
- Tag-a-long Interviews
- Freelisting
- Delphi Approach
- Concept Mapping
- Other elicitation techniques
- Ethnography & Observation
- Social Media: A Data Gold Mine
- Arts Informed Research
- Developing Interview & Focus Group Guides
- Community Engaged & Participatory Research
- Mixed Methods Research
- Constructivist Big Qualitative Analysis
- Survey Design
- Cognitive Interviewing & Analysis of Open-Ended Questions
- Interview & Focus Group Workshops
- Coding & Analysis
- Research Dissemination
- Giving Back: Communicating Your Findings to the Community
- Qualitative Research and AI
The Qualitative Institute
Jefferson College of Population Health presents
The Qualitative Institute
A Skills Development Program
Stay tuned for 2027 dates.
Thomas Jefferson University, Center City Campus
1020 Locust Street, 1st Floor
Jefferson Alumni Hall
Sept. 16 & 17, Eakins Lounge
Sept. 18, Atrium
The Qualitative Institute (TQI) is a 3-day professional development hosted program hosted by Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). It is designed to enhance skills that are useful in qualitative and mixed methods research. TQI is useful to researchers, clinicians, librarians, and interdisciplinary research team members working across public health, healthcare, education, social work, government, non-profit organizations, and policy who are new to or would like to hone and expand their qualitative research skills.
TQI is offered in-person on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University and consists of interactive learning with several workshop sessions that allow learners to practice new skills as they acquire them. It is taught by experts from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, Temple University, University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University.
This year, we offered an optional half-day software session, Discover MAXQDA: A Qualitative Software Workshop. This took place in person on the campus of Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Frasso is director of the Master of Public Health Program and is the Victor Heiser MD, Professor of Population Health at JCPH. She is also Director of Mixed Methods Research, at the Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care. Her research focuses on the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in projects designed to improve population health, healthcare quality, access to health services for vulnerable populations and evaluation of educational endeavors in medicine, social work, nursing, allied health, and public health settings. Her expertise in qualitative methods focuses on traditional and alternative data sources and data collection approaches, including, but not limited to, arts informed research, walking interviews, photo-elicitation interviews, freelisting and consensus-deriving group approaches.
| Hannah Anderson, PhD, MBA | |
| Doreen Balmer, PhD | Amy Leader, DrPH, MPH |
| Amy Cunningham, PhD, MPH | Harriet Okatch, PhD, MPH |
| Candice Dias, PhD | Megan Reed, PhD, MPH |
| Melissa Dichter, PhD, MSW | Joseph Smith, PhD, MPH, MBA |
| Katherine DiSantis, PhD, MPH | Elizabeth Salerno Valdez, PhD, MPH |
| Amy Henderson Riley, DrPH, MHES | Kirby Wycoff, PsyD, EdM, MPH, MCSP |
2026 Rates for TQI
$900 General Rate
Special rates:
Email QualitativeInstitute@jefferson.edu for non-profit organization rates and registration codes for:
$700 Group Rate (3 or more individuals from the same organization)
$500 Learner Rate
Sponsored & Hosted by JCPH & the Asano-Gonnella Center for Research in Medical Education & Health Care, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
Questions? Contact QualitativeInstitute@Jefferson.edu