项目介绍

2022年10月10日

The DrPH in Epidemiology is a research degree program designed to provide clinicians and public health professionals with advanced knowledge and skills in epidemiologic research methods.

The department is committed to teaching students who will be leaders in academic research and public health practice. Epidemiology faculty are leaders in chronic disease, infectious disease, lifecourse, psychiatric/neuro, social epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, and epidemiologic methods. Students who complete the degree are prepared to lead population research in both research and practice settings.

The DrPH in Epidemiology is open to public health practitioners and clinicians with an MPH and three or more years of work experience. The curriculum requires students to acquire core competencies in epidemiology methods while allowing the flexibility to tailor course work to best serve individual career goals as public health leaders or clinical epidemiologists.

Students in the PhD Program in Epidemiology address major health problems, including physical and mental disorders, from a research perspective. Epidemiology is the study of disease in human populations, and epidemiological studies are the foundation for prevention and control of health disorders. Students learn to:

• Measure manifestations of disease
• Measure the physical, social, and behavioral phenomena of the environment
• Design studies
• Collect, handle, and interpret large bodies of data
• Analyze statistics

As the study of epidemiology requires an understanding of human biology and pathology in social context, and of the ways of enumerating and analyzing populations, the interdisciplinary curriculum includes courses in biomedical and social science disciplines, as well as biostatistics. Students can specialize according to their background and interests, in addition to gaining general knowledge of epidemiology and public health.

The department awards a number of fellowships to recognize academic achievement and support future scholarly success. As teaching and research experience are considered an important aspect of graduate training, these fellowships include some teaching and research apprenticeship.