Masters degrees in Epidemiology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of disease, disability, and trauma patterns within and across populations and the development of health management mechanisms to prevent and control disease outbreaks and injurious behaviors. Includes instruction in biostatistics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, disease and injury determinants, genetic disease and disability factors, behavioral studies, health services research, environmental disease and injury factors, and population studies.
The Master of Public Health with a Concentration in Epidemiology provides training in the principles and methodology of epidemiological research and practice. Students in this program explore the theories and methodologies underlying the science, and learn how to design, conduct, analyze, and interpret research studies in such areas as genetic epidemiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, and infectious disease epidemiology. Graduates pursue advanced...
The coursework background of all incoming graduate students is evaluated at the time of admission. If deficiencies are deemed to exist in some areas, admission may be contingent upon completion of background courses. After arrival the coursework background of each incoming graduate student will be reviewed by the student's advisor to determine whether background deficiencies exist for his/her planned program of study. A student whose background is...
Epidemiology is an integral part of human ecology. It is concerned with studying the distribution and determinants of health and disease in populations. Epidemiology is critical to disease prevention because it sheds light on why a particular disease originates, how it spreads, and its effective control. It encompasses infectious diseases as well as chronic diseases. The discipline of epidemiology has a conceptual theory, a specific methodology, and...
The Master of Public Health program with a specialization in Epidemiology provides rigorous theoretical and practical training to apply epidemiologic principles and underlying concepts for surveillance and prevention of acute and chronic diseases. After successful completion of this program, students will able to design epidemiologic studies, perform statistical analysis, interpret results and prepare scientific reports. The Master‘s program requires...
Epidemiology, the study of the frequency, distribution and determinants of disease in humans, is a fundamental science of public health. Epidemiologists use many approaches, but the ultimate aim of epidemiologic research is the prevention or effective control of human disease.
The master's programs provide students with basic skills in epidemiologic and quantitative methods and in computing, in preparation for research or academic careers. Graduates...
The Program in Epidemiology offers interdisciplinary instruction and research opportunities leading to the M.S. degree epidemiology. The program has research strengths in the following areas: cancer epidemiology, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, infectious disease epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and neurological disease epidemiology, as well as some aspects of epidemiologic methods, and environmental and occupational...
The Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) degree program provides comprehensive clinical research training. The goal of the program is to train individuals for successful careers as independent investigators. This program is directed by the faculty of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. The School of Medicine's Office of Research and Research Training has oversight responsibilities for the program and the MSCE degree...
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