Academic Programs

This track focuses on the basic epidemiologic concepts and methods essential for research, program planning, and evaluation, including:

• The interrelationships of biological, environmental, and societal factors in health and disease;
• The design of epidemiologic studies, including field surveys, and the collection, analysis, and interpretation of large amounts of data; and
• The epidemiologic principles and methods that serve as the foundation for rational strategies of public health research and intervention.

Students also gain valuable professional experience through a domestic or international practicum.

Sample courses:

• Epidemiology II Design and Conduct of Observational Epidemiologic Studies
• Epidemiology III: Data Analysis in Epidemiology
• Analysis of Categorical Data

Sample substantive courses:

• Environmental Epidemiology
• Epidemiology of HIV/ AIDS
• Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease

For more information, please visit the Epidemiology MPH Degree Track.