The epidemiology track provides students with the skills necessary to analyze public health trends, design and implement studies, and interpret the results for policy and program development. They also learn to investigate disease origins, and prevention and intervention strategies at the individual and societal levels. The program prepares graduates to take on leadership roles in clinical and population- based health research in government, health care institutions, and private industry.
In addition to the MPH-required coursework in health policy and management, socio-behavioral health, and occupational and environmental health, students take epidemiology track-specific coursework in epidemiology, biostatistics, and clinical outcomes research. Students are required to take two elective classes in specialized areas of epidemiology. Electives are available in infectious disease, chronic disease, molecular, genetic, and environmental and occupational epidemiology.
Develop capacity to complete in-depth epidemiological analyses using statistical software.
Critically synthesize the public health research or practice literature for a selected health topic.
Distinguish between a statistical association and a causal relationship using appropriate principles of causal inference.
Identify circumstances under which non-randomized (observational) designs are the best approach to addressing important health-related knowledge gaps.
Use tabular or graphical methods to explain model results.
| Course Number and Title | Credits |
|---|---|
*Elective Options
MPH0412 Epidemiology II
3
MPH0420 Epidemiology III
3
MPH0424 Epidemiology IV
3
MPH0812 Applied Linear Models I
3
MPH0822 Applied Linear Models II
3
MPH0002 Public Health Surveillance
3
MPH0010 Zoonoses: An Emerging Public Health Issue*
3
MPH0410 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases*
3
MPH0416 Epidemiology of Cancer & Chronic Diseases*
3
MPH0417 Mental Health in the Modern Age*
3
MPH0418 Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology*
3
MPH0419 Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology*
3
MPH0422 Big Data Epidemiology: Intro to OMICS Research*
3
MPH0802 Statistical Computing with SAS*
2
MPH0413 Introduction to Epidemiology Data Analysis with R*
3
MPH0018 Current topics in Public Health: Risk Assessment of COVID-19*
3