MPH in Epidemiology

The MPH in Epidemiology program provides students with an epidemiological approach to public health, which includes a broad overview to epidemiology, biostatistics, and the environmental influences on health, public health planning, and health services.

Requirements
  • 45 credits through coursework, practicum experience, and research
  • Foundational public health courses
  • Advanced courses in epidemiology 
  • On-site public health practicum experience
  • Essay research in an area of specialization
Program Information
MPH Epidemiology Internships
Student Handbooks and Forms
Admissions
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Careers

Recent graduates hold positions with the following:

  • research assistant positions at state, county, and local health departments
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Institutes of Health, including National Cancer Institute and National Institute on Aging
  • hospitals
  • pharmaceutical companies
  • medical and dental school
  • PhD programs in epidemiology or biostatistics

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Competencies

Graduates will be able to...

All graduates also achieve the Council of Education in Public Health’s public health knowledge and foundational competencies for MPH students.

  • Identify and apply advanced epidemiologic analyses using descriptive and inferential statistical approaches
     
  • Interpret epidemiologic results in a causal framework
  • Evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic literature
     
  • Identify major diseases, their descriptive epidemiology, and risk factors
  • Conduct analysis of epidemiologic data using linear, logistic, Cox, and Poisson regression models
     
  • Describe the clinical trial study design and its application, strengths and limitations

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