Epidemiology and Biostatistics, (PhD) - Epidemiology Concentration

University of Memphis

The School of Public Health at The University of Memphis offers a PhD degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the highest academic degree for individuals planning to pursue scholarly careers in this discipline. This program is designed for those who intend to teach and conduct original research utilizing rigorous scientific theories and methods, as well as be active in advocating and promoting health policies and intervention programs to improve the general health of societies.Program Curriculum:The Epi PhD Program is a 54 semester hour degree program. Students are required to fulfill prerequisite courses PUBH 8150 Biostatistical Methods I, and PUBH 8170 Epidemiology in PUBH I , or document their equivalent. Credit hours for these prerequisite courses will not count toward the 54 hours required for graduation.Epidemiology Research Methods Core: 9 credit hoursPUBH 8141 - Epidemiologic Survey Method Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8172 - Epidemiology PUBH II Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8174 - Epidemiology PUBH III Credit Hours: (3)Biostatistics Core: 15 credit hoursPUBH 8152 - Biostatistical Methods II Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8309 - Appl Surv Analys in Pub Hlth Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8310 - Mixed Model Regression Analys Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8311 - Appl Categorical Data Analys Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8190 - Adv SAS for PUBH Prof 1 Credit Hours: (3)Doctoral Seminar: 9 credit hoursPUBH 8901 - Doctoral Professional Dev Sem Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8192 - Intro to Human Disease for PH Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8720 - Grant Writing in HealthScience Credit Hours: (3)Epidemiology Electives: 15 credit hoursPublic Health Electives:PUBH 8124 - Environmental Toxicology Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8140 - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8442 - Cancer Epidemiology Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8443 - Infectious Disease Epidemiolgy Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8445 - Genetic Epidemiology Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8450 - Randomized Clinical Trials I Credit Hours: 3Dissertation: 6 credit hoursPUBH 9000 - Dissertation Credit Hours: (1-9)

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