Hospital Molecular Epidemiology

Master's of Public Health

The Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology track involves lectures and structured laboratory courses covering bacteriology and virology, and lecture courses in infectious diseases epidemiology, immunology, and hospital epidemiology. The M.P.H. in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology is given in several sequences. For students with doctoral degrees (M.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., Ph.D.) requirements can be met in a minimum of 3 terms (42 credit hours), though some with unusual training backgrounds may need longer programs. The 42 credit hour program emphasizes laboratory based research skills in the fields of bacteriology, and virology. Students in the 60 credit hour program are required to gain experience in the field an/or laboratory in a relevant area of study. It is intended to prepare students holding bachelor's degrees for laboratory-based job positions. Applicants to the 60 credit hour program should hold a bachelor's degree with a major in biology, or a related area such as premedical or predental studies, nursing zoology or microbiology.

Course requirements

There are four major areas in the Hospital Molecular Curriculum:

• School-wide requirements, including basic epidemiology and an introductory biostatistics course
• "Breadth-requirements" which are fulfilled by taking courses outside the specific focus of epidemiology and
• Departmental requirements including lab courses that cover virology and bacteriology and lecture courses that cover pathology, genetics, epidemiologic methods, infectious disease, hospital epidemiology and an advanced biostat course
• A capstone project which, which includes field experience working in a lab doing a molecular epidemiology research project
  

In addition to the core courses listed above, students in the Department may choose from a wide range of electives including courses within the Epidemiology Department or elsewhere in the School and University. Examples include courses in cancer epidemiology, social epidemiology, nutrition, reproductive health and molecular epidemiology.

Graduation requirements for all M.P.H. programs can be viewed by visiting the M.P.H. Graduation Requirements page.