The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program is a professional doctoral-level program designed to develop public health leaders: researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners who are able to address complex public health issues. As a DrPH student, you'll combine sophisticated analytic and research skills with a broad understanding of the environmental, political, social, medical, ethical, and economic factors that contribute to health and well-being.
Our students are trained in leadership, management, and advocacy. As part of the DrPH program, you'll develop strong research and practice skills in a main focus area of public health.
This program is designed to help you become a public health leader. You'll learn how to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based programs that contribute to community health and wellness. In addition to taking courses that cover research methods and advanced public health theory and practice, you’ll also learn about leadership, management, and grant writing. Areas of specialization include (but are not limited to): community-based participatory research, health equity, program design and evaluation, American Indian and Alaska Native health, mHealth strategies, and mental health. Faculty in our department study everything from adverse childhood experiences to nutrition to school-based interventions, which means you can find the faculty mentor who's right for you.
Upon entering the DrPH program, students will have three years to pass the written qualifying exam and should complete the dissertation and public defense of the dissertation within seven years of entering the program.
Each student, in consultation with their faculty advisor, will develop a proposed course of study. The course of study must specify courses to be taken, and proposed timeline for courses, practicum, preliminary and comprehensive exams, and dissertation.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required DrPH Courses (16 credits) | ||
| PUBH 6842 | DrPH Seminar (1 credit hour semesters, first 4 semesters of tenure) | 4 |
| CBHS 7020 | DrPH Seminar in Leadership | 3 |
| EPID 7912 | Developing a Research Grant | 3 |
| HSMP 7603 | Advanced Public Health Strategic Planning and Management: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EHOH 7405 | Advanced Communication Skills for Public Health Impact | 3 |
| Required Community & Behavioral Health Courses (12 credits) | ||
| CBHS 7010 | Latent Variable Methods | 3 |
| CBHS 7637 | Doctoral Advanced Quantitative Analysis for Community Health Sciences | 3 |
| CBHS 7638 | Advanced Qualitative Research Methods | 3 |
| CBHS 7670 | CBH Advanced Seminar | 3 |
| Selective Courses (12 credits - at least 5 credits are required to be at the doctoral level) | 12 | |
| Directed Reading (2 credits) | ||
| CBHS 7030 | DrPH Directed Reading | 1-2 |
| DrPH Practicum (4 credits) | ||
| PUBH 6850 | DrPH Practicum | 2-4 |
| Dissertation (9 credits) | ||
| CBHS 8991 | DrPH Dissertation - Community & Behavioral Health | 1-10 |
| Total Hours | 55 | |
This program is designed to help you become a public health leader. As a student in this program, you'll learn how to identify, evaluate, and control environmental and occupational stressors. You’ll take courses in field investigations, Geographic Information Systems, biostatistics, leadership and management, and proposal writing. In addition to required coursework, you can focus your electives on an area of specialization such as environmental justice, toxicology, risk assessment, climate and health, and occupational health and safety. This broad range of topics means you can find the area of study and faculty mentor that's right for you.
Upon entering the DrPH program, students will have three years to pass the written qualifying exam and should complete the dissertation and public defense of the dissertation within seven years of entering the program.
Each student, in consultation with their faculty advisor, will develop a proposed course of study. The course of study must specify courses to be taken, and proposed timeline for courses, practicum, preliminary and comprehensive exams, and dissertation.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required DrPH Courses (13 credits) | ||
| PUBH 6842 | DrPH Seminar (1 credit hour semesters, first 4 semesters of tenure) | 4 |
| CBHS 7020 | DrPH Seminar in Leadership | 3 |
| EPID 7912 | Developing a Research Grant | 3 |
| HSMP 7603 | Advanced Public Health Strategic Planning and Management: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EHOH 7405 | Advanced Communication Skills for Public Health Impact | 3 |
| Required Environmental & Occupational Health Courses (12 credits) | ||
| EHOH 7631 | Advanced Methods in Environmental &Occupational Health | 3 |
| EHOH 7632 | Advanced Field Methods in EOH | 1 |
| EHOH 7403 | Research Methods: Climate, Disaster and Humanitarian Perspectives | 3 |
| BIOS 6611 | Biostatistical Methods I | 3 |
| BIOS 6612 | Biostatistical Methods II | 3 |
| Selective Courses (11 credits) | 11 | |
| Directed Reading (2 credits) | ||
| EHOH 7030 | DrPH Directed Reading | 1-2 |
| DrPH Practicum (4 credits) | ||
| PUBH 6850 | DrPH Practicum | 2-4 |
| Dissertation (9 credits) | ||
| EHOH 8991 | DrPH Dissertation-Environmental & Occupational Health | 1-10 |
| Total Hours | 55 | |
This program is designed to help you become a public health leader. In this program, you'll learn how to identify factors that affect the health of populations and how to create, implement, and evaluate disease control and prevention strategies. In addition to taking courses in advanced research methods and a minor area of your choosing, you’ll also learn about leadership, management, and grant writing. Areas of specialization range from health data and information systems to chronic disease prevention. And our faculty are studying everything from food safety, to diabetes, to gene-environment interactions, which means you can find the mentor who’s right for you.
Upon entering the DrPH program, students will have three years to pass the written qualifying exam and should complete the dissertation and public defense of the dissertation within seven years of entering the program.
Each student, in consultation with their faculty advisor, will develop a proposed course of study. The course of study must specify courses to be taken, and proposed timeline for courses, practicum, preliminary and comprehensive exams, and dissertation.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required DrPH Courses (13 credits) | ||
| PUBH 6842 | DrPH Seminar (1 credit hour semesters, first 4 semesters of tenure) | 4 |
| CBHS 7020 | DrPH Seminar in Leadership | 3 |
| EPID 7912 | Developing a Research Grant | 3 |
| HSMP 7603 | Advanced Public Health Strategic Planning and Management: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EHOH 7405 | Advanced Communication Skills for Public Health Impact | 3 |
| Required Epidemiology Courses (12 credits) | ||
| EPID 7631 | Advanced Epidemiology 1 | 3 |
| EPID 7632 | Advanced Epidemiology 2 | 3 |
| EPID 7605 | Research Methods with Secondary Data Sources | 3 |
| BIOS 6611 | Biostatistical Methods I | 3 |
| BIOS 6612 | Biostatistical Methods II | 3 |
| Selective Courses (9 credits) | 9 | |
| Directed Reading (2 credits) | ||
| EPID 7030 | DrPH Directed Reading | 1-2 |
| DrPH Practicum (4 credits) | ||
| PUBH 6850 | DrPH Practicum | 2-4 |
| Dissertation (9 credits) | ||
| EPID 8991 | DrPH Dissertation work in Epidemiology | 1-10 |
| Total Hours | 55 | |