Overview
Within this Epidemiology PhD program from Portland State University current and recent candidates have pursued investigations related to economic policy, maternal and child health, obesity prevention and treatment, infectious disease modeling, hearing loss among military veterans, antibiotic stewardship, health impacts of insurance policies, and economic segregation, among other pressing and timely issues.
Graduates of the Epidemiology Ph.D. program from Portland State University have an exemplary record of job placement. You will be highly qualified for university faculty positions and scientific leadership roles in government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector health systems.
Through the doctoral dissertation process, you will gain research competency by leading a body of independent epidemiologic research from initial design through submission for publication.
Career opportunities:
Graduates of our Epidemiology Ph.D. program have an exemplary record of job placement. You will be highly qualified for university faculty positions and scientific leadership roles in government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector health systems.
Programme Structure
Students graduating from this track will be able to:- Apply population-based concepts of epidemiology and risk determination to the assessment of health problems
- Apply evidence-based knowledge of health determinants to public health issues
- Apply and interpret a variety of statistical methods commonly used in medical and public health research
- Propose and test a research hypothesis
- Identify ethical principles problems that arise in public health policy decisions
- Apply knowledge of cultural dimensions in conducting research, including culturally sensitive recruitment of study participants, and develop strategies for interpretation of data in the larger cultural context
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Other requirements
General requirements
- To be considered for regular admission, applicants must have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or the equivalent (on the U.S. 4.0 scale) from the degree granting institution(s). Applicants who have earned 9 or more letter-graded graduate credits must have a minimum graduate GPA of 3.0 or the equivalent; this graduate GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA.
- Copies of official degree certificate/diploma
- Certified translation of transcripts
- Financial documentation demonstrating adequate financial support for at least the first year of study
Tuition Fee
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International
14904 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 690 USD per credit during 60 months. -
National
14904 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 690 USD per credit during 60 months. -
In-State
10000 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 463 USD per credit during 60 months.
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