Program Directors: K. Applebaum and L. Price
The mission of the doctor of philosophy (PhD) in the field of environmental health program is to educate individuals focused on developing new knowledge in the methods or applications of environmental health sciences that translates to environmental public health policy and practice. Program scholars will advance knowledge in analysis and laboratory sciences.
Graduates can expect to be able to:
- Demonstrate skills across a wide range of epidemiologic and biostatistical theories and methods.
- Use knowledge in environmental public health risk sciences.
- Understand general and specialized concepts and methodologies for scientific research in environmental health.
- Understand and identify data that scientifically addresses environmental health disparity issues related to environmental justice, occupational exposures, and global inequities in exposures and susceptibilities.
- Demonstrate ability to work in interprofessional settings, e.g., in collaboration with quantitative, environmental, physical, and social scientists.
- Understand and abide by guidelines for ethical research practice and responsible conduct of research.
- Understand how to identify and appropriately work with communities from which research subjects are drawn and/or those who are most impacted by the conduct and results of the research.
- Conduct independent research, analyze data, and communicate results.
- Disseminate research findings to scientific and lay audiences.
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The following requirements must be fulfilled: 48 total credits including; 8 credits in PhD foundational core courses, 15 credits in program-specific courses, 11 to 17 credits in elective/tailoring courses, and 8 to 14 credits in proposal writing and dissertation research.
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
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| PUBH 6080 | Pathways to Public Health | |
| PUBH 6247 | Epidemiologic Methods I: Design of Health Studies | |
| PUBH 6421 | Responsible Conduct of Research | |
| PUBH 6862 | Applied Linear Regression Analysis for Public Health Research | |
| PUBH 8099 | Doctoral Topics (Cross-cutting Concepts in Public Health ONLY) | |
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| PUBH 6121 | Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology | |
| PUBH 6123 | Toxicology: Applications for Public Health Policy | |
| PUBH 6126 | Assessment and Control of Environmental Hazards | |
| PUBH 6144 | Environmental Health Data Development and Modeling | |
| PUBH 8411 | Advanced Topics: Principles of Human Health Risk Science | |
| PUBH 8144 | Advanced Environmental Health Data Development and Modeling | |
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| PUBH 8435 | PhD Dissertation Proposal Development | |
| PUBH 8999 | Dissertation Research (6-12 credits) | |
