master of science in epidemiology - College of Public Health & Health ...
The University of Florida is a major public, comprehensive, land-grant research university. Florida’s oldest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning, UF, is among the nation’s most academically diverse public universities. The College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine are each part of the University’s Health Science Center, which also includes the Colleges of Pharmacy,
University of Florida DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
Nursing, Dentistry, and Veterinary Health.
APPLICATION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The new Department of Epidemiology is jointly administered by the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine at the University
APPLICATION TO THE MSE PROGRAM
of Florida. Our mission is to improve health globally through education, training, research and service. VISIT US AT OUR WEBSITE epidemiology.phhp.ufl.edu or scan the QR code with your smart phone
College of Public Health and Health Professions College of Medicine 2004 Mowry Road Gainesville, FL 32611
GRADUATES OF THE MSE WILL BE ABLE TO • Apply surveillance, assessment, evaluation, and other foundational epidemiological research designs to all areas of interest. • Choose appropriate measurement and analytic methods to study health and disease in a population. • Utilize biological, behavioral and social theory to understand how to prevent and intervene to promote the public health.
THE MSE
Areas of focus can include chronic disease, infectious disease, geriatric, environmental, psychiatric, social, spatial, cancer and maternal and child health epidemiology. • 36 credit program • Requires mentored research • Culminates in a publishable thesis • Balances local and global concerns
Dentistry Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Public Health and Health Professions Veterinary Medicine
Faculty in Epidemiology are committed to multidisciplinary research, teaching and advising. They are leaders in their respective research fields. Each student will have both a Research Mentor and Academic Advisor.
CORE FACULTY Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH Dean’s Professor and Chair Associate Dean for Research and Planning Catherine Striley, PhD, MSW, MPE MSE Program Director Xinguang (Jim) Chen, MD, MPH Robert L. Cook, MD, MPH Travis Gerke, ScD Kelly K. Gurka, MPH, PhD Richard Hopkins, MD, MSPH Volker Mai, PhD MPH Sarah Mckune, PhD MPH Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD Cindy Prins, PHD, MPH, CIC Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD David S. Sheps, MD, MSPH Ronald I. Shorr, MD, MS Krishna Vaddiparti, PhD, MPE Deepthi Varma, PhD, MPhil, MSW Lusine Yaghjyan, PhD, MD, MPH
Students are trained in the foundational aspects of epidemiology including person, place and time, risk and protective factors, and the social determinants of health.
Students network with field leaders from Colleges in the Health Science Center:
FACULTY
TO APPLY Students must apply to and be accepted by both the UF Graduate School and the Master of Science in Epidemiology program.
QUESTIONS? Contact the Program Assistant at (352)273-5961 or [email protected] or the Program Director at [email protected].
University of Florida DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
Nursing, Dentistry, and Veterinary Health.
APPLICATION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The new Department of Epidemiology is jointly administered by the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine at the University
APPLICATION TO THE MSE PROGRAM
of Florida. Our mission is to improve health globally through education, training, research and service. VISIT US AT OUR WEBSITE epidemiology.phhp.ufl.edu or scan the QR code with your smart phone
College of Public Health and Health Professions College of Medicine 2004 Mowry Road Gainesville, FL 32611
GRADUATES OF THE MSE WILL BE ABLE TO • Apply surveillance, assessment, evaluation, and other foundational epidemiological research designs to all areas of interest. • Choose appropriate measurement and analytic methods to study health and disease in a population. • Utilize biological, behavioral and social theory to understand how to prevent and intervene to promote the public health.
THE MSE
Areas of focus can include chronic disease, infectious disease, geriatric, environmental, psychiatric, social, spatial, cancer and maternal and child health epidemiology. • 36 credit program • Requires mentored research • Culminates in a publishable thesis • Balances local and global concerns
Dentistry Medicine Nursing Pharmacy Public Health and Health Professions Veterinary Medicine
Faculty in Epidemiology are committed to multidisciplinary research, teaching and advising. They are leaders in their respective research fields. Each student will have both a Research Mentor and Academic Advisor.
CORE FACULTY Linda B. Cottler, PhD, MPH Dean’s Professor and Chair Associate Dean for Research and Planning Catherine Striley, PhD, MSW, MPE MSE Program Director Xinguang (Jim) Chen, MD, MPH Robert L. Cook, MD, MPH Travis Gerke, ScD Kelly K. Gurka, MPH, PhD Richard Hopkins, MD, MSPH Volker Mai, PhD MPH Sarah Mckune, PhD MPH Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD Cindy Prins, PHD, MPH, CIC Mattia Prosperi, MEng, PhD David S. Sheps, MD, MSPH Ronald I. Shorr, MD, MS Krishna Vaddiparti, PhD, MPE Deepthi Varma, PhD, MPhil, MSW Lusine Yaghjyan, PhD, MD, MPH
Students are trained in the foundational aspects of epidemiology including person, place and time, risk and protective factors, and the social determinants of health.
Students network with field leaders from Colleges in the Health Science Center:
FACULTY
TO APPLY Students must apply to and be accepted by both the UF Graduate School and the Master of Science in Epidemiology program.
QUESTIONS? Contact the Program Assistant at (352)273-5961 or [email protected] or the Program Director at [email protected].
