Infectious Disease Epidemiology PhD Programs

University of North Carolina

• The University of North Carolina offers a doctorate in epidemiology. The program includes classes, preliminary exams and doctoral research, like most other doctoral programs. The degree generally takes 3 to 5 years to complete for students who already have master's or professional degrees such as a degree in medicine or veterinary medicine. The doctorate is meant to prepare students for work in teaching and research at private research institutions, state or federal agencies or universities.

  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Gillings School of Global Health-Epidemiology
  2101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
  CB#7435
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435
  919-966-7430
  sph.unc.edu

University of California Los Angeles

• The University of California Los Angeles offers a doctorate in epidemiology with a goal of preparing students for community service, teaching and research. Students must initially take core curriculum classes to gain a foundation of the essential tools and critical-thinking skills used in epidemiology. Later courses deal with a range of health issues and quantitative techniques and may focus on a particular topic, such as tropical diseases. All students in professional and graduate degree programs at UCLA may obtain a Certificate in Global Health, which involves the study of infectious diseases, among other topics.

  Department of Epidemiology
  UCLA School of Public Health
  Box 951772
  Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
  310-825-8579
  ph.ucla.edu

University of Pittsburgh

• The University of Pittsburgh offers a doctoral program through the Department of Epidemiology, part of the Graduate School of Public Health. Various centers hosted by the public health school, including the Center for Aging and Population Health and the Epidemiological Data Center, provide resources and post-graduation job opportunities to students. Other centers associated with the school include the Center for Global Health, which maintains many research projects, some of which concern infectious diseases.

  University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
  Department of Epidemiology
  130 DeSoto St.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15261
  412-624-5200
  epidemiology.pitt.edu

University of Michigan

• The University of Michigan offers a doctorate in epidemiology through the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies that prepares students for careers in government, academia and other areas. New students have two parts to their programs that they must complete. First, in the pre-candidate stage, they must create a prospectus outlining the research they want to pursue and take a test. Next, in the candidate stage, students complete their research with guidance from a faculty committee. The degree usually takes 2 1/2 to 4 years to complete for students who already have master's degrees in public health, or other related degree.

  Department of Epidemiology
  School of Public Health
  University of Michigan
  1415 Washington Heights, 4647 SPH Tower
  Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
  734-764-5415
  sph.umich.edu