Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Public Health Competencies - Epidemiology
Each concentration identifies competencies for each degree offered. These competencies reflect the full range of knowledge, skills, and other attributes that a student will acquire as a result of completing the requirements for a particular degree.
Upon graduation, a student completing the Ph.D. in public health - epidemiology curriculum will be able to:
- evaluate epidemiologic literature, assessing methodological approaches, strengths, weaknesses, and threats to validity;
- conduct independent epidemiologic literature reviews and summarize studies using qualitative or quantitative techniques;
- quantitatively analyze public health data sets using epidemiologic and biostatistical techniques;
- identify gaps in the epidemiologic literature and develop specific aims and hypotheses suitable for an epidemiologic research proposal;
- demonstrate understanding of epidemiological study designs and advanced epidemiological methods in order to develop an appropriate approach to address a specific study question
- conduct epidemiological studies using primary and/or secondary data and synthesize study findings;
- design reliable and valid measurement instruments;
- present and defend study findings from original research to professional audiences;
- demonstrate competency in teaching epidemiologic research methods at the graduate level; and
- demonstrate knowledge of the responsible conduct of research and conduct research following the rules and policies for ethical research.
