Students will acquire advanced epidemiological coursework beyond the epidemiology core course (FMPH 101) and from a variety of disciplines, such as anthropology, biology, global health and psychology.
The Master of Public Health (MPH) at UC San Diego provides instruction in the core public health disciplines, and collaborates with departments across campus to address key aspects of 21st century public health, including climate change and data science.
The concentration in epidemiology consists of additional coursework in the following areas of epidemiology: advanced epidemiological methods, biostatistics, ethics in public health research and practice, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, infectious disease, and epidemiology of public mental health.
Doctoral students in the epidemiology track will gain advanced skills in epidemiological methods and practice, including: identifying the distribution and determinants of health and disease in populations, understanding and applying the principles of screening for diseases and risk factors, and developing systematic approach for planning, collecting, processing and analyzing information in research and practice settings.
The Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology Fellowship - T32 is an interdisciplinary training program designed for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows who have a stated commitment to a research career focusing on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease and behavioral medicine.
