Public Health—Epidemiology
Office: Stein Clinical Research Building, Room 349
Mail Code: 0607
UCSD—http://www.medicine.ucsd.edu/fpm/epi/teaching.html#phd
SDSU—http://publichealth.sdsu.edu/phdmain.php
UCSD Faculty—http://medicine.ucsd.edu/fpm/epi/faculty.html
The Joint Doctoral Program (JDP)
The doctoral program in public health (epidemiology) was developed
as a joint program in 1990 between the Department of Family and
Preventive Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University
of California, San Diego (UCSD), and the Graduate School of Public
Health at San Diego State University (SDSU). Students in the program
complete course work and conduct research at both institutions.
Faculty from each campus serve on advisory and dissertation committees,
providing students with extensive exposure to experts whose research
interests represent the interdisciplinary nature of modern public
health. Dr. Deborah Wingard (UCSD) and Dr. Richard Shaffer (SDSU)
codirect the program.
Requirements for the joint doctoral degree include:
- successful completion of required course work
- passing written preliminary examinations in epidemiology and
biostatistics
- passing written and oral qualifying examinations
- demonstrating proficiency in two computer-based statistical
software packages
- demonstrating proficiency in teaching
- completion and successful formal defense of a dissertation
Typical areas of emphasis include infectious disease epidemiology,
chronic disease epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, behavioral epidemiology,
community-based trials, physical activity/exercise/nutrition and
health. San Diego is ideally located in a large and ethnically diverse
metropolitan center bordering Mexico and the Pacific Rim, enabling
students to carry out population-based multicultural and multinational
studies of health problems.
Time Limits
The goal of this policy is to encourage Ph.D. completion in a timely
manner.
Pre-candidacy limit. Maximum registered time
to advance to Ph.D. candidacy: 4 years
Support limit. Maximum registered time doctoral
student is eligible for support: 6 years
Total time limit. Maximum registered time to
complete all Ph.D. requirements: 7 years
Information regarding admission is found in the current edition
of the Bulletin of the Graduate Division of San Diego State University.
To receive an application for admission, contact SDSU/UCSD Joint
Doctoral Program in Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500
Campanile Drive, San Diego 92182-4162, (619) 594-2743.
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