PhD in Epidemiology

Ph.D. in Epidemiology

Program Requirements

In general, the requirements for the Ph.D. degree follow the University of Rochester policies and procedures. The curriculum requires a minimum of 60 credits of formal coursework and 60 credits of dissertation research. This doctoral program has been designed to provide advanced training in epidemiologic principles and quantitative skills. The expected coursework also provides preparation in general epidemiologic topics with a number of electives in a concentration of interest within epidemiology, such as cardiovascular disease epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and the study of special populations, i.e. pregnant women, children, the elderly and minorities.
Specific course requirements and a sample layout are provided below.

Suggested Schedule of Classes

Year 1

Fall

PM 415 Introduction to Epidemiology
BST 463 Introduction to Biostatistics
PM 414 History of Epidemiology
PM 410 Introduction to Data Management Using SAS
Elective

Spring

PM 416 Epidemiological Methods
BST 464 Statistical Methods
PM 412 Survey Research
PM 477 Advanced SAS
PM 442 Nutritional Epidemiology

Summer

Elective

Year 2

Fall

PM 472 Measurement and Evaluation of Research Instruments
IND501 Ethics in Research
STT 221W Sampling Technique
PM 426 Social and Behavioral Medicine
Elective

Spring

PM 413 Field Epidemiology
BST 465 Design of Clinical Trials
PM 451 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
PM 469 Multivariate Statistics

Elective Courses (3 electives required)
PM 441 Conducting Research with Older Persons
PM 433 Epidemiology and Public Health of Aging
PM 443 Analytic Methods in Maternal/Child Health
PM 453 Child and Adolescent Epidemiology
PM 439 Seminars in Health Care of the Elderly
PM 417 Molecular Epidemiology
PM 462 Genetic Epidemiology
PM 466 Cancer Epidemiology
PM 468 Epidemiology of Mental Disorders
PM 467 Special Studies in Cancer Prevention