Epidemiology, PhD

Learning Outcomes

Graduates will be able to:

  • summarize specific risk factor and disease processes in a specialized area;
  • describe methods for primary data collection including quality assurance and quality control;
  • use advanced statistical analysis methods appropriate for the study design and controlling for confounding variables;
  • develop data collection instruments for research purposes;
  • develop hypotheses that build upon literature and theoretical models of disease and causation;
  • conduct an independent research project;
  • compose a proposal for grant funding;
  • communicate epidemiological concepts and methods in both writing and orally; and
  • defend the methods, results, and implications of a research study.