Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
Program Overview
The Ph.D. in Public Health at UNLV prepares students for advanced careers in research, teaching, consulting, and policy development. The program offers four areas of concentration: Global and Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Social and Behavioral Health, and Health Service Management and Policy. Students complete core requirements, concentration courses, and a prospectus/dissertation. The program aims to train exceptional researchers and professionals who will advance the field of Public Health and meet the needs of the profession and society.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The School of Public Health at UNLV offers a doctoral program (Ph.D.) in Public Health. The Ph.D. in Public Health is designed to prepare students for careers in which advanced analytical and conceptual capabilities are required, such as university teaching, research, consulting, policy development, or other high-level positions. The curriculum provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of topics and experiences necessary to produce graduates who are ready to secure employment in the public health arena. The Ph.D. in Public Health at UNLV offers four areas of concentration:
- Global and Environmental Health
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Social and Behavioral Health
- Health Service Management and Policy The specific goal of the program is to train exceptional researchers and professionals who will advance the field of Public Health and meet the needs of the profession and society. To achieve this goal, the program will address the learning objectives stated below as outcomes upon completion of the Ph.D.
Outline:
Core Requirements (18 credits)
- EOH 790 - Doctoral Seminar
- EAB 756 - Epidemiology and Research
- EAB 791 - Intermediate Biostatistics for Public Health Research
- EOH 791 - Implementation Science for Global Health
- HCA 791 - Policy Analysis of Health Care Delivery and Financing
- HED 791 - Community Based Participatory Research Methods
Concentration Courses
- Global and Environmental Health (6 credits)
- EOH 711 - Diseases that Changed the World
- EOH 717 - Food Safety and Public Health
- EOH 747 - Transmission of Infectious Disease
- EOH 757 - Parasitology and Public Health
- EOH 767 - Airborne Pathogens and Human Health
- EOH 769 - Pollution and Health
- EOH 777 - Emerging Infectious Disease
- EOH 796 - Independent Study in Environmental Health
- ENV 711 - Risk Assessment and Risk Management
- ENV 712 - Environmental Risk Decision Making
- HPS 680 - Industrial Hygiene
- Social Behavioral Health (9 credits)
- HED 762 - Advanced applications of social and behavioral theories
- HED 763 - Measurement and Scale Development in Social and Behavioral Health
- HED 764 - Applied Statistics for Social and Behavioral Health Research
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics (6 credits)
- EAB 715 - Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- EAB 716 - The Epidemiology of Obesity
- EAB 725 - Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- EOH 747 - Transmission of Infectious Disease
- EAB 755 - Cancer Epidemiology
- Health Service Management and Policy (12 credits)
- HCA 715 - Health Services Research Methods
- HCA 728 - Foundations of Health Services Organization Theory
- HCA 731 - Value-Based Payment Reforms
- HCA 738 - Research Design in Healthcare Administration
Elective Courses
- Advisor-approved coursework from the following or other relevant courses offered through the university:
- EAB 618 - Applied Geographic Information Systems in Public Health
- ENV 725 - Quantitative Methods for Environmental Science
- EOH 744 - Mixed Methods Research for Public Health
- HCA 715 - Health Services Research Methods
- HSC 702 - Translational Research Design
- EAB 753 - Nonparametric Statistics for Public Health
- EAB 773 - Survival Analysis for Public Health
- EAB 783 - Multivariate Methods for the Health Sciences
- EOH 704 - Research Integrity & Ethics
- EOH 709 - Scientific/Technical Writing for the Health and Life Sciences
- EOH 765 - Seminar in Environmental Justice and Public Health
- EAB 715 - Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- EOH 705 - Social Epidemiology
- EOH 713 - Public Health Law
- EOH 732 - Children, Development, Health, and the Environment
- HED 761 - Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
- HCA 718 - Healthcare Economics
- HED 730 - Program Evaluation in Health Promotion
- EOH 795 - Special Topics in Public Health
Prospectus/Dissertation (15 credits)
- EOH 797 - Dissertation Prospectus (3 credits)