Education
The Department of Epidemiology offers a master’s degree in Public Health, with concentrations in Applied Public Health, Epidemiology, and Cancer Health Equity Science, and a doctoral degree in Epidemiology. The MPH has dual-degree programs with medicine (MD/MPH), social work (MSW/MPH), and pharmacy (PharmD/MPH), and the PhD in Epidemiology offers a dual-degree program with medicine (MD/PhD).
Highlights of VCU’s training programs include:
- Careful match of student to advisor and mentoring team
- Goal setting, strategic mapping of educational program
- Active learning in classrooms
- Experiential learning from day one in the program
- Opportunities to attend professional conferences
- Workshops to hone oral presentation skills
- Leadership development and leadership opportunities
- Community of learning and supportive educational environment
- Students can also enroll in one of VCU’s certificate programs
Master's and Doctoral Degrees
Ph.D. in Epidemiology
Prepares students to become independent, competent and self-directed research scientists and conduct outstanding clinical and population-based research.
Master of Public Health
Prepares students committed to public health careers in either the public, private, or nonprofit sectors