Combine Your MD with a MPH Degree
The Master of Public Health (MPH) is a professional degree whose purpose is to provide students, some of whom are concurrently enrolled in professional schools, with the opportunity for formal training in public health. There is an increasing need for well-trained physicians who have a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of public health issues.
The goal of the MD/MPH Program is to facilitate the attainment of both degrees within a five-year program. The MPH program is based in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Students have the option of 
specializing in one of eight concentration areas:
• Aging and Public Health
• Behavioral and Social Sciences
• Environmental and Occupational Health
• Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Global Health
• Public Health Informatics
• Public Health Policy and Practice
• Veterinary Public Health
The MPH degree requires 42 credit hours, including 15 credits from core courses and a supervised project, the Capstone Experience. Students must complete all of the core courses prior to beginning the Capstone Experience course, a six-credit, supervised, public-health field experience that requires substantive application of the knowledge and skills acquired in the MPH core courses and in courses taken in the area of concentration-required courses. Students must have completed all concentration courses, as well, before taking the capstone course. For medical students, this usually falls in their senior year.
Further information on the MPH program and Capstone Experience can be found here.
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