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REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS
IN
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH GRADUATE FACULTY
A.M.
Beck, ScD, Dorothy N. McAllister Professor of Animal Ecology
L.T.
Glickman, VMD, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology
G.E. Moore, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM and ACVIM, Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
H. Ochoa-Acuña, DVM, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
E.A. Raizman, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Large Animal Epidemiology
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PhD DEGREE IN
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Course Work
Required Courses for the PhD Degree in Comparative Epidemiology within the
Section of Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
Required Courses in Comparative Pathobiology Department
CPB 554 Principles of Epidemiology (1credit)
CPB 564 Ecological Health and Wildlife Diseases, (2 credits)
CPB 569 Veterinary Public Health and Zoonoses (2 credits)
CPB 617 Comparative Epidemiology (2 credits)
VPB 618 Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research (2 credits)
CPB 619 Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Clinical Trials (2 credits)
CPB 623 Microcomputer Applications in Population and Biomedical Research
(3 credits)
CPB 680A Risk Assessment Models and Applications (3 credits)
CVPB 680C Clinical Biostatistics (2 credits)
CPB 695 Seminar in Epidemiology (1 credit every semester)
CPB 697 Departmental Research Seminar (0 or 1 credit every semester)
Required Courses in Other Departments
STAT 503 Statistical Methods for Biology (3 credits)
STAT 512 Applied Regression Analysis (3 ccredits)
STAT 524 Applied Multivariate Analysis (3 credits)
Recommended Courses in Other Departments
F&N 590E Nutritional Epidemiology (3 credits)
HSCI 590B Public Health Law and Policy (3 credits)
All students will be required to present evidence
of course work in the following areas. Deficiencies
must be made up early in the student's academic program.
Biology
Biochemistry
Pathogenesis of Disease
Cell Biology
Physiology
Biology of Cancer
Medical Microbiology
The courses listed in this section represent the
minimum requirements for all candidates for the Ph.D.
degree. Additional courses may be required by the
student's graduate committee.
Preliminary Examination
After completion of required course work and before
submission of the research proposal, students will
be expected to demonstrate broad competence in epidemiology
as determined by a preliminary examination. Preliminary
examinations will be given once each year as needed
and will consist of three parts:
1) a written, closed-book, monitored test on
epidemiologic principles
2) a written, open-book, non-monitored exam
consisting of the following:
a. a critique of research papers
b. a data set to be analyzed
c. design of an epidemiologic study
3) an oral examination to probe the depth of the
student's ability to orally communicate an understanding
of epidemiologic principles
The preliminary examination will contain material from
the following four areas of epidemiology: 1) Analytic,
2) Infectious Disease, 3) Chronic Disease, and 4) Public
and Environmental Health.
The written questions for both exams will be composed
and graded by the members of the epidemiology and public health
section. The oral exam will be presented by
the student's graduate committee. The preliminary
examination described here represents "core material"
in which all students with an epidemiology concentration
must demonstrate competence. The student's graduate
committee still has the responsibility for administering
the preliminary examination and additional questions
from committee members should be expected by the student.
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