Public Health, MPH

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Admission

This program maintains an admission process unique to the program. Prospective students are encouraged to review the admission requirements in order to best prepare themselves for a successful future at EVMS.

Academic Calendar

This program maintains an academic calendar unique to the program that includes exam schedules. All students are encouraged to review the academic calendar in order to be successful at EVMS.

Tuition and Fees Process

This program maintains a tuition and fees process unique to the program. All students are encouraged to review the tuition and fees process in order to best prepare themselves for a successful future at EVMS.

Curriculum

The EVMS MPH Degree Program includes three concentration tracks: Applied Data Science, Epidemiology and Health Management and Policy. The MPH Program also offers Graduate Certificates in Applied Data Science, Epidemiology, Healthcare Management, Core Public Health, and Implementing Change and Achieving High Performance in the Healthcare Environment.

The MPH Degree program focuses on the specialized tracks below. Please select a track to view the curriculum requirements:

Public Health, MPH - Applied Data Science Track

The 43-credit curriculum provides students with hands-on skills of applying data science principles to process, visualize and analyze data in order to extract meaningful information to address important questions in public health and the health sciences. Students in this track will also learn to use popular software packages such as R, SAS, SQL and Tableau. Data scientists are in high demand in several fields. Data science professionals with added contextual expertise of public health will find career opportunities at state or federal departments of public health, universities, pharmaceutical industries, and business entities.

Public Health, MPH - Epidemiology Track

Epidemiologists are public health professionals that focus on the causes, patterns and control of diseases and injury in populations. Epidemiology is a fundamental science of public health and is essential to the reduction of risk and the occurrence of negative health outcomes. The epidemiology curriculum provides rigorous training in the knowledge and skills for analyzing community health problems, with emphasis on how to measure and describe the health of populations.

Public Health, MPH - Health Management & Policy Track

Students in the Health Management and Policy track work to address the complex issues presented by today’s dynamic healthcare sector. Students prepare to face the cost, access and quality challenges of the healthcare system, incorporating concepts and competencies from areas such as management, policy analysis and finance.

Faculty and Staff

Program Director

Brian C. Martin, PhD, MBA, Program Director

Nicole Holt, DrPH, MPH, Program Assistant Director

Program Staff

Rose Ann Arnaud, Program Office

Sterling Smith, Program Office

Shirlwin Watkins, Program Office

Faculty

Brian C. Martin, PhD, MBA, Program Director

Nicole Holt, DrPH, MPH, Program Assistant Director

Academic Advisors

Nicole M. Holt, DrPH, Track Coordinator, Epidemiology

Robert Campbell Jr, PhD, Epidemiology

Brian C. Martin, PhD, MBA, Track Coordinator, Health Management and Policy

Glenn Yap, PhD, MBA, Health Management and Policy