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The School of Public Health
is accredited through 2017 by:
Council on Education
for Public Health (CEPH)
PhD - Epidemiology
The PhD is targeted to doctoral level health professionals seeking a career in research and academia. However, others with a Maters degree in Epidemiology and research experience may also apply. The PhD prepares graduates to be able to conduct independent research in both traditional epidemiology, public health settings and clinical settings such a clinical trials, outcomes research, and evaluation of the quality of medical care. It offers training for a career where advanced analytical and conceptual capabilities are required, such as teaching, research, consultation, and top-level research administration.
PhD Program
Doctoral students in the PhD program complete a total of 66 didactic and research units and 12 dissertation units. They are required to submit three papers to peer review for consideration of publication and at least one of these must be published prior to graduation. Students in the PhD program take fewer public health core courses compared to the DrPH and are expected to have completed basic science courses prior to admission. They must take 3 courses as cognate courses from other departments/disciplines such as biostatistics, nutrition, geographic information systems (GIS), environmental health, global health, health promotion and education and health policy and management.
Learner outcomes
Graduates of this PhD program will have the skills necessary to:
- Identify areas requiring biomedical or epidemiologic research and design and conduct appropriate study to address the question.
- Write grant proposals to obtain funding for research.
- Select and execute appropriate and valid analyses of data using available statistical software.
- Write, interpret and publish results of conducted research and communicate orally.
- Develop lectures and teach at the graduate level within their area of expertise.
Doctoral Program Requirements
Doctoral students are expected to assist the faculty in teaching and research. The program of study consists of didactic units and research/dissertation units and will be developed as demonstrated in the curriculum below. Three courses in a cognate field are required. A minimum of 60 of the didactic units must be taken at Loma Linda University.
PhD Curriculum: minimum 78 units
- Methods Courses
- EPDM 510 Principles of Epidemiology II 3
- EPDM 512 Multivariate modeling in Epidemiology 3
- EPDM 515 Clinical Trials 3
- STAT 522 Biostatistics II 4
- STAT 557 Research Data Management 3
- STAT 564 Advanced Survey and Research Methods 3
- STAT 515 Grant and Contract Proposal Writing 3
- Descriptive Epidemiology Courses: 8-9 units
- EPDM 566 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease 3
- EPDM 565 Epidemiology of Cancer 3
- EPDM 544 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 3
- EPDM 567 Epidemiology of Aging 3
- EPDM 534 Epidemiology of Maternal and Child Health 3
- EPDM 588 Epidemiology of Environmental Health 3
- EPDM 635A and B Epidemiology of Adventist Studies 2
- EPDM 555 Epidemiologic Methods in Outcomes Research 3
- EPDM 625 Special topics in Epidemiology 1-3
- STAT 625 Special topics in Biostatistics 1-3
- Other required courses: 13+
- EPDM 605 Seminar in Epidemiology (register for 1 unit/year in program) 3
- SHCJ 605 Overview of Public Health 1
- RELE 525 Ethics for Scientist
- or
- RELE 534 Ethics of Public Health 3
- RELR xxx relational elective 3
- RELT 615 Seminar in Philosophy of Religion
- or
- RELT 617 Seminar in Religion and Science 3
Recommended cognate courses � 3 courses 7-10 units + seminar (1 unit per year)
Admission Requirements
A doctoral degree in a health-related field or Masters degree in Epidemiology with research experience.
Cumulative grade point average (GPA) in graduate study of 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale)
Submission of Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores (taken within the last 7 years)
Recommendations indicating the applicant�s academic performance and leadership potential)
Pre-requisites:
Organic Chemistry
College Algebra or equivalent (Calculus preferred)
Behavioral Science
Biochemistry
Microbiology
� Anatomy
� Physiology
� Histology
� Pathology
Co-requisites:
Biostatistics I (STAT 521)
Analytical applications of SAS (STAT 548)
Principles of Epidemiology I (EPDM 509)
Contact Information - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Web site: www.llu.edu/public-health/epibio
E-mail: epibiodept@llu.edu
Phone: (909) 558-4590