Ph.D. in Epidemiology
Epidemiology is a branch of health sciences which studies distribution and determinant factors of health-related states or events in specific populations and investigates application of these studies to fight with health hazards. The PhD students are expected to graduate with knowledge and skills in the fields of epidemiology in order to:
-develop the practical and theoretical aspects in their field
-carefully criticize studies as to scientific principles in research methods, data collection and analysis
-acquire skills to work in national health systems by relying on epidemiologic thought and knowledge, analysis and policy making ability, methods of applying research knowledge to planning and operational fields
This field is easily combined with other fields and there is an interaction between experts of this field and those of other fields. Practicing justice, law and systematic thinking; developing evidence; and decision-making based on evidence are its outstanding characteristics. The educational aim of this program is training competent individuals in education, research and health management areas.
Courses
Duration: 4 years
Prerequisite courses: 10 credits
Special Courses: 20 credits
Thesis: 20 credits
Total: 50 credits
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Compensatory Courses
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Credits
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Health Information Systems
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1
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Principles of Epidemiology
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2
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Methods of Biostatistics 1
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2
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Research Method
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2
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Preliminary Mathematical Statistics
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2
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Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
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2
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Epidemiology 1 / Methods
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2
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Internship (community assessment)
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2
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core Specialized Course
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Epidemiology 2 / Scientific Inference in Epidemiology
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2
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Epidemiology 3 / Trials
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2
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Epidemiology 4 / Case Control
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2
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Epidemiology 5 / Ecological, Descriptive, and Cohort Studies
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2
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Statistics 2 / Statistics in Epidemiology
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3
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Epidemiology 6 / Secondary Studies
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2
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Statistics 3 / Survival Analysis
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2
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Qualitative Studies
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2
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Seminar
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2
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Internship 1
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1
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Internship 2
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1
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Dissertation
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20
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noncore Specialized courses
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Prediction Models in Epidemiology
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2
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Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics
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2
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Pharmaco-epidemiology
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2
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Nutritional Epidemiology
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2
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Epidemiology of Accidents
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2
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Reproductive, Maternal and Child Epidemiology
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2
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Clinical Epidemiology
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2
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Nosocomial Epidemiology
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2
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Epidemiology of HIV / AIDS
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2
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Geography of Health
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2
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Demography
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2
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Social Epidemiology
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2
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Health Economics
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2
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Economic Evaluation
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2
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Epidemiological Knowledge Transfer
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2
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Research Management and Administration
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2
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