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The Dr.P.H. degree is conferred jointly by the UMDNJ - School of Public Health
and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers,
the State University of New Jersey.
The Dr.P.H. degree requires 72 credit
hours for completion.
Candidates for the Doctoral degree will be required to complete comprehensive written and oral examinations in major and minor areas as well as complete and defend original dissertation research. Through Doctoral level research, the students will develop expertise on a single topic, design and implement a research project, integrate and interpret complex data, and complete a comprehensive dissertation. The students must plan this carefully.
Although the students will work closely with their faculty advisors, they will bear responsibility for developing research of publishable quality. The program is designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of individual students. A specific course of study will be selected by the student in consultation with his/her major advisor and then must be approved by the Doctoral Committee.
The Biostatistics discipline emphasizes the concepts underlying the scientific method, and the applications in biomedical data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of results. The study of Biostatistics includes designs and analysis of experimental studies, including clinical trials, and non-experimental (observational) studies, theory of probability and statistics, and statistical computing. Applicants to the Biostatistics Department should have strong aptitude for quantitative thinking and interest in biomedical and public health applications. Students are encouraged to work closely with faculty and to attend seminars concerning current problems and issues in empirical research.
Dr.P.H. Curriculum
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