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Primary Health Care & Health Disparities
Curriculum and Competencies
Program length: 58 Credits
This program is completed entirely online. Students are expected to use computer technologies such as Internet, electronic mail, document sharing, and data management as learning modalities within the masters program as well as within their practice after graduation.
Required OMPH Core Courses (16 Credits)
| Core Course Title | Credits | Course Number |
| Epidemiology Survey | 3 | CPH 533 |
| Introduction to Biostatistics | 3 | CPH 530 |
| Health Systems Organization | 3 | CPH 540 |
| Principles of Health Behavior | 3 | CPH 537 |
| Concepts of Environmental and Occupational Health | 3 | CPH 539 |
Track Requirements (19 Credits)
| Required Track Course Title |
Credits | Course Number |
| Epidemiology of Disease | 4 |
CPH 527 |
| The Social Context of Public Health Policy |
3 |
CPH 531 |
| Epidemiology of Aging |
3 |
CPH 526 |
| PHC & HD: Communications and Informatics | 3 | CPH 521 |
| PHC & HD: Global Perspectives & Program Development | 3 |
CPH 522 |
| PHC & HD: Social Determinants of Health |
3 | CPH 523 |
Primary Health Care & Health Disparities Focus Courses (18 Credits)*
| Track Courses |
Credits | Course Number |
| Current Issues in Public Health | 3 |
CPH 507A |
| Research Methods and Evidence Based Practice | 4 |
CPH 510 |
| Professionalism, Ethics and Stystems Thinkin in Public Health | 4 | CPH 535 |
| Community Based Participatory Research* | 3 |
CPH 536 |
| Public Health Program Evaluation |
3 |
CPH 538 |
| Foundations in Organizational Leadership and Management |
3 |
CPH 528 |
*other courses may be substituted based on student interest and focus
Internship (6 Credits)
All students are requied to complete the Graduate Internship in Public Health: CPH 509.
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Meet Melissa Wei!
As a MPH student in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics track at OHSU, excelled in the area of research. Aside from her outstanding achievements at OHSU, Melissa has also impressed the public health community with her efforts as a research assistant at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Her research on calcium and magnesium intake and the risk of colorectal adenomas has important implications for cancer control and public health. She has a great passion for integrating nutrition and prevention principles into the practice of medicine. Melissa has a very bright future ahead of her as a nutritional epidemiologist and researcher, a future that is amply supported by her growing body of scholarly work.
