The
epidemiology and biostatistics track trains
health professionals in the population perspective toward health care
and disease prevention. Courses in this track emphasize the use of quantitative
methods for analyzing and addressing health problems to support basic
and applied research in public health and health care. The core curriculum offered to all students in the OMPH program is intended
to provide an understanding of the statistical, epidemiological, political,
behavioral, environmental science, and organizational basis of public
health and of the health care system in general. The epidemiology and biostatistics concentration focuses on providing
students with epidemiological and statistical reasoning skills and competency
in studying the distribution and dynamics of disease in populations, in
evaluating health care programs, and in conducting clinical, behavioral,
and health services research.
The Department of Public Health & Preventive
Medicine at OHSU received the 2004 Outstanding Educational Program of the
Year Award from the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine. See
the following link for more information: http://www.atpm.org/about/awards/OHSU_Awards.html
Epidemiology & Biostatistics (OHSU)
Track Learning Competencies
The goal of the Epidemiology & Biostatistics is to train theoretically-grounded, culturally competent, and technically skilled public health professionals.
Students graduating from this track will be able to:
- Apply population-based concepts of epidemiology and risk determination to the assessment of health problems.
- Apply evidence-based knowledge of health determinants to public health issues.
- Apply and interpret a variety of statistical methods commonly used in medical and public health research.
- Formulate and test a researchable question.
- Identify ethical problems that arise when epidemiology is used to guide public policy decisions.
- Identify cultural dimensions of conducting research, including culturally sensitive recruitment of study participants, and develop strategies for interpretation of data in the larger cultural context.
- Assess and interpret relevant literature in the area of public health and epidemiology.
- Integrate understanding of the interrelationships among the organization, delivery, and financing of health-related services.
- Communicate public health principles and concepts through various strategies across multiple sectors of the community.
Contact Information
Admissions Information
MPH Program Office
Oregon Health & Science University
Campus Services Building, Room 663B
503-494-2012
phpm@ohsu.edu
Curricular Information
Katherine J. Riley, Ed.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
503-494-2556
rileyk@ohsu.edu
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