The eleven-month Advanced Professional MPH Program provides rigorous public health training to individuals with a doctoral-level degree in a field related to public health (e.g., MD, DVM, DDS, or Ph.D in the biological, behavioral, or social sciences) and to medical students who have completed their third year in an accredited medical school in the United States. The program is designed for mature individuals with clear goals in public health. A student can enter the program to gain skills in clinical research methodology or to prepare to be the director of a community health center, a leader in a state or local health department, or a medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among other goals. Preventive Medicine Residents and Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellows can enter the program to complete their M.P.H. degree requirement.
Candidates for the MD/MPH Program must be currently enrolled in the Yale School of Medicine. Students complete the MPH program requirements during the fourth year of this five year program. MD/MPH students are required to complete a thesis instead of a capstone course.
David Lee is pursuing his MPH degree between his third and fourth years at University of Michigan Medical School. Between core rotations and sub-internships is the perfect time to get an MPH degree...
A board certified family practice physician, Major William Hayes is an active duty flight surgeon in the United States Air Force, providing health care to pilots and their families. His study at Yale serves as the first year of three of a Residency in Aerospace Medicine (RAM) that will qualify him for command positions.
"Everyone should come back to school in their 30s if they have the opportunity,” says Panagiotis (Panos) Vagenas, PhD. A native of Greece, Panos moved to London as a college freshman and stayed until he finished a PhD in immunology with a focus on T cell signaling.
When Heather Crockett-Washington, DDS, studied dental anxiety for her senior psychology project, she learned that most people did not share her view that a trip to the dentist was like going to a spa.
Heather Fowler, VMD, a student in the AP MPH Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology track, knew she wanted to be a veterinarian from the time she was a small child. She owned every kind of pet you can imagine, and by age 15 had already begun working in an animal hospital.