Steven Anderson
Associate Director
Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences
Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, Room 12-361
303 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008
web site: www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/igp |
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email: sja314@northwestern.edu
phone: 800-255-4166 or 312-503-1140
fax: 312-908-5253 |
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Rowland W. Chang, Director
Maureen B. Moran, Associate Director
Program in Public Health
Department of Preventive Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102
Chicago, Illinois 60611-4402
web site: www.publichealth.northwestern.edu |
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email: m-moran@northwestern.edu
phone: 312-503-0500
fax: 312-908-9588 |
Program Description
The Life Sciences and Public Health Combined PhD/MPH program is designed to train students in both scientific research and interdisciplinary public health fields. Graduates of this program will be positioned to take leadership roles in academic and government institutions seeking expertise in molecular or cellular approaches to population-based health questions. Students will conduct their PhD thesis research in the areas of basic mechanisms of infectious diseases or cancer biology, two areas in which the emerging specialization of molecular epidemiology plays an increasingly important role.
This dual degree program enables doctoral students in the life sciences who desire to apply research skills to public health questions to acquire public health credentials concurrently with their PhD degree. Applicants wishing to apply to the combined PhD/MPH degree program will do so at the same time they apply for admission to the IGP. Applicants should notify the IGP office of their intent by including a cover letter with their support materials. The PhD/MPH program will also accept applications from first year IGP students who did not seek admission to the combined degree program before matriculation.
Successful applicants will demonstrate exceptional academic potential, indicative of an ability to master the additional course load required of the combined degree. Applicants must convey both in writing and through personal interview a clear commitment and motivation for obtaining and using the combined degree. Admission decisions are made jointly by the IGP and MPH admissions committees.
Students in the combined degree program cannot graduate with the MPH degree prior to completing the requirements for the PhD.
Administration The program is administered by a joint committee composed of the following members: IGP Director, IGP Associate Director, IGP Program Committee Chair, MPH Director, MPH Associate Director, MPH faculty representative
Faculty
Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (IGP)
All faculty currently associated with the Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences who are conducting basic research in the areas of infectious disease mechanisms or cancer biology. A faculty list for this program may be found at here.
Public Health
All faculty currently associated with the Public Health program, as listed on this Web site at here.
Last updated: May 2 2007 1:04PM
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