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Epidemiology and Public Health Study Program/ Dual Degree Program(EPH)

  • Incoming Class of 2013: The Duke School of Medicine and Fuqua School of Business jointly sponsor a program of medical and business administration education (MBA), a leadership program in public policy and medical training at Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy (MPP) and a highly selective program of medical and legal education with The School of Law of Duke University (JD). The tuition policies are clearly defined in the program descriptions and vary by program so review them carefully for more information.  Duke does not have an affiliation with any other institution for these Dual Degrees, only those listed.

    For more information on the MBA, MPP or JD programs please see the information listed under the General Information page on this website or contact Dr. David Edelman, 919-286-6936; dedelman@duke.edu.
 
Program Description:
The Epidemiology and Public Health Study Program is designed to provide a foundation in public health, prevention, and assessment and management of the issues impacting the wellbeing of populations. Participants also learn the essentials of research design, statistical analysis, health policy, and comparative health systems so that they can be contributors to the improvement of the system of health care, beginning with the improved health of the patient but extending to local, state, and national issues. Each student selects a Duke faculty mentor in consultation with the program director. Students must complete third year requirements (e.g. Duke thesis, orals, web courses) in addition to the MPH or CDC requirements. It is a challenging year; most students successfully complete it and would choose to again!
 
In this study track, students pursue an MPH at UNC or another school of public health, or the year long experience at the CDC.
 
MPH: Most students matriculate in one of the pre-approved "schools" within the School of Public Health at UNC. These include: Epidemiology, Health Care and Prevention (HC&P), Maternal and Child Health, (MCN) Nutrition or Health Policy Administration (HPA). Students may also choose to attend another school of public health (than UNC) or select another "school" within the UNC School of Public Health, however they need prior approval from Dr. Andolsek and Duke’s third year committee.
 

For Duke Students who matriculated to Duke SOM 2007-08 and 2008-09, they will pay their typical Duke School of Medicine tuition during their third year. Duke pays for 3 semester’s tuition at the in-state rate for up to 9 qualified Duke third year SOM students to obtain their MPH at UNC. Interested students are asked to complete and application and return to Dr. Andolsek in fall of their second year. In the past 3 years, all Duke students who applied, were accepted into the School of Public Health , and matriculated there were able to be completely funded. Please don’t let this deter you if you have interest…come talk! Don’t rely on "hearsay"…come talk about what you’d like to accomplish and see what’s possible.  

 

For Duke Students who matriculate Duke SOM August 2009 Duke will no longer pay tuition costs for UNC.  Students who elect a second degree will pay both tuitions:  Duke School of Medicine and UNC MPH as with other dual degree students. Interested students are strongly encouraged to take steps to quality themselves to gain state residency for tuition purposes which will make attending UNC more affordable. In addition they can work with UNC to identify scholarship and other support, including work study.  In addition they may find MPH programs in their "home state" more cost effective. They can pursue scholarship and other forms of aid at other schools of public health.

 

The MPH Requirements include: Minimum of 42 credit hours; Practicum. Each student works in an epidemiology/health services/public health independent research activity; Required Research. Each student is required to produce an in-depth research paper analyzing an area of epidemiology, health service research, finance, health systems, or health policy, most probably related to the student's practicum experience.
 
The following website provides information on being considered a North Carolina resident for tuition purposes:
http://gradschool.unc.edu/residency/index.html.

The Learning Expectations document for MPH students outlines the requirements for the year.
 
MPH OPPORTUNITIES (other than UNC)
A comprehensive database of Public Health Programs that are accredited is available at:

http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=931
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=200
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=1018#100107

Your participation in any of these as part of third year would require third year committee approval. Contact Dr. Andolsek.
 
 
The CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship
Are you a medical student who is
  • curious about how public health works?
  • interested in investigating outbreaks of tuberculosis among the homeless, or in a prison population?
  • intrigued by investigating an outbreak of leptospirosis among Adventure racers in a Florida swamp?
  • attracted to an opportunity to assessing risk factors for reproductive-health visits to Emergency Departments?
  • fascinated in being at the forefront of cardiovascular health policy development?
  • Do you want an experience that offers an opportunity to enhance your research skills, build leadership potential, and improve your clinical acumen via a population health perspective, all by working on real-life problems?  Then consider applying to The CDC Experience!
 
The CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellowship is a one-year fellowship tailored for rising 3 rd and 4th year medical students, designed to increase the pool of physicians with a population health perspective. Eight competitively selected fellows spend 10-12 months at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offices in Atlanta, GA where they carry out epidemiologic analyses in areas of public health that interest them.  This challenging and intellectually stimulating environment provides multiple opportunities to enhance skills in research and analytic thinking, written and oral scientific presentations, and preventive medicine and public health. Examples of previous and current areas of concentration include viral diseases, cardiovascular health, birth defects, STDs, foodborne diseases, and air pollution and respiratory health. 

Duke has had two third year students do this; for more information contact Kathy Andolsek, MD MPH, 3rd year study track director or visit  the CDC online at  www.cdcfoundation.org/thecdcexperience. or cdcexperience@cdcfoundation.org.
 
Other options:
Some students elect another dual degree (e.g. MBA, MPP, JD, Masters Psychology, MSLS/MSIS) or full time clinical research. For students interested in public health but not wishing to commit their entire third year: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has launched a project known as OpenCourseWare, which provides free online access to some of the school's most popular courses. Courses are not offered for credit and do not count toward a degree or certificate.
 
Resources:
CDC Epi Info tutorial: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/tutorials.htm


Faculty

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Martha Bennett Adams, M.D.
Associate Professor - Track IV of Medicine
Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine
David Mois Albala, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Kathryn Marijoan Andolsek, M.D., M.P.H
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Acting Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education
Jay Alan Baker, M.D.
Associate Professor of Radiology
Chief, Breast Imaging
John Alexander Bartlett, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director of the AIDS Research and Treatment Center
Lori Anne Bastian, M.D., M.P.H
Associate Professor of Medicine
Daniel German Blazer, M.D., Ph.D.
J. P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Michael Paul Bolognesi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Haywood Laverne Brown, M.D.
Roy T. Parker Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Barbara Jean Burns, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Robert M. Califf, M.D.
Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Professor of Cardiology, in the School of Medicine
Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Pratap Challa, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Dennis Alfred Clements, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Children's Primary Care in the Department of Pediatrics
Harvey Jay Cohen, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for the Study of Aging&Human Development in the Department of Medicine
Lesley Huntley Curtis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Track V of Medicine
John McCray Dement, Ph.D.
Professor in Community and Family Medicine
Rowena Joy Dolor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
David Edward Edelman, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Christopher Levon Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Jeffrey Michael Ferranti, M.D.
Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics
Sharon Fridovich Freedman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
William J. Fulkerson, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Anthony Nicholas Galanos, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Deborah T. Gold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Carol Dukes Hamilton, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Judith C Hays, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Ctr for the Stu of Aging & Hum Dev
Cathrine Hoyo, Ph.D., M.P.H
Assistant Professor in Community and Family Medicine
Margaret Humphreys, M.D., PH.D
Associate Clinical Professor Department of Medicine
Samuel L. Katz, M.D.
Wilburt C. Davison Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics
Alex Randall Kemper, M.D., M.P.H, M.S.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Linda Sue Kinsinger, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
Jeffrey Harold Lawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Paul Pue-Jung Lee, M.D., J.D.
James Pitzer Gills, III, M.D. and Joy Gills Professor of Ophthalmology in the School of Medicine
Vice-chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Phyllis Carolyn Leppert, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hester Johnstone Lipscomb, Ph.D., M.P.H
Associate Professor in Community and Family Medicine
Elizabeth Gresham Livingston, M.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Joseph Yuan-Chieh Lo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
David Franklin Lobach, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Chief, Division of Medical Informatics in the Department of Community and Family Medicine
Anne Drapkin Lyerly, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
David Bruce Matchar, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
James Lloyd Michener, M.D.
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine
Eugene William Moretti, M.D.
Assistant Professor - Track IV of Anesthesiology
John Carroll Murray, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Evan Robert Myers, M.D., M.P.H
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chief of the Division of Clinical&Epidemiologic Research
Steven Arthur Olson, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Truls Ostbye, M.D., M.P.H
Professor in Community and Family Medicine
George R. Parkerson, M.D., M.P.H
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Edward F. Patz, M.D.
James and Alice Chen Professor of Radiology in the School of Medicine
Ricardo Santos Pietrobon, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
John Howard Sampson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Joellen Martha Schildkraut, Ph.D., M.P.H
Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Kevin Alan Schulman, M.D., M.B.A
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Clinical and Genetic Economics
William Keith Scott, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Mina Ruth Silberberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine
David Lee Simel, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Frank A Sloan, Ph.D.
J Alex McMahon Professor of Ctr for HLTH Policy/Law & MGMT
Laura Pat Svetkey, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Geeta Krishna Swamy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Marvin Stanley Swartz, M.D.
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief, Division of Social and Community Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Nathan Maclyn Thielman, M.D., M.P.H
Associate Professor of Medicine
James Aaron Tulsky, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
David Keith Walmer, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Track IV of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Emmanuel Benjamin Walter, M.D., M.P.H
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Eric Charles Westman, M.D., M.H.S
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Latham Witsell, M.D., M.H.S
Associate Professor of Surgery
Christopher Wildrick Woods, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
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