MCH Epidemiology Doctoral Training
The MCH Epidemiology Doctoral Training Program prepares doctoral students for leadership careers in the area of applied epidemiology with a focus on MCH. The goal of program is to educate doctoral students in both epidemiology and MCH to enhance the capacity of the MCH field to address the needs of women and children through research, evaluation and practice. A secondary goal is to promote the use of data and research to advocate for the MCH population and to strengthen the analytic capacity of the MCH workforce in the US for assessment, planning, data use, analysis and evaluation related to the MCH population. It emphasizes MCH Epidemiology and MCH-related research in Baltimore City, Maryland, HRSA’s Region III (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia) and nationally drawing on a history of strong relationships of BSPH and PFRH with MCH professionals in local and state MCH health agencies and nationally.
Students in the program are prepared in MCH content, critical thinking, and analytic and epidemiologic skills. As part of the program, students work with a state, city or county health department on a research project, preferably using data from this project for their dissertation research. A publishable manuscript is expected from this work. Graduates of the program are prepared to assume leadership positions in which they use epidemiological research methods, critical thinking and data analyses to develop and promote evidence-based and evidence-informed practices in the MCH community.