SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University School of Public Health
Advanced Certificate Program in Clinical Epidemiology
New York, USA
Advanced Certificate
DURATION
5 semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: SUNY Downstate School of Public Health offers an Advanced Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology applying epidemiologic methods to patient populations. You’ll study epidemiology and biostatistics, study design, clinical research methods, data analysis, and interpretation. The programme teaches you to communicate epidemiologic evidence for clinical decision-making and covers patient-focused research on communicable and non-communicable diseases. It’s suitable for medical students, physicians, residents, fellows, and other healthcare professionals seeking graduate-level clinical research training.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as clinical epidemiologists, clinical researchers, biostatisticians. These roles use skills in study design, data analysis, evidence-based practice, clinical trials, and translating research to care.
Clinical Epidemiology is the application of epidemiologic research methodology to patient populations. Studies in this field provide the evidence used to inform clinical practice and clinical decision-making. Clinical epidemiologists conduct patient-focused research on both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Students in this program will learn the foundations of epidemiology and biostatistics and will gain skills in study design and research to conduct and analyze clinical data. They will also learn to interpret and communicate epidemiologic research as it relates to clinical practice. This certificate program is appropriate for medical students, physicians, residents, fellows, and other healthcare professionals interested in focused graduate-level training in clinical research skills.
Lenard And Christine Szarek Fellowship Fund
The criteria to select awardees for the Lenard and Christine Szarek Fellowship Fund for SUNY Downstate School of Public Health (SPH) Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) are presented below:
- Academic Record: Applicants must submit an official transcript. Each applicant must also have completed 12 or more SPH academic credits with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.75 or greater.
- Resume: Each applicant must submit a recent resume which delineates his or her academic and employment record.
- Personal Statement: Each applicant must submit a personal statement of 1,000 words or less in which s/he delineates how the funding will assist him or her.
- Letter of Recommendation: Each applicant must submit a Letter of Recommendation from a faculty member of the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health.
Component Courses
The component courses of the program include:
- EPID 5200 Principles of Epidemiology
- BIOS 5200 Principle of Biostatistics
- EPID 5201 Epidemiologic Research Methods I
- BIOS 5304 Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials
Student can choose one elective course from the following listed below:
- BIOS 5202 Applied Regression Analysis
- BIOS 5206 Statistical Computing
- CHSC 7303 Survey Research Methods
