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University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Ph.D. in Epidemiology
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

Ph.D. in Epidemiology

Madison, USA

PhD

English

Sep 2026

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About: The Ph.D. in Epidemiology focuses on the study of health-related issues in populations. Students engage in advanced research methodologies and statistical analysis to understand disease patterns, risk factors, and health outcomes. The program aims to train students to contribute to public health knowledge and practices through rigorous research.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various career paths, including roles as epidemiologists, research scientists, public health officials, and educators in academic institutions. Opportunities exist in government agencies, non-profit organizations, and healthcare companies, addressing critical health issues at local, national, and global levels.

The Graduate Program in Epidemiology prepares students to investigate what factors are related to good and bad health in different populations and people's outcomes with given health conditions. This involves learning how specific health conditions and diseases develop, spread, can be prevented, and are treated and how to assess health and its relationships to risk factors. The research uses existing big data, as well as data collected by researchers themselves. Epidemiologic methods build on biology, social sciences, genetics, and statistics. University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison Epidemiology faculty work on general health assessment, obesity, exercise, nutrition, genetics, heart disease, respiratory problems, cancer, diabetes, infectious disease, aging, disability, sleep disorders, maternal and child, and environmental health.