MSPH in International Health (Global Disease Epidemilogy and Control)
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
About this program
MSPH in International Health (Global Disease Epidemilogy and Control)
The GDEC Program trains students to use epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to design, implement and evaluate disease control interventions of public health importance to underserved populations. Students have the opportunity to work with faculty at field sites across the world, gaining hands-on experience in global health research and program implementation.
The program emphasizes biomedical interventions (e.g. therapeutic or prophylactic drugs, vaccines or environmental modifications).
Admission requirements
Prior Coursework
Strong undergraduate background in biology and/or the quantitative sciences
Standardized Test Scores
Standardized test scores (GRE) are optional for this program. The admissions committee will make no assumptions if a standardized test score is omitted from an application, but will require evidence of quantitative/analytical ability through other application components such as academic transcripts and/or supplemental questions. Applications will be reviewed holistically based on all application components.
English Language Proficiency Test
Most international applicants must submit scores of an English language proficiency test. Unless an applicant meets one of the exemption criteria listed below, official English language proficiency test scores less than 2 years old will be required as part of the application. To fulfill this requirement, the Bloomberg School will accept scores from the following tests. Please contact Admissions Services if you have questions about acceptable test scores. We do not accept the TOEFL Essentials or TOEFL IPT.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the school website.
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MSPH Departmental Requirements
- Residency Requirement
- General Requirements
- Registration
- Time of Completion Requirements
- Introduction to Online Learning
- Capstone
- Practicum
- Departmental Written Comprehensive Examination
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the school website for more information
Tuition
Tuition fee: $60,960 / year
Qualification
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate and execute intervention strategies and approaches that address major public health problems of underserved populations, with emphasis on infectious diseases and vaccines, in the context of culture, communities and health policies
- Incorporate the epidemiology, biology, pathophysiology, and/or modes of transmission, to analyze, recommend, or create appropriate strategies for prevention and control of the major infectious diseases of public health importance to resource-poor environments
- Apply management principles to programs for health systems and health services in developing countries
- Identify major environmental health problems and communicate some solutions in detail with an emphasis on issues of water and sanitation
- Analyze and synthesize relevant public health data and develop and implement prevention, control, and evaluation plans employing epidemiological methods to address disease burdens of public health importance
- Address problems of global disease burden within its biological, cultural, and behavioral context
- Evaluate a field research or public health program from conception of ideas through design, management, monitoring, data collection, interpretation, and analysis
- Conduct a statistical analysis of disease burden or program evaluation data, and provide a reasoned interpretation of the results to contribute to program improvement and/or public health literature
- Produce written reports of research and/or programmatic findings and communicate them via oral presentations, posters, briefs, peer-reviewed articles, or other official documents, intended for public health professionals and/or policy makers
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Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (BSPH), the number one ranked school of public health in the world, is dedicated to the improvement of health for all people and the education of a diverse global community of research...
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