Department of Community Medicine
PhD Program
Welcome to the information page of the WVU Health Sciences Center’s Interdisciplinary PhD program in Public Health Sciences. This new program was approved by the WVU graduate council and Board of Governors in January 2006.
Our mission is to provide state of the art doctoral education to a select group of highly qualified students who desire to positively impact the public’s health. We aim to train these students in a research intensive curriculum that is guided by a distinguished faculty at the leading edge of effective public health science.
Goals
The PhD in Public Health Sciences emphasizes both evidence-based primary prevention of disease and injury, and health promotion research and practice. Program goals are to:
- train the next generation of public health leaders and produce a self-renewing cadre of teachers, researchers and practitioners who will help shape and sustain the best public health practices;
- identify and address public health disparities;
- improve health and health care in our State, and simultaneously improve the economic competitiveness of the WVU Health Sciences Center, emulating what similar training programs have accomplished in other states;
- feature trans-disciplinary teaching and research so that trainees of the program will be able to compete for the highest level public health jobs, grants, and research opportunities;
- create a pool of epidemiologic, behavioral science, demographic, and environmental health talent for developing highly technical enterprises in West Virginia that seek to influence health behavior at the community and policy level.
Enrollment and Stipend Support
We plan to enroll 6 full-time stipend-funded students each year. Stipend-supported students will receive $23,000 and full tuition waivers.
PhD Program Contact Information
For more information about the program, please contact:
Robert Pack, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor &
Director of the PhD Program in Public Health Sciences
PO Box 9190
WVU School of Medicine
Morgantown WV 26506
Phone: (304) 293-1091
Fax: (304) 293-6685
E-mail: rpack@hsc.wvu.edu
OR
WVU School of Medicine
Department of Community Medicine
Phone: (304) 293-2502
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