Environmental Health Sciences

The DrPH degree in EHS is designed to train professionals for advanced applied research, teaching, and administrative positions in the area of environmental health sciences. Students in the program gain a set of competencies required of well-trained professionals. Upon satisfactory completion of the DrPH degree in EHS, graduates will have achieved competencies enabling them to:

• Conceive, develop, and conduct original research leading to practical applications in environmental health sciences;
• Apply the latest applied science methodologies for testing research hypotheses and solving practical problems in environmental health sciences;
• Communicate effectively in writing and orally the results of research findings to the public and other professionals;
• Have the skills to develop a well-conceived hypothesis and to create a written proposal aimed at acquiring funding for a project to test the hypothesis.
• Compose a research article for submission to a peer reviewed, scientific journal;
• Report research findings at professional meetings;
• Summarize research findings for a non technical audience;
• Identify significant gaps in the current applied knowledge in environmental health sciences and develop approaches to fill those gaps;
• And establish, organize, and operate an independent applied research program in environmental health sciences.