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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
USF Department code: DEA
Program (Major/College): PPH PH
Concentrations: Global Communicable Diseases (TCD)
COPH Department: Global Health

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The Department of Global Health's Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program is offered through the Global Communicable Disease track. Graduates of the doctoral program will be qualified to conduct fundamental and applied research in identification, evaluation and prevention of tropical and communicable diseases. The Department offers a distinguished teaching and research program which provides a sound basis for doctoral study. Please review individual faculty web pages for an overview of faculty research interests.

Student Background

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Program

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of Study


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titleGlobal Communicable Diseases Competencies

In addition to the overall Doctor of Philosophy degree competencies, a graduate with a concentration in Global Communicable Diseases will be able to:

  1. Define and formulate a research hypothesis that will provide information aimed at improving the health of individuals and communities with a focus on, but not confined to tropical infectious disease research;
  2. Develop and apply laboratory and field methodologies to test a research hypothesis, including quality assurance/quality control techniques and statistical methods that test the validity and significance of research data;
  3. Demonstrate the oral and writing skills, and experimental design, worthy of defending a dissertation and publication in academic and professional journals;
  4. Work as a productive member of a research team and collaborative in writing research proposals to obtain extramural funding to support research projects; and
  5. Demonstrate ethical considerations in the practice, management and publication of research results

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Degree Details

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titleAdmission Process and Acceptance

Students applying for the PhD in Public Health must follow the admission process detailed on the COPH Application Procedures web page. Applicants to the Global Health doctoral program must meet the following minimum criteria in order to be considered for admission.   However, the meeting of these criteria, per se, shall not be the only basis for admission.

  1. GRE test preferred scores and grade point average for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Exceptional students with a bachelor's degree may be considered.
  2. In order to be considered for admission to the PhD programs in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, applicants must be prepared to register as a full-time student for at least one academic year. Students are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the department though interaction via seminars, interdisciplinary conferences and other activities. This expectation is of all doctoral students regardless of their status as full or part-time students.
  3. See Degree Admission Criteria for the PhD for the full set of criteria for consideration.

The completed application package will include:

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Review by the Department Admissions Committee:

  1. Determination of student eligibility
  2. Determination of availability of resources (faculty advisors, research support)
  3. Applicants who are passed through these first two steps will be interviewed. This provides the students an opportunity to learn about prospective advisor(s) and to meet with the Department Admission Committee.
  4. Letter of Support and agreement to serve as advisor written by an eligible departmental faculty member and placed in the applicant’s file (serves as third letter of recommendation and obligates faculty member to provide or ensure financial support of student’s doctoral research).
  5. Student is notified of acceptance or rejection and availability of advisors for the student. If more than one faculty member has volunteered to be the advisor, the student may schedule an additional meeting if needed to arrive at a final decision.

The final decision is based on:

  1. Qualification experience and References
  2. Direction and areas of interest
  3. Available faculty
  4. Available resources

Upon acceptance to the Doctoral Program

Each student shall sign a letter of understanding regarding the five stages in the doctoral degree process:

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Department Details

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titleDoctoral Committee

Upon a student's admission, the department chairperson will appoint the faculty sponsor as advisor. The student and Faculty advisor shall meet prior to the beginning of the first semester to identify courses taken during the first semester of study. By the end of the first semester, the doctoral committee must be formed. The Doctoral Committee will advise and approve the student's course of study administer and grade the written and oral qualifying examinations.

The Doctoral Committee will consist of at least four members including the adviser, three of whom must come from the Department of Global Health.  After passing the qualifying examination, the Dissertation Committee will be formed. The Doctoral Committee may continue to serve as Dissertation Committee. The Dissertation Committee will approve the student's plan of research, supervise the research, read and approve the dissertation, and conduct the dissertation defense. The Dissertation Committee will consist of at four least members including the advisor, three of whom must come from the academic area in which the major work for the degree will be done, with at least one member from outside the Department of Global Health. All the members must be credentialed, by USF Graduate Studies.

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