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Concentration: Global Communicable

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Disease (TCD)
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health

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Delivery: Traditional

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

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global communicable disease (GCD) PhD program encompasses a wide variety of research interests. Faculty research areas—and research areas available for PhD research and training—include genomics, molecular parasitology and infectious disease ecology. Please review faculty web pages for an overview of faculty research interests.

Program of Study

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If you have questions on your program

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titleUSF Guidelines on Choosing a Program of Study

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Competencies   

Track the Fulfillment of Your Competencies:Your COPH Competencies Database Record

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titlePhD Competencies

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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

Department Details

For department guidelines see the Global Health Student Resources Page.

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, please contact the Doctoral Training Office at cophdoctoral@usf.edu

Current students may access their Degree Works planner (Degree Works may also be accessed from my.usf.edu or OASIS). Students may view their current progress in Archivum at usf.appiancloud.com/. (See Archivum instructions.). If you are not a current student, or want to view program requirements from a different catalog year please use these sources:  

There may be circumstances in which a student may need to change their catalog year. This must be initiated through a discussion with your academic advisor. Details regarding USF policy on changing catalog year can be found at https://catalog.usf.edu/content.php?catoid=15&navoid=2107#students-major-degree-requirements

Current Competencies (beginning fall 2017)

PhD Competencies 
Global Communicable Disease Competencies

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titlePrevious Competencies

2011 - 2016 Competencies   

 

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