PhD Global Communicable Diseases

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