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MPH Concentration in Infectious Diseases
The MPH concentration in Infectious Diseases provide students with competencies in multiple disciplines including epidemiology, immunology, microbiology, parasitology and vector-borne diseases to address critical problems in the control and prevention of infectious diseases. Students who complete the concentration will gain special expertise in the pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of infectious diseases appropriate for careers within state health departments, federal agencies or the pharmaceutical industry conducting research in these matters. Students will be exposed to the fundamental concepts underlying the epidemiology and control of a number of infectious diseases affecting global health.
Course of Study
Students are required to take 20 unit hours from the list of courses below with a minimum of 3 units in each of the following five areas: Epidemiology, Microbiology, Parasitology and Tropical Diseases, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, and Immunology. Courses that are listed in multiple areas, can only be used to satisfy one area requirement.
340.608 Observational Epidemiology 4 units 2nd term [Internet - 3rd term] 340.627 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 4 units 2nd term
[Internet - 2nd term]380.761 STI in Public Health Practice* 4 units 3rd term
[Internet - 4th term]340.651 Emerging Infections 2 units 4th term 340.653 Epidemiologic Inferences in Outbreak Investigations 3 units 4th term 120.602 Introduction to Molecular Biology 4 units 1st term 260.623 Fundamentals of Virology 4 units 1st term 550.630 Public Health Biology* 3 units 1st term
[Internet - Summer and 4th terms]260.627 Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections 4 units 2nd term 340.654 Epidemiology & Natural History\Human Viral Infections* 6 units 3rd term
[Internet - 1st term]260.624 Advanced Virology 4 units 3rd term (Offered every year; next offered in 2012-13) 223.689 Biological Basis of Vaccine Development* 3 units 4th term 260.622 Principles of Bacterial Infection 3 units 4th term (Offered every third year; offered in 2012-2013) 550.630 Public Health Biology* 3 units 1st term
[Internet - Summer and 4th terms]260.636 Evolution of Infectious Diseases 3 units 1st term 223.662 Vaccine Development and Application 3 units 2nd term 260.652 Principles of Public Health Ecology* 4 units 2nd term 223.663 Infectious Diseases and Child Survival 3 units 3rd term 223.687 Vaccine Policy Issues 3 units 3rd term 380.761 STI in Public Health practice* 4 units 3rd term
[Internet - 4th term]340.612 Epidemiologic Basis for Tuberculosis Control* 2 units 3rd term
[Internet - 1st term]223.680 Global Disease Control Programs & Policy 4 units 4th term 223.689 Biologic Basis of Vaccine Development* 3 units 4th term 260.635 Biology of Parasitism* 4 units 3rd term 260.650 Vector Biology and Vector-borne Diseases* 3 units 3rd term 223.682 Clinical and Epidemiologic Aspects of Tropical Diseases 3 units 4th term 260.656 Malariology* 4 units 4th term [Internet - 3rd term] 260.631 Immunology, Infection, and Disease* 3 units 2nd term
260.611 Principles of Immunology I 4 units 1st term 260.712 Clinical Immunology 3 units 4th term *Also fulfills MPH core requirement.
Capstone Experience
The MPH capstone experience in Infectious Diseases is an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned to an infectious disease public health problem. Students are required to register for the 2 unit MPH Capstone Course (XXX.800) in fouth term. Additional units of special studies research (XXX.840) can be completed in third term under the direction of their capstone advisor. Students will prepare a paper on a specific infectious disease reviewing current key knowledge in the pathogenesis or control of the disease and focus on identifying at least two critical areas in need of additional research or public health solutions. Each paper topic must be approved by the student's advisor based upon a brief outline. Each student will present the working oral presentation in a special MPH symposium in May or an alternative venue approved by the concentration faculty.
Faculty Concentration Directors
Clive Shiff, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, 410-955-1263
Kenrad Nelson, MD, Professor, Epidemiology, 410-955-1296
Neal Halsey, MD, Professor, International Health, 410-955-6964