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Department of Behavior, Health and Society

PhD Course Requirements
First Year

First Term

140.621

Statistical Methods in Public Health (4)

330.601

Perspectives of Psychiatry: The Public Health Framework  (3)

340.751

Epidemiologic Methods I (5)

550.865

Public Health Perspectives on Research (3)

330.840

Special Studies in Research (DMH Seminar) (1)
Second Term

140.622

Statistical Methods in Public Health (4)

330.603

Psychiatric Epidemiology (3)
For Department of Mental Health students a research paper is required for an additional (1) course credit. OR

330.602

Epidemiology of Drug Use and Dependence

340.602

Intermediate Epidemiology (6)

550.865

Public Health Perspectives on Research (3)

550.860 

Research Ethics (1) (306.665 Research Ethics and Integrity also satisfies the School requirement.)

330.840

Special Studies in Research (DMH Seminar) (1)

Third Term

140.623

Statistical Methods in Public Health (4)

330.661

Social, Psychological, and Developmental Processes in the Etiology of Mental Disorders (3)  (For Department of Mental Health students a research paper and oral presentation is required for an additional (1) course credit)

340.603

Cohort Studies: Design, Analysis, and Applications (4)

330.612

Introduction to Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics

330.840

Special Studies in Research (DMH Seminar) (1)

Fourth Term

140.624

Statistical Methods in Public Health (4)

330.607

Prevention and Control of Mental Disorders: Public Health Interventions (3)  (For doctoral students a research paper and oral presentation is required for an additional (1) course credit)

330.623

The Neuropsychology of Mental Disorders

 340.604

Design and Applications of the Case-Control Method (5)

330.840

Special Studies in Research (DMH Seminar) (1)
Second Year
First Term

330.657

Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement (4)
SECOND TERM

330.660

Seminar on Methods in Public Mental Health Research (3)

330.602

Epidemiology of Drug Use and Dependence OR

330.603

Psychiatric Epidemiology (3)
For Department of Mental Health students a research paper is required for an additional (1) course credit

Click to view Competencies

Doctoral students are required to attend Grand Rounds in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, during two quarters of their study.  Usually this is the second or later year of study.  Credit is obtained for attendance via a one course credit per term of Special Studies and Research, with the advisor as the instructor of record.

Doctoral students may substitute the Biostatistics 140.651-654 series for the 140.621-624.

All doctoral students are required to meet NIH requirements for completion of an instructional program in the responsible conduct of research.  This requirement can be satisfied with the Bloomberg School of Public Health courses 550.860 (Research Ethics) or 306.665 (Research Ethics and Integrity), or any other research ethics course offered at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (JHMI), as long as it meets the NIH guidelines, and a certification test must be passed.

All doctoral students are required to take course 550.865 (Public Health Perspectives on Doctoral Research). The course is two terms and offered the first and second term of each year.  Students have to attend one session a week - currently either Tuesday 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or Friday 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.  This course is waived for doctoral students who have earned a MPH within the last 10 years.

Training Programs

Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program
Children's Mental Health Services Training Program
Drug Dependence Training Program

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