Doctor of Philosophy/Community Health

Program Details

Areas of Study

• Health Behavior
• Health Education
• Health Policy
• Health Services Research
• Rehabilitation
• Disability Studies.
• PhD in Community Health combined with MD through the Medical Scholars Program―a seven-year program.

Requirements

• Master’s degree plus three to four years of study
• Two years of courses, remaining time for dissertation research
• Minimum of 64 hours of graduate credit, including 8 hours each of advanced statistics and advanced research methods
• Written preliminary examination
• Written dissertation proposal, oral dissertation proposal, submission and dissertation defense

For more information contact:

• Tina Candler
• Graduate Program Secretary
• tcandler@illinois.edu
• Phone: (217) 333-1083

• Dr. Les G. Carlton
• Associate Head for Graduate Affairs
• lcarlton@illinois.edu

• Dr. David Strauser
• Community Health Graduate Program Coordinator
• Phone: (217) 244-3936

Also see:

University of Illinois Graduate College and Handbook