Concurrent MCB Ph.D./Epidemiology M.S. Program

The purpose of this program is to give MCB graduate students the opportunity to obtain an M.S. degree in Epidemiology concurrently with their Ph.D. degree. This will involve approximately four additional quarters in graduate school. A stipend for achieving the M.S. degree will be offered through an NIH interdisciplinary training grant.

There has been increasing interest in training basic scientists to have a deeper understanding of the growing field of Molecular Epidemiology. The goal of this program is to train basic scientists who will be well versed in modern epidemiological resesarch methodologies, which should broaden their abilities to obtain positions at academic research institutions as well as in industry.

Students with a strong interest in epidemiology should apply by January 1st to start their M.S. work in the following fall quarter. While the M.S. program can be completed in any year of graduate school, the logical choice is to work towards the M.S. degree during the second year of training. MCB students in this program will do three laboratory rotations in their first year of graduate school and choose a Ph.D. mentor prior to starting the M.S. program. They can begin their laboratory work during the summer quarter an may continue this work concurrently with the M.S. if time permits. One quarter of TA will be completed concurrently with the M.S. program in the fall quarter. M.S. thesis projects should be completed during the following summer quarter, but an extra quarter may be required for completion of data analysis. The two required elective courses can be used to satisfy both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with the approval of the Epidemiology Department and the MCB steering committee.

A typical program for the M.S. degree would be as follows:

Year 1 (Year 2 for MCB Ph.D. students)

For more information contact: Maxine Linial (mlinial@fhcrc.org)or Emily White (ewhite@fhcrc.org)