Sociomedical Sciences DrPH

The Sociomedical Sciences DrPH program is designed to train individuals who wish to pursue teaching and research careers in the social and behavioral sciences within the field of public health. Students organize a course of study that brings the theory and methods of multiple social science disciplines to bear on a public health topic. While faculty mentors are primarily drawn from Sociomedical Sciences (SMS), other Mailman School faculty with social science training may mentor DrPH students.

Graduates of the program are able to conduct independent research that will advance knowledge in public health or will apply social science research and methods to advance public health practice and policy. The successful DrPH graduate will be an independent scholar, who has acquired an expertise in a specific area of public health so that they can train the next generation of public health masters and doctoral students in current state of social science knowledge.

DrPH students must have earned the MPH degree or its equivalent. Students admitted with other master’s or doctoral-level degrees in health-related fields are usually required to take a number of pre-doctoral public health courses as prerequisites to doctoral studies. The deadline for fall admissions is December 1st.