Special Announcement: Careers/Graduate Study in Epidemiology
This message is from the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at UB
Where: Farber Hall, Room 180–South Campus
When: Wednesday, November 28 from 4:00-6:00 pm in 180 Farber Hall
Food and dessert will be served.
Public health is the future. During the past 50 years there has been a 30 year increase in global life expectancy, the greatest seen in human history. It has been estimated that 25 years of the increase has been due to public health and prevention. Because of workers in public health, the world is the healthiest it has ever been. Sadly enough, there are not enough people trained in public health. There are 70 times more clinicians than people trained in public health. There are 8 times more undertakers than people trained in public health. The world knows more about burying people than preventing disease.
Public health is a career where you can make a difference. If you are interested in health research, think about training in epidemiology. It is not boring. We are in public health because we love it and we would like you to consider training with us. Our field needs people from many different areas, such as Engineering, Medicine, Anthropology, Nursing, Physics, Environmental Sciences, Nutrition, and Exercise Science. We need people with bachelor’s degrees; we need those with M.D., DVM and PhD degrees as well. You can come fresh out of an undergraduate program, or senior people might consider a degree while taking a sabbatical. We are interdisciplinary.
We are recruiting for students to our PhD programs in Epidemiology and in Community Health. We also have openings for students interested in our MPH or MS degree programs.
Students can enroll at all point in their life. Students graduate with excellent research skills, as evidenced by publications, presentations at national meetings and a wide variety of job possibilities. We offer many exciting programs of research including foci on cancer, aging, heart disease and diabetes, molecular epidemiology, international epidemiology, nutrition, physical activity and women’s health.
Come to a workshop to find out more about the program! If you are interested in attending, please send an email to JWoltz@buffalo.edu.
Information about the department and our graduate programs can be found by clicking on the link.
