Academics
The journey so far..
The mission of the Department of Epidemiology is to apply the science of Epidemiology for ‘Better Health Care’ and contribute to improvement of ‘Public’s Health’, individuals as well as populations. To realise this mission, DoE has been working to build institutional & systems capacity among Health professionals for strengthening education, training, research & policy development in the area of Public Health; primarily training epidemiologists to address relevant health problems in our community with multi-disciplinary, evidence based approach, such that the pathways of public health action are multi-sectoral.
Goal
- Provide the highest quality education in Epidemiology
- Applying the findings of epidemiologic research and influence the formulation of Public Policy
- Translating epidemiologic research findings into clinical medicine
- Advance the Science of epidemiology
M.Sc., Epidemiology
- Master of Science in Epidemiology is a 2 year programme. Started in the year 2001. Candidates will spend the 1st year at The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai undergoing training courses and would be involved in on-going research programmes. During the second year candidates will work on their thesis. The number of seats is limited to four.
M.Sc. in Public Health
Master of Science in Public Health is a 2 year programme with total seats 16 per year, started in the year 2017 with key objectives:
- To identify and prioritize key public health issues.
- To understand the principles involved in the management of health service organizations and capable of contributing to development of health services/systems
- To conduct critical assessment in specific domains of public Health
- To do research relevant to public health as per scientific and ethical principles.
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Journalism (PGDPHJ)
- PGDPHJ is one year programme started from the academic year 2019-20 with total seats 8. The overall objective to enable the communicators as well as journalists with the training and knowledge necessary to cover public health and medical issues for online, print, broadcast and other media platforms.The course aims to professionalize journalist for a career in public health journalism. It provides them an opportunity to expand their knowledge of important topics relevant to conducting studies in health sciences and other related fields, and the analysis of health- related data.
Short Term Courses
Workshop on Research Methodology and Biostatistics: How to do a good dissertation?
- It is a three day course mandatory to all MD/MS/M.Ch/DM and Ph.D Scholars. All post graduate and super specialty students must complete this course within six months after joining in first year.
- PhD research scholars must complete this course before their research methodology examination.
- Faculties those who applying for PhD guide ship also must attend this course and submit this certificate.
- Butany interested individual/researchers can also attend this workshop.
- Course content: Introduction to research, developing a research question, writing a proposal, study design, what test to do when, questionnaire development, sample size calculation and sampling technique, how to publish an article, ethics in research.
- Note: So far around 25,000 individuals attended and benefited by this workshop.
Workshop on Scientific Writing
- It is a two day course for any interested students and faculties.
- Course content: Writing different articles like original article, systematic review, meta analysis, abstract writing, how to write methods, results, discussion and ethics in publication.
Workshop on Evidence Based Medicine
- It is a four days course only for faculties from any discipline.
- Course content: critical appraisal, study design, protocol development, publishing articles.
- Note: So far around 300 individuals attended and benefited by this workshop
Workshop on Essentials of Biostatistics
- It is a two day course for any interested students and faculties can attend.
- Introduction to statistics: How to do the analysis, what test to do when, sample size, sampling technique, types of data.
- Note: So far around 330 individuals attended and benefited by this workshop
Workshop on Statistical Software Training in Epi Info
- It is a two day course for any interested students and faculties.
- Course content: How to use the software, how to down load and hands on training.
- Note: So far around 50 individuals attended and benefited by this workshop
Admission
Students admitted in 2021 and 2022
| Courses | No. of Students in First year | No. of Students in Second year |
|---|---|---|
| M.Sc. Epidemiology | 2 | 1 |
| M.Sc. Public Health | 13 | 12 |
| PGD in Public Health Journalism | 8 | 2 |