• Format: 100% Online
  • Length: 4–8 months
  • Credits: 12-13 credits (4 courses)
  • Cost: $800/credit (Total: $9,600)
  • Stackable toward a Master of Public Health Degree
  • Start Date: Fall 2025

Certificate Program Overview

The Epidemiology & Clinical Research certificate equips learners with practical, research-based skills to address real-world public health challenges. Students gain foundational training in study design, data interpretation, biostatistics, and ethical research conduct—ideal for professionals in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and research roles.

Who Should Enroll?

  • Clinical research professionals seeking career advancement
  • Healthcare workers entering data-driven or evidence-based roles
  • Graduates of biology, health sciences, or social sciences preparing for a Master of Public Health Degree

What You’ll Learn:

  • Design and interpret epidemiologic studies
  • Apply biostatistics and informatics tools to health data
  • Navigate ethical issues in public health research
  • Use real-world case studies to evaluate population health outcomes

Outcomes:

Graduates will be equipped for roles in research design, regulatory science, health data analysis, or graduate-level public health studies.

CORE COURSES

Take the following courses:

MPH-501 Research Methods & Epidemiologic Studies

3 Credits

MPH-502 Biostatistics & Health Informatics

4 Credits

MPH-510 Ethics & Conduct of Research

3 Credits

MPH-512 Intermed Epi. & Clinical Research Methods

3 Credits

Certificate Credit Total = 12-13

Any course exception must be approved by Tia Warrick, Director of Public Health.

CONTACT:
Tia Warrick portrait

Tia Warrick 

  • Director of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Biology

Tia Warrick 

  • Director of Public Health
  • Assistant Professor of Biology