Clinical Investigation, PhD at Tulane University

A part-time PhD that trains clinicians to become leaders in academic medicine and research, focusing on diagnosis, screening, treatment and prognosis of clinical conditions and evidence-based change in clinical practice. Graduates learn to design, implement, analyze and interpret clinical research within interdisciplinary teams.

Faculty: Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine  |  Department: Epidemiology  |  Duration: 48 credits; model schedule spans five years part-time  |  Intake: Fall (model schedule)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New Orleans, LA, United States

What you will study

18 foundational credits (public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, computer packages, clinical epidemiology, clinical and translational research methods) and 27 core credits (Epidemiologic Methods II, Observational Epidemiology, Regression Analysis, Clustered and Longitudinal Data Analysis, Implementation Science, Clinical Trials, Grant Writing, Doctoral Independent Study), one elective, then dissertation.

Career pathways

Leaders in academic medicine and research.

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