About the Degree - MPH in Epidemiology/MD in Medicine

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA's articulated degree program is designed to enable students to complete both the MPH and the MD degree programs in five years. The program includes four years of medical school, and one year and one additional quarter at UCLA Fielding. UCLA medical students apply to the MPH program in the Fall quarter of their junior (third) year. Students interested in this articulated program should contact the Student Affairs Office at the School of Medicine and the Office of Student Services at UCLA Fielding.

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The MPH in Epidemiology provides training in the quantitative methods needed to study risk of disease in relation to age, sex, race, and other risk or etiological factors to improve population health.

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