DrPH Program Recommendations

[psyph]

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Hello all,

Would really appreciate your assistance, your advice, your insight.

I am a health educator (MPH; 5-year experience w/ indigenous populations)... just completed doctorate in clinical psychology, and now thinking about DrPH.

I am looking for an accredited DrPH program w/ community health education/health promotion focus, multicultural/diversity focused, has internship requirement, and strong curriculum in qualitative research.

One program that seems to fit my basic criteria is University of Georgia/Athens. They have a 15-credit program in qualitative research. Not very familiar with the program, though. Would appreciate any information - personal experience, impression of program/faculty, etc. Please feel free to message me in private, too.

Considered Loma Linda before (for the dual program) and perhaps will again.

Are there any other DrPH programs that you recommend? Any that I you may not recommend?

Thank you very much!

If anyone here is interested in mental health/clinical psychology or careers in health education, I'd be happy to chat! Basically I'm a health educator for life lol.

 

[364462]

Hello all,

Would really appreciate your assistance, your advice, your insight.

I am a health educator (MPH; 5-year experience w/ indigenous populations)... just completed doctorate in clinical psychology, and now thinking about DrPH.

I am looking for an accredited DrPH program w/ community health education/health promotion focus, multicultural/diversity focused, has internship requirement, and strong curriculum in qualitative research.

One program that seems to fit my basic criteria is University of Georgia/Athens. They have a 15-credit program in qualitative research. Not very familiar with the program, though. Would appreciate any information - personal experience, impression of program/faculty, etc. Please feel free to message me in private, too.

Considered Loma Linda before (for the dual program) and perhaps will again.

Are there any other DrPH programs that you recommend? Any that I you may not recommend?

Thank you very much!

If anyone here is interested in mental health/clinical psychology or careers in health education, I'd be happy to chat! Basically I'm a health educator for life lol.

I have a doctorate in clinical psychology, as well. I am completing my fellowship here in the Boston area and will be matriculating to UCLA in the fall for the 2-yr MPH. I wonder what the DrPH would do that you could not already do with the two degrees you have.

 

[MolBio]

I wonder what the DrPH would do that you could not already do with the two degrees you have.

In my view, nothing. I think getting two doctorates is a bad investment financially, crippling opportunity cost, and could even potentially confuse future employers (exactly which field is your true expertise/passion? Are you more interested in studying than working?). I can't think of a single job that would require two PhDs, or a PhD and a DrPH.

As for career switchers from different fields, getting an MPH after a PhD makes far more sense as a pivot into public health. The psychology-mental health/community health education pivot sounds perfectly logical as is. If you already have both a PhD and an MPH, you are more than ready to start working in the real world.