STheBagel

I'm a pharmacy student at a public state school that does not offer the MPH and I spoke to my school's nutrition department on possibly getting a masters of science in nutrition with a concentration in exercise science (as the nutrition and kineseology department work together). I am not 100% sure what kind of pharmacy I will be practicing yet (mostly clinical) but I personally have an interest it having the knowledge and opportunity to research the effect of exercise and diets on drugs and clinical outcomes. I wanted to pursue the MPH later mostly for the social and behavioral science aspect but also to compliment the possible MS in Nutrition. However, I don't know if there will be considerable overlap with the MS and MPH curriculum, so I'm not sure if I should just drop the idea of the MS in nutrition. With both degrees, my goal is policy development, education, intervention and research. Insights?

Hi guys, I'm about to graduate pharmacy school within the next year and have long been interested in doing a masters in public health. I am doing my experiential rotations at a hospital right now and realize that my passion is definitely in physiology. Though we learn pathophysiology in school, I am wondering whether or not a human physiology degree is really necessary or practical and if I may be able to focus on some physiology with public health studies. Only very few schools offer human physiology as a masters and I am wondering if most applicants do it as a precursor to getting into med school rather than with a research or educational focus in mind. Any insight to any similar programs would also be great. Cheers!