[PhD Applicants: Fall 2016]

23 minutes ago, etherealhav0c said:

I applied to the PhD program in Population Health Sciences along the environmental health track and had an interview last week. From my understanding (and I'm uncertain how this may differ by department within the Population Health Sciences category so others may still be interviewing) interviews have been done/extended and faculty recommendations have been submitted to the chairs/deans for final applicant evaluation and selection based on fit, funding, availability of spots. That process of selection takes several weeks so decisions will probably come out later February. I hope that helps... I've realized that a lot of this process has really come down to strong fit with the department and faculty members who have funding as well as some luck. 

That's interesting, I applied Epi and was under the impression that they weren't conducting interviews (for that track at least). If they are interviewing and I just didn't get one, oh well UNC for me it is then!!! It's weird to me that they would interview for some tracks but not others. I wish things were a little more transparent.

[PhD Applicants: Fall 2016]

4 hours ago, Familiar Heron said:

Has anyone else applied to U. Minnesota's Health Services Research, Policy, & Administration PhD program? I was admitted about 2 weeks ago, and the program coordinator just emailed information on their admitted students visitation day. I would love to talk to any other prospective students. 

Also, any word on Harvard's Population Health Sciences PhD program? I've seen nothing that is specific to PHS on the results page, although a number of applicants to different HSPH PhD programs reported invitations to interviews. I'm afraid that this indicates a rejection on my end...

I don't think not hearing anything is anything to worry about at this point for Harvard. The PhD program in Population Health Sciences is the consolidation of the previous ScD programs, a few of which I know historically always released decisions in mid to late February. I would expect the timeline to be roughly similar, if anything later rather than earlier. I personally am not worrying until the end of February.

[Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship]

6 hours ago, japaniia said:

Did any of you get an email receipt acknowledging that you had applied for the Ford fellowship? I submitted mine two days ago and I never received the automated message I usually get when I apply to things. 

I submitted on Saturday 11/14 and haven't received any kind of e-mail receipt

[PhD Applicants: Fall 2016]

ndergrad School: Ivy
Undergrad GPA/Major GPA: 3.75/4.0 SOPHAS GPA: 3.8
Major/Minor: Public Health
GradGPA: n/a
Grad Studies: No MPH but took 10/13 classes required for an MPH at my school as an undergrad
GRE: 161V/158Q/5W.
Experience/Research:

• 6months Health Services Research on medication adherence
• 1 year Alcohol and Addiction Studies on teen drinking
• 1 year CBPR on childhood obesity
• 2+ years cancer epidemiology research, will lead to honors thesis
• 4 1st author poster presentations at national undergraduate/graduate student conferences, 2 award winning
• 1 co-authored peer-reviewed paper 
• National fellowship + AACR award winner
• Misc. - Public Health Club VP, & Coordinator for Women in Science and Engineering
• LOR- 3 full professors in epidemiology, All of whom I have taken at least 2 classes with, 2 of whom were/are research advisors. Should be very strong.

Really interested in cancer epidemiology and racial health disparities in cancer outcomes for breast and gynecologic cancers, so that's what I've been working on most recents. I bounced around a lot to figure out what I really liked and also to gain skills I think are relevant to all of public health. The end goal is a PhD program, however my mentor (smartly) advised me to apply to Master's and PhD programs so I leave my options open.

Interested in: UT-Houston Epi PhD, Yale Chronic Disease Epi PhD, Harvard Population Health Sciences-Cancer Epi PhD, UNC MSPH-Phd Epi
Applied: UT-Houston Epi PhD (Applied 10/18, Verified 11/2), 
Accepted:
Rejected:
Waitlisted: