What do you plan to study and Where do you plan to study?

[olamiss]

Although I have already started with my application via SOPHAS and haven't really finished it, because of this semester being a pain in my ass. Anyway I noticed a lot of Environmental Health MPH programs still open, why is that?

 

 

I am interested in what you're planning to study and where you plan to go. What a few goals do you plan to accomplish career or personal goals.

 

 

[themmases]

Good topic! I love hearing about people's plans.

 

I'll be attending UIC for an MS in Epi. I'm interested in health literacy, access, and disparities in urban populations, and I think I'd like to go on to a PhD but I'll decide for sure during this program.

 

Even though public health is growing, I'm skeptical of the academic job market regardless of field and I think I would fit better (and more realistically) in a hospital reseach center and consulting as a co-investigator or sub-investigator on clinical research. I coordinate that type of research now, so even though I've seen the uglier side I know I would be good at it and that having more responsibility would ameliorate some of the problems I have with it.

 

I'd love to have a job pursuing my own research agenda, but I also just enjoy research methods. And the type of job where I have a permanent position paid out of a research center and then offset by the grants of whoever I work with is very appealing to me. (This type of job exists where I work now, I didn't just dream it.)

[olamiss]

Good topic! I love hearing about people's plans.

 

I'll be attending UIC for an MS in Epi. I'm interested in health literacy, access, and disparities in urban populations, and I think I'd like to go on to a PhD but I'll decide for sure during this program.

 

Even though public health is growing, I'm skeptical of the academic job market regardless of field and I think I would fit better (and more realistically) in a hospital reseach center and consulting as a co-investigator or sub-investigator on clinical research. I coordinate that type of research now, so even though I've seen the uglier side I know I would be good at it and that having more responsibility would ameliorate some of the problems I have with it.

 

I'd love to have a job pursuing my own research agenda, but I also just enjoy research methods. And the type of job where I have a permanent position paid out of a research center and then offset by the grants of whoever I work with is very appealing to me. (This type of job exists where I work now, I didn't just dream it.)

 

 

That's awesome and good luck.

[themmases]

Thank you!