2008 Woodie Awards
Illini Media
WPGU
buzz
Illio
TechnographUI, UIC offer dual degree
By Joo-Hyun Kim
Posted: 11/29/05 Section: News
- Page 1 of 2 next >
The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University and the School of Public Health at the Chicago campus have offered a program since the spring of 2005, designed to award both the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees.
The joint program allows students to complete both degrees in five years. First, students in the program must satisfy the required four years of the professional veterinary medicine program of the study and must satisfy the required 39 to 41 semester hours of the Master of Public Health Professional Enhancement Program.
John Herrmann, assistant professor for the College of Veterinary Medicine, said the dual program is driven by the idea of keeping the public safe and healthy.
"Health professionals from many backgrounds must be trained in the core principles of public health and possess special knowledge of public health epidemiology and disease control because far more infectious diseases such as SARS, avian flu and monkey pox are zoonotic than previously thought," Herrmann said.
After almost a year of instruction, Kate McNamara, one of the three students in the joint program, said she explored several different areas of veterinary medicine and was most interested in the merging of veterinary medicine and epidemiology before applying to the program.
"Three of us are working out some of the details between the two campuses but everyone is very excited about the dual degree program so they have been keen on working through the problems," she said.
McNamara, who hopes to work for an organization researching zoonotic diseases or doing outbreak investigations, is satisfied with the dual program's multitude of opportunities.
"I enjoy the clinical work encountered in veterinary medicine but also like to look at problems from a population perspective, so epidemiology is a perfect fit," McNamara said.
Herrmann was selected as the director of the dual degree program because of his experience in public health and veterinary medicine. He earned a master's degree from University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health in 2003, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University. He is currently working in the program as director and instructor of the joint program.
The joint program allows students to complete both degrees in five years. First, students in the program must satisfy the required four years of the professional veterinary medicine program of the study and must satisfy the required 39 to 41 semester hours of the Master of Public Health Professional Enhancement Program.
John Herrmann, assistant professor for the College of Veterinary Medicine, said the dual program is driven by the idea of keeping the public safe and healthy.
"Health professionals from many backgrounds must be trained in the core principles of public health and possess special knowledge of public health epidemiology and disease control because far more infectious diseases such as SARS, avian flu and monkey pox are zoonotic than previously thought," Herrmann said.
After almost a year of instruction, Kate McNamara, one of the three students in the joint program, said she explored several different areas of veterinary medicine and was most interested in the merging of veterinary medicine and epidemiology before applying to the program.
"Three of us are working out some of the details between the two campuses but everyone is very excited about the dual degree program so they have been keen on working through the problems," she said.
McNamara, who hopes to work for an organization researching zoonotic diseases or doing outbreak investigations, is satisfied with the dual program's multitude of opportunities.
"I enjoy the clinical work encountered in veterinary medicine but also like to look at problems from a population perspective, so epidemiology is a perfect fit," McNamara said.
Herrmann was selected as the director of the dual degree program because of his experience in public health and veterinary medicine. He earned a master's degree from University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health in 2003, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University. He is currently working in the program as director and instructor of the joint program.
The Daily Illini encourages on-topic discussion through article commenting on its articles and blogs. It is our policy not to delete any comments based upon political or ideological point of view. However, we reserve the right to remove comments that are abusive, off-topic or use excessive foul language.
The posting of copyrighted material, including any and all content for which you are not the author, is illegal under Federal intellectual property laws. Such activity will not be tolerated. Comments containing copyrighted material will be removed, and continued violation of copyright law is grounds for being banned completely from commenting on DailyIllini.com.
If you feel any post meets these conditions or merits review, please e-mail our editors at meonline@dailyillini.com.