公共卫生和热带医学硕士

公共卫生和热带医学硕士（MPHTM）是公共卫生学位，专门研究传染病，尤其是热带地区发现的那些疾病。该计划使公共卫生从业人员可以计划和评估疾病控制和预防计划，让医生更好地治疗和评估热带病，或者让学生从事医学院和其他医学专业。该课程包括核心的公共卫生课程和有关疾病的生物学，医学，社会和流行病学方面的专业课程，这些课程在热带国家更为普遍。医师能够进行临床研究，并且有资格获得美国热带医学与卫生学会的临床热带医学和旅行者健康认证考试。
The Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPHTM) is a public health degree with a specialty in infectious diseases, and especially those diseases found in tropical regions. The program prepares public health practitioners to plan and evaluate disease control and prevention programs, physicians to better treat and evaluate tropical diseases, or students to pursue medical school and other medical professions. The curriculum consists of core public health courses and specialty courses in the biological, medical, social, and epidemiological aspects of diseases that are more prevalent in tropical countries. Physicians are able to pursue a clinical focus of study and are eligible for the Certification Exam in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.