Tropical Medicine Certificate Program
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
This certificate program is designed to provide training in tropical medicine and related public health issues through a multidisciplinary approach. It is also designed to prepare participants for working with current and emerging health problems in developing countries and health problems of travelers. This program focuses broadly on issues of tropical health and on clinical tropical medicine. Toward the program’s conclusion, students will have acquired a strong scientific basis for preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling tropical health problems. The curriculum will consist of:
- Specific tropical diseases and detailed case studies stressing diagnosis, treatment, and the implementation of preventive control measures.
- Recent advances in diagnostic methodologies.
- Human behavior associated with the transmission of infection and of local perceptions of the disease.
- Laboratory sessions focusing on diagnostic methods for identification of blood, intestinal, and tissue parasites as well as their vectors.
Sessions include practical lab experience in parasitology and diagnosis.
Admissions
Contact information and complete certificate program admissions information are available on the certificate program page on the Bloomberg School of Public Health website.
Sponsoring Departments
REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
A minimum of 18 credits is required for completion. All required and elective courses must be taken for a letter grade; a minimum grade of C is required in all certificate coursework, and students must maintain a 2.75 or better overall GPA for all certificate coursework.
The certificate program length is flexible. However, the certificate must be completed within three years.
The student should review the section of the website that addresses completion before completing certificate program requirements. The student's transcript will not indicate that the certificate was earned until the Notification of Completion has been submitted, verified by the certificate program, and processed by the Registrar.
COURSE OF STUDY
Students should check the BSPH course directory to confirm when the courses are offered. Students should also check for prerequisites and whether instructor consent is required.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.550.860 | Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH (All students are required to complete this online noncredit course in their first term of study) | |
| Students should complete 18 credits of coursework from the options listed below: | ||
| PH.182.626 | Water and Sanitation in Low-Income Communities (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 2 |
| PH.223.660 | Improving Tropical Health in the Context of Climate Change (typically offered onsite in Winter and Summer Institutes) | 4 |
| PH.223.667 | Chronic Diseases in Low and Middle income Countries: Prevalence and Epidemiology (typically offered online in 3rd term and onsite in Summer Institute ) | 4 |
| PH.223.682 | Clinical and Epidemiologic Aspects of Tropical Diseases (typically offered onsite in 4th term and online in 2nd term) | 4 |
| PH.223.684 | Vector-Borne Diseases in the Tropics (typically offered onsite in Summer Institutes) | 4 |
| PH.223.685 | Tuberculosis, HIV and Other Chronic Infections in the Tropics (typically offered onsite in Summer Institute) | 4 |
| PH.223.686 | Child and Public Health in the Tropics (typically offered onsite in Winter and Summer Institutes) | 4 |
| PH.223.688 | Clinical, Epidemiologic, and Climate Change factors of Enteric Infections in the Tropics (typically offered onsite in Summer Institute) | 4 |
| PH.224.691 | Qualitative Data Analysis (typically offered online in 2nd and 4th terms and onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.260.601 | Vector-Borne Disease Control (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 3 |
| PH.260.623 | Fundamental Virology (typically offered onsite in 1st term) | 4 |
| PH.260.631 | Immunology, Infection and Disease (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 3 |
| PH.260.635 | Biology of Parasitism (typically offered onsite in 2nd term) | 5 |
| PH.260.650 | Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Diseases (typically offered onsite in 3rd term) | 3 |
| PH.260.656 | Malariology (typically offered online in 3rd term) | 4 |
| PH.260.658 | Advanced Malariology (typically offered onsite in 4th term) | 2 |
| PH.340.693 | Investigation of Outbreaks (typically offered onsite in Winter and Summer Institutes) | 2 |