r/publichealth • u/SadBreath PhD/MPH • Aug 28 '19

ADVICE School and Jobs Advice Megathread Part III

All job and school-related advice should be asked in here. Below is the r/publichealth MPH guide which may answer general questions.

See the below guides for more information:

  1. MPH Guide
  2. Job Guide
  3. Choosing a public health field
  4. Choosing a public health concentration
  5. Choosing a public health industry

Past Threads:

  1. Megathread Part I
  2. Megathread Part II
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u/6ado Sep 11 '19

Is it okay to get in undergrad in Microbiology and then going for an MPH?

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u/SadBreath PhD/MPH Sep 11 '19

This questions seems to come up a lot. It literally doesn't matter what your undergrad is if you 1) get some sort of PH experience and 2) gain some sort of skillset, including but not limited to quantitative analysis and statistics.

Microbiology is one of the more common paths, especially if you are interested in bench sciences or molecular epidemiology.