热门专业 美国公共卫生管理硕士MPH的介绍
美国公共卫生管理硕士MPH一般来说有五大分支：
1 卫生统计学(BIOSTATISTICS)：是近几年的大热学科，除开医学学生，不少数学和统计等理科的同学也纷纷申请。这个专业在美国前景非常之好，可以说就业面广，包括医药公司﹑政府卫生部门和高校都需要此专业人才，技术性强，很少能被其他专业人才所取代，毕业后平均年收入也比其他卫生类专业更高。卫生统计学的申请者不一定需要医学背景，但往往学校会要求在本科或研究生阶段有一定的高等数学和统计学课程。
2 流行病学(EPIDEMIOLOGY)：和卫生统计学科有很大的交叉，都需要能熟练的运用统计学软件和原理，但对于疾病本身关注相对较多，毕业后大多也在各级别卫生部门从事相关工作，如艾滋病防治，心脏病的防治项目等。申请时更看重申请人的医学背景，被录取者多来自公卫本专业﹑临床﹑药学﹑护理﹑基础医学等专业，对于国际学生更是看中医学相关背景。
3 社区与健康教育学(COMMUNITY AND HEALTH EDUCATION)：是所有公卫专业中最看重英语能力的，所以其GRE和IBT要求也最高，因为毕业后所开展的工作多以社区为基础，强调与人群沟通能力。其工作范围也相对较广，渗透在几乎卫生事业各级别各类型工作中。申请人如果要申请此方向，英语口语能力和过往实际的公共卫生相关工作经验尤为重要。
4 卫生政策与管理学(HEALTH POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIONS)：是公卫专业所有专业里最偏向管理学和政治学的科目，甚至有部分课程来自MBA和法律专业。毕业生多在不同部门扮演卫生政策的制定者或法律援助群体，也有很多在健康保险和其他健康相关产品行业里工作。此专业对申请人的写作能力以及工作或实习经验较为看重，国际学生申请此专业较统计学和流行病学相对较难，因为需要申请人了解美国的政府构架和法律规范。
5 环境与职业病卫生学(ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH)：这是全世界范围内的热门学科，在美国也如此，美国的环境与职业病卫生学贯穿于水质﹑空气﹑土壤﹑基础设施建设和制造产业中的卫生规范与管理，每年政府也会大力投入大量的人力和物力资源。可谓说此专业是很多美国本土学生也致力申请的方向，而申请者也不需要强调医学背景，其竞争激烈，前景光明，对国际学生也并非有太高的语言门槛。
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Sample PS_ MPH
Personal Statement
Academic Program: Epidemiology M.P.H.
“Get out of here and never come back!” Forcefully pushed out of the pub, I sat down against a nearby wall to scrub the dust off my shoes and regain my composure. My pride was wounded, not because of the way they treated me, but because they did not believe what I told them. It was the second time I had been forced out of this particular pub, a place for gay gathering. This is part of my research project “Health education model of preventing HIV/AIDS based on employer-employee relationships”, which I was working on. I believed that in order to effectively prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, employers, who are on the top of business pyramid, should be first in line to know the disease well, because they can leverage the sufficient resources necessary to exert great influence on the disease prevention within their enterprises. This approach fits the circumstances in China particularly well.
In face of this frustration, I didn’t give up trying. Before the start of the project, the local center for disease control and prevention had already counted the fifth reported case of AIDS virus infection, who later acknowledged that he had once provided sex service in that club or dated his homosexual partner. The devastating consequences if no intervention would be taken obliged me to try other means. Working as a team, three friends joined my endeavor and we handed out brochures outside the pub that introduced HIV/AIDS preventive measures with the elaborately-designed slogan “We understand you by showing our care to you!” Eventually, our persistence had been well paid off. Our respect of their personal choice melted the toughness of the owner of the club and he agreed to give a hand in sending the information to his employees and clients.
点评1：前两段基本上都在讲自己为了宣传防艾滋遇到的困难，没有涉及到太深的专业领域，不是十分单刀直入，语句不是十分非常简练。但是，传达了具体MPH 专业方向，这一点值得赞扬。很多申请者因为研究经历太多样化而不能确定明确的方向。而，这篇PS一开始就确定了目标，这一点非常好。
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