Before becoming a physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Lydia Bazzano attended Tulane University, where she earned her doctor of medicine. Lydia Bazzano also earned a PhD in epidemiology from Tulane University. She currently practices at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans.
Originating in 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana, the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine was founded to study diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. The school has grown to support many undergraduate and graduate programs in the public health. The PhD in epidemiology is one of the doctoral programs available at the School of Public Health.
Students enrolled in the Epidemiology PhD program often choose careers in research, industry or become academic instructors and professors in the field. The program trains students in a wide range of methods and theory, with courses that include an array of epidemiologic and biostatistical methods, computer packages, and analytic practice.
