Student Spotlight
Anna Junkins, MSPH
Degrees and graduation years: B.S. in Psychology, UAB 2012; MS in Public Health, Concentration in Pharmacoepidemiology and Comparative Effectiveness Research, UAB 2016
Epidemiology is the study of trends, patterns, and causes related to disease in populations. Students who concentrate in epidemiology are interested in how diseases spread among given populations. Epidemiologists create complex analytical models to help us understand the causes of and solutions to these diseases more clearly.
Graduates of the UAB Epidemiology program have found employment in academia, research organizations and foundations, industry, public and private health services delivery organizations, and international agencies. Many of our doctoral graduates have faculty positions.
