Medicine-Pediatrics

Program Overview

Overview

The Maternal and Child Health Training program is dedicated to masters and doctoral students with an MCH focus and encourages exploration and development of skills to address a variety of issues related to service delivery for this population via the MCH Certificate program. The MCH Certificate prepares students to be leaders in MCH Workforce by providing the knowledge and skills in MCH and leadership training; field practicum experience in MCH; mentoring by MCH CoE faculty; and networking opportunities with other like-minded students with similar interests in MCH.

In addition to the MCH Certificate program, the MCH CoE also fosters public health research for doctoral students through the MCH Epidemiology Fellowship Program. Fellowships are awarded to select students who receive access to public health data sources and mentorship on their individual research ideas. They are introduced to public health experts and are exposed to career options in the field.

Features of MCH Training

The Maternal and Child Health Training program is a 2 year program open to masters-level students at UCLA.

In addition to the 16 required units of coursework, trainees will:

  • Participate in the UCLA MCH Student Interest Group with leadership opportunities
  • Meet quarterly with MCH faculty
  • Complete a summer field placement position with an MCH focus
  • Present at the annual MCH Symposium
  • Be part of a national network of MCH trainees
  • Receive program support to present at MCH-related conferences

Features of the Epidemiology Fellowship

The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Fellowship is generally a 2-3 year fellowship with the opportunity for fellows to continue working on other research opportunities with the team if interested. The fellowship is funded for one year with mentorship available for longer as needed.

MCH Epidemiology Applications are only open to doctoral students at UCLA.

In addition to the 16 units required, Epidemiology Fellows will:

  • Will deliver a scholarly product (e.g. manuscript) by the end of two years using a public health or related data sets.
  • Participate in the UCLA MCH student interest groups and will lead a journal club held quarterly
  • Meet monthly with MCH Epidemiology Program Director
  • Have the opportunity to work with data sets from the LA County Dept of Public Health (Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology) Department of Public Health (https://lacounty.gov/)
  • Present at the annual MCH Symposium
  • Be part of a national network of MCH Trainees
  • Receive program support to present at MCH-related conferences