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Unofficial transcripts from previous colleges and universities
Curriculum Vitae:
Include detailed descriptions of your health-related positions and responsibilities. Provide all relevant education and experience including: undergraduate and graduate research, health-related volunteer work, publications, manuscripts and posters, scholarly presentations and awards, certifications, and computer skills.
Personal Statement:
The Statement of Purpose provides faculty reviewers essential information about your writing skills, background, research interests, and possible career path. It should convey your reasons for pursuing graduate study in epidemiology, your area/s of interest, faculty you would like to work with, and why you have selected the discipline and the university.
Although you may not know what type of research or project you might pursue, spend some time researching the department and the faculty. It shows the Admissions Committee that our program can help you fulfill your aspirations.
Your statement should be 1-2 single-spaced pages. Please use 11 point Arial or 12 point Times Roman.
MCH Track Applicants: If you are applying for the MCH Track, you must submit a 1-page supplemental statement of purpose.
Recommendation Letter:
Include 3 letters of recommendation from people familiar with your academic or related professional endeavors and your potential for achieving your goals. All of your recommenders should hold advanced degrees. When you name your recommenders within the UW Graduate School application system, they will be sent detailed instructions via email for submitting their letter online. When you contact your recommenders, encourage them to monitor their spam folder for letter submission instructions.
Postdoc Fellows Applicants: Balancing a full-time course/study schedule with your responsibilities as a postdoc fellow or resident can be challenging, Knowing this, we require that you include references from both your fellowship director and research mentor (if known) that includes a statement indicating you will have the necessary release time from those responsibilities to attend all classes on a regular basis, and to study outside class.
Personal History Statement:
Personal History Statement (optional). Consistent with our goal of enhancing the intellectual and social enrichment of the Department and UW community, we actively seek and welcome students from diverse backgrounds and those who have worked with diverse groups. Your personal history statement will be reviewed with consideration of your educational, socio-economic, and cultural experiences. The statement should address the ways in which those experiences have affected your development, career plans, and goals.
Your statement should be 1 single-spaced page. Please use 11 point Arial or 12 point Times Roman.