CPC Predoctoral Training Program Overview

Academic Year 2007 - 08

Reflecting the unique interdisciplinary nature of the center, CPC trainees and faculty are drawn from many departments. A focus on population must be central to each trainee's program of study, but doctoral students from any UNC-CH department are eligible to apply. The fifty-three CPC predoctoral trainees during Fall Semester 2007 are enrolled in the following departments:

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Ecology
• Epidemiology
• Geography
• Health Behavior and Health Education
• Health Policy and Administration
• Maternal and Child Health
• Nutrition
• Public Policy
• Sociology

All CPC predoctoral trainees must be enrolled in programs leading to a doctoral degree at UNC-CH. Because the CPC neither admits students nor awards degrees, it is the individual responsibility of each traineeship applicant to obtain admission to an appropriate doctoral program. CPC funds are generally allocated before departments complete admission decisions, therefore new applicants are urged to submit graduate school applications by January 1 so that departmental decisions may be made prior to CPC deadlines. Information on graduate admission procedures may be obtained from registrars of appropriate departments or from:

Director of Graduate Admissions
Bynum Hall, CB# 4010
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599