Launched in 2025, the Epidemiology and Applied Health Research (EAHR) graduate program at the University of Ottawa is designed to meet the evolving demands of public health and health research. Offered through the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH), EAHR equips students with the advanced knowledge, practical skills, and hands-on experience needed to make a lasting impact in the field. SEPH continues to deliver high-quality, student-centered training in a supportive academic environment that fosters curiosity, diversity, and excellence.
Epidemiology and Applied Health Research
Explore uOttawa’s Graduate Studies in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research. Gain the skills to lead impactful health initiatives and drive meaningful change.
Why choose EAHR?
Distinguished faculty expertise
The School of Epidemiology and Public Health is home to a significant number of Canada Research Chairs, offering students access to internationally recognized scholars and cutting-edge research opportunities.
Strategic research partnerships
Located in Canada’s capital at the Alta Vista campus, the EAHR program benefits from strong affiliations with leading public health and health research institutions, including:
- The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
- Ottawa Public Health
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Bruyère Health Research Institute
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research
- Health Canada
- Department of National Defence
These partnerships provide students with valuable experiential learning and collaborative research opportunities.
Programs to suit your curiosity
EAHR offers flexible graduate study options tailored to your goals in epidemiology and applied health research. Explore detailed course sequences, key milestones, and admission requirements below to find the path that best fits your interests.
The Master of Science (MSc) EAHR program has SIX concentrations:
- Clinical Research: learn about clinical trials and observational studies for evaluating interventions to inform health care and health policy.
- Epidemiology: learn about the distribution and determinants of health in populations and opportunities for prevention and treatment.
- Global Health Research: learn about transnational health risks and public health programs and policies at a global level.
- Health Policy: learn about the development, implementation, analysis and evaluation of health policies.
- Health Technology Assessment: learn about the evaluation of healthcare innovations to inform policy and resource distribution.
- Implementation Science: learn about implementation, de-implementation, sustainability, scale, and spread of clinical, public health, and policy solutions in health care.
The Doctorate (PhD) in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research at uOttawa is a four-year program centred on advanced research, featuring a signature Independent Study Plan.
Fast-Track to PhD: In some cases, it is possible to advance to the PhD program before completing your MSc thesis.
Research interests
- Epidemiology & Public Health
- Genetic, Psychiatric, Ocular, Nutrition
- Global Health
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Systematic Reviews
- Health Technology Assessment
- Risk Sciences
- Rare diseases
- Chronic Diseases
- Communicable Diseases
- Harm Reduction
- HIV & HCV Prevention
- Methodologies
- Knowledge Translation Research/Implementation Science
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