The health crisis caused by COVID-19 reminded us of the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to population health issues. This is precisely what the Advanced Master degree program - Mastère Spécialisé at the Pasteur-Cnam-EHESP School of Public Health offers.
The program includes:
- A core curriculum, consisting of 5 modules, from October to December, covering the fundamental subjects of public health:
- Epidemiology (coordinator: Arnaud Fontanet)
- Health security (coordinator: Laura Témime)
- Biostatistics (coordinator: Ndèye Niang-Keita)
- Key principles and current practices in global health (coordinator: Stéphane Besançon)
- Social sciences and health (coordinators: Aymery Constant and Laurence Hartmann)
- Then a specialization in global health (from January to April).
- An internship from May to October, which includes the writing of a thesis, with the defense held in December.
The courses of the Global Health specializaiton are organized at the Institut Pasteur, within the framework of the courses of the Epidemiology and Public Health Division and the Microorganism Biology Division of the Education Center. The following courses are offered:
- Analysis of data by STATA in 3 sessions: STATA1, STATA2, STATA3
- Pandemics: origin and response
- Creation and management of databases *
- Introductory course in the R software *
- Modeling of infectious diseases *
- Insect vectors and transmission of pathogens (offered every two years)
- Vaccinology
As part of the new Strategic Plan "Pasteur 2030", starting in September 2024, the following new courses are added:
- Climate change and population health
- Mother-child dyad: current evidence in a global perspective
- Vaccine epidemiology
- Pandemics: origin and response
- The last mile : towards elimination of major infectious diseases
The Advanced Master degree - Mastère Spécialisé in Public Health is a Level 1 diploma accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles. It is aimed at a broad audience of individuals holding a Master's degree (bac +5) from various fields or a Bachelor's degree (bac +4) with professional experience in public health: doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, biologists, members of health agencies, NGO and/or international organization staff, development specialists, personnel from the agri-food and pharmaceutical industries, chemists, local government agents, public health engineers, geographers, hospital administrators, economists, sociologists, professionals, or students nearing the end of their studies.
* The courses Creation and management of databases, Introductory course to R software and Modeling of infectious diseases are also course units in the Emerging Infectious Diseases program of the Master’s in molecular and cellular biology at the Graduate School One Health - Emerging Infectious Diseases at UPCité.
Find a detailed description of the Advanced Master degree program - Mastère Spécialisé and its commitment to the fight against COVID-19 on the Pasteur-Cnam-EHESP School of Public Health website.