Director: Jane M. Liebschutz, MD, MPH
Boston University School of Medicine                                 91 East Concord Street, Suite 200
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617.414.7399
Fax: 617.414.4676
E-mail: jliebs@bu.edu
Internet: *

Total Number of Residents: 4

Tracks/Areas of Emphasis:
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Health Behavior Modification
Cancer Prevention
Health Policy and Management
Substance Abuse Prevention

Post Graduate Prerequisites: Completion of an ACGME accredited clinical residency

Academic Year: Tuition is waived for residents

Degree(s) Awarded: MSc Epidemiology

Combined Training with Other Specialties: *

Program Description: The residency program consists of a two-year academic/practicum program in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. The program is designed to attract physicians who are already well-trained clinically, and accepts only physicians who have already completed a ACGME accredited clinical residency. The focus during the residency is on teaching the physician the practical skills that are required in carrying out research and intervening in health and disease processes in communities, and in the promotion of health enhancing behaviors that may lead to the prevention of disease.

Residents may focus research and develop and carry out programs at clinics in hospitals, neighborhood health clinics, departments of public health, and other such facilities that will present them with hands-on experiences directly related to preventive medicine and public health problems. The facilities primarily involved in training residents are as follows: (1) the Sections of Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology and General Internal Medicine (2) the General Internal Medicine and Pediatric Sections and the public health clinics (for the homeless, HIV, tuberculosis, etc.) at Boston Medical Center; (3) the General Medicine Department at the Bedford and Boston VA hospitals; (4) Boston University School of Public Health; and (5) the Departments of Public Health of the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.