Prepare a scientist of broader profile in public health, who will be able to create new knowledge in the field, structurally understand and expand existing knowledge that will contribute to increasing health and well-being of the country's population and consequently, improve public and global health.

Graduate of doctoral program will have the knowledge based on the latest achievements in public health, will be able to research health determinants with the use of innovative technologies, evaluate results obtained through modern methods of their management, develop and teach complex learning modules in public health, prepare scientific projects in the fields of public health and implement them according to latest standards of management.

Doctoral program gives graduates the opportunity to hold leadership positions at higher educational and research institutions, health organizations, insurance companies which have health insurance services, international organizations, governmental and non-governmental bodies, scientific-research institutions related to public, global and international health policy.

• · Interactive teaching;
• · Literature review;
• · Scientific writing;
• · problem-solving cases;
• · Supervising;
• · learning through teaching;
• · Team teaching;
• · Presentation;
• · Project;
• · Critical analysis;
• · Discussion;
• · Laboratory

The doctoral thesis should to encompass a volume falling within the range of 70 to 80 pages, equivalent to a word count between 17,500 and 20,000 words, exclusive of the bibliography and appendices.

Program Structure, Duration, Credit Allocation, and Requirements:

· The doctoral program encompasses a total of 60 (ECTS) credits, distributed across the teaching components, comprising 50 ECTS core subjects and 10 ECTS optional subjects.

· Pedagogical modules operate on a semester-based schedule, spanning 22 weeks, characterized by an intensive instructional format involving daily sessions encompassing lectures, seminars, and practical exercises. Notably, subject modules are conducted biweekly, in accordance with prescribed modules, punctuated by interim assessments and culminating in final examinations, scheduled during the designated examination period.

· Each doctoral candidate is appointed an advisory committee, composed of three members holding a doctoral degree, or, in instances featuring a co-supervisor, four members. This committee oversees the planning of the doctoral student's educational trajectory, evaluates the candidate's scientific research grant proposal submitted for school funding, and formulates the agenda for research component planning. It is imperative to acknowledge the possibility of amendments to the proposed schedule or plan, contingent upon substantiated requests from the doctoral candidate. Furthermore, this committee is instrumental in drafting the procedural protocols and regulations governing coursework and research, as well as the eventual dissertation defense, as stipulated in the University of Georgia's Regulations of Doctoral Education.

· The research facet predominantly transpires in the second and third academic years, although, at the supervisor's discretion, certain undertakings may commence as early as the inaugural year. · The didactic elements of the program are under the purview of subject matter curators, while the research elements are overseen by the doctoral student's scientific supervisor, occasionally in tandem with a co-supervisor. In select cases, thematic and sectoral international experts and specialists contribute to the educational modules within the program.

· Doctoral students possess the prerogative to delineate the credit load for a given academic semester, within the established parameters of a minimum of 15 ECTS and a maximum of 30 ECTS credits, dichotomized as "Full Time" and "Part Time" designations. · In consonance with the thematic and volumetric contours of the research endeavor, doctoral candidates are afforded latitude to conduct investigations both domestically and internationally. The deliberations regarding research topics and the selection of research instruments are subject to the auspices of the school's bioethics council, in accordance with the provisions delineated in the statute governing the bioethics council's operations.

· Research initiatives may be underwritten by scientific grants disbursed by the School of Health Sciences, in adherence to the stipulations set forth in the regulations governing the allocation of scientific grants within the school. Alternatively, financial support may be derived from other pertinent scientific research projects secured by the doctoral candidate and their scientific supervisor.

· Before undertaking the defense of the doctoral thesis, it is incumbent upon the doctoral candidate to effectuate the publication of one scholarly article germane to the research findings in a designated peer-reviewed scientific journal, with a recommended impact factor no less than 1.5. Alternatively, a formal notification from the editorial board confirming the forthcoming publication suffices. Furthermore, an additional scholarly article, subject to the same stringent evaluative criteria, must be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Additionally, candidates are mandated to present at least one academic paper at an int