Read a welcome message from the DrPH Program Director: Dr. Ted Witek; While our other doctoral programs are research-intensive, the DrPH focuses on accelerating the use of research evidence to inform practice and policy. As such, the DrPH program offers practice-based training and applied research skills. My PhD isn't perfect and I considered quitting/changing labs many times, but sometimes life cuts you some slack. I got the opportunity to write 3 first-author publications on old data (2 are written and in review, 1 in process), and today I got a breakthrough with my own data, a project that I've been struggling for a year and a half with.