环境卫生科学系的博士学位是学术研究学位。博士计划为科学家们从事学术界，研究，环境计划管理，风险评估和政策方面的职业做准备。该计划着重在识别，评估和控制对人类健康的环境和职业危害方面进行的有说服力的培训和研究。学生可以专注于广泛的领域，包括工业卫生，暴露评估，毒理学，环境化学，空气和水污染，风险评估和管理。除了解环境健康科学的高级概念外，该课程的毕业生还将开发技能，使他们能够识别和定义对环境健康重要的问题，设计研究以解决这些问题，并完成研究计划表现出作为独立调查员的能力。毕业生有资格在研究，管理，教学或咨询
The PhD in Environmental Health Sciences is an academic research degree. Didactic training and research in the identification, evaluation, and control of environmental and occupational hazards to human health are emphasized in this program. Students may conduct research and take courses in areas including - Air and Water Pollution, Industrial Hygiene, Epidemiology, Exposure Assessment, Risk Assessment, Changing Urban Microclimate, Urban Health, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Environmental Justice. In addition to understanding the advanced concepts of environmental health sciences, graduates of this program are expected to develop skills that will enable them to identify and define questions of environmental health importance, design research studies to address these questions, and to complete a program of research that demonstrates abilities as an independent investigator. Graduates may assume upper-level positions in the public or private sector in research, management, teaching, or consulting.