BIST-0606-001 Modeling Binary-Response Data: Review of the Theory and Applications (3) Applications of regression models suitable for analyzing binary-response data. Models for polytomous and ordinal responses, models for clustered binary responses, and models for analyzing binary-crossover studies also presented. Ananth. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

BIST-0613-001 Theory of Biostatistics I (3) Foundation in statistical theory. Statistical software R (http://www.r-project.org) will be used.

BIST-0614-001 Theory of Biostatistics II (3) Theory of point and interval estimations and hypothesis testing. Topics include sampling distributions, sufficiency, unbiasedness, Bayes methods, and power functions. Emphasis on fundamental concepts.

BIST-0615-001 Categorical Data Analysis (3) Descriptive and inferential statistics for univariate and multivariate categorical data with applications to epidemiological and clinical studies. Ohman-Strickland

BIST-0616-001 Lifetime Data Analysis (3) Survival analysis for life sciences. Prerequisites: PHCO-0504-001, BIOM-0654-001, BIOM-0661-001.

BIST-0630-001 Sampling Methods (3) Data collection utilizing stratification, cluster sampling, multistate sampling, systematic sampling, or sampling with unequal probabilities of selection may be preferred to simple random sampling. Ohman-Strickland

BIST-0650-001 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (3) Prerequisite: Regression methods.

BIST-0654-001 Biocomputing I (3) Essential features and use of operating systems. Use of SAS to solve database and statistical problems. Spreadsheet and database packages. Prerequisites: PHCO-0504-001; knowledge of MS-DOS.

BIST-0655-001 Biocomputing II (3) Extension of BIST-0654 providing students with more advanced, computing intensive methods for research. Prerequisites: BIST-0654 and intermediate-level graduate course in statistical inference and probability theory.

BIST-0660-001 Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments (3) Shih. Prerequisites: PHCO-0504-001, BIOM-0654-001, or equivalent.

BIST-0661-001 Regression Methods for Public Health Studies (3) Simple and multiple linear-regression models, including polynomial regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA) and covariance (ANCOVA) for design of experiments. Binary regression, including logistic regression and applications to case-control studies discussed. Extension to loglinear models for count data also covered. Model building and checking. Lu. Prerequisites: PHCO-0501-001, BIOM-0654-001, or permission of instructor.

BIST-0687-001 Biostatistics for Environmental and Occupational Health (3) Applied statistics for environmental/occupational problems. Prerequisites: PHCO-0504-001 and BIOM-0654-001.

BIST-0688-001 Statistical Methods in Genetics (3) Topics include genetic epidemiology, pedigree data linkage and association analysis, phylogenetics, and the analysis of microarray data. Moore. Prerequisites: Biocomputing, categorical data, regression methods, or permission of instructor.

BIST-0690-001 Advanced Topics in Biostatistics (3) Prerequisite: BIST-0701 or permission of instructor.

BIST-0700-001 Advanced Theory of Biostatistics I (3) Advanced-level course in probabilty and statistical theory. Prerequisite: Intermediate-level graduate course in statistical inference and probability theory.

BIST-0701-001 Advanced Theory of Biostatistics II (3) Topics include common stochastic processes in biostatistics, likelihood construction, maximum likelihood estimation, and the information matrix. Prerequisite: BIST-0700.

ENOH-0562-001 Pesticides and Public Health (1) Introduction to the toxicological, health effects, exposure, and policy issues surrounding the use of pesticides in agricultural and residential settings. Robson. Five-week course.

ENOH-0563-001 Ecological Risk Assessment (3) Prerequisite: A course in ecology or permission of instructor.

ENOH-0594-001 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3) Basic language and principles of toxicology and the mechanisms by which xenobiotics damage living systems at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and organ levels. Hong. Prerequisite: Organic chemistry or biochemistry.

ENOH-0644-001 Indoor Air Quality (3) Indoor air quality problems and mitigation approaches. Zhang

ENOH-0652-001 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (3) Specific epidemiologic approaches to understanding the causation of occupational and environmental health diseases. Osinubi. Prerequisite: PHCO-0502-001.

ENOH-0653-001 Biomarkers (3) Incorporating biomarkers into environmental/occupational toxicology and epidemiology research. Hong

ENOH-0656-001 Environmental Risk Assessment (3) Concepts, language, and methods of risk assessment; role of risk assessment in individual and social decision making. Finkel. Prerequisite: PHCO-0504-001.

ENOH-0658-001 Advanced Environmental Hygiene Measurements (4) Fundamental concepts of data interpretation, quality assurance, and hands-on use of equipment and monitoring procedures in the field. Weisel. Prerequisites: Two years college chemistry, PHCO-0504-001, and a course in air sampling and analysis or principles of industrial hygiene.

ENOH-0693-001 Principles of Occupational and Environmental Health (3) Workplace hazards, occupational diseases, industrial hygiene, and medical surveillance. Design, implementation, administration, and evaluation of programs. Osinubi

ENOH-0695-001 Environmental Exposure Measurements and Assessment (2) Development of skills for designing exposure studies and basic mathematical tools for estimating exposures. Zhang. Prerequisites: Calculus, biostatistics, and principles of air pollution.

ENOH-0699-001 Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3) Skill development for evaluating exposures causing occupational health problems. Emphasis on mathematical techniques to estimate exposures to chemicals, physical agents, and ergonomic hazards facing employees. Prerequisite: PHCO-0503-001.

EPID-0552-001 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3) Properties, characteristics, and mechanisms of transmission of infectious disease; investigation of outbreaks of infectious disease.

EPID-0585-001 Disease Clusters: Science and Policy (1) History and context; methods of cluster investigations. Wartenberg. Prerequisites: PHCO-0504-001, PHCO-0502-001.

EPID-0651-001 Epidemiological Research Methods (3) Methods and logistics in the design and conduct of epidemiological research. Rich, Wartenberg. Prerequisites: PHCO-0504 and PHCO-0502.

EPID-0652-001 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3) Characteristics of selected chronic diseases. Students learn to design studies to investigate chronic diseases and approaches to primary and secondary prevention. Rhoads. Prerequisite: PHCO-0502.

EPID-0653-001 Epidemiologic Research Methods II (3) Theories, concepts, and principles underlying epidemiologic study designs and analyses. Demissie. Prerequisite: EPID-0651.

EPID-0670-001 Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology I (1) Review of published papers in epidemiologic methods and substantive areas of epidemiology. Rich. Prerequisite: Must be a doctoral candidate or permission of instructor.

EPID-0671-001 Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology II (1) Review of published papers in epidemiologic methods and substantive areas of epidemiology. Rich. Prerequisite: EPID-0670.

HEBS-0651-001 Health Education Planning and Evaluation (3) Introduction to development of health education and health promotion programs. Prerequisite: CORE-5550-001.

HEBS-0654-001 Modifying Health Behaviors: Theory and Practice (3) Concepts, strategies, and skills for modifying health-related behaviors and for influencing environments and cultures to provide more health support. Clifford. Prerequisite: PHCO-0505-001.

HEBS-0656-001 Social Marketing (3) Selection and evaluation of appropriate health education methodologies and materials for achieving program goals and objectives. Lewis. Prerequisites: PHCO-0505-001; HEBS-0651-001 or HEBS-0653-001.

HEBS-0665-001 Survey Research Methods (3) Major methods and techniques in the use of surveys for program development, evaluation, and research. Delnevo. Prerequisite: PHCO-0504-001.

HEBS-0679-001 Health Communications/Risk Communication (3) Concepts of public health communication and risk perception, and communication emphasis on media coverage of health related information. Lewis. Prerequisite: PHCO-0505-001.

HEBS-0680-001 Doctoral Research Seminar in Health Education and Behavioral Science I (1) Current behavioral science research issues and research interpretation.

HEBS-0681-001 Doctoral Research Seminar in Health Education and Behavioral Science II (2) Current behavioral health science research issues; research interpretation, presentation, and facilitation of discussion.

HEBS-0682-001 Evaluation Research Methods (3) Clifford. Prerequisite: PHCO-0504.

HSAP-0519-001 Health Economics (3) Principles of macroeconomics applied to the special features of the health care market. Monheit. Prerequisites: PHCO-0501-001, PHCO-0504-001.

HSAP-0563-001 Introduction to Outcomes Research (3) Study of patient outcomes, medical outcomes, and economic outcomes related to health and health care; quality-of-life issues and assessment tools; and measures of morbidity, mortality, treatment, and severity of disease. Demissie, Marcella

HSAP-0617-001 Health Services Research Evaluation (3) Systematic approaches to the evaluation of health services programs, building on prior knowledge of research methods in biostatistics and epidemiology, and issues in health services administration. West. Prerequisites: PHCO-0501-001, PHCO-0502-001, PHCO-0504-001.

HSAP-0661-001 Health Care Policy (3) Health care politics and policy in the United States as a function of American political values, government structure and process, and the goals of the relevant stakeholders. Monheit. Prerequisite: PHCO-0501-001.

HSAP-0663-001 Issues in Private and Public Health Insurance (3) Institutional features of the private and public health insurance systems, the theory underlying the population's demand for private and public health insurance, and potential behavioral responses by persons with such coverage. Monheit

PHCO-0501-001 (F) Health Systems and Policy (3) Overview of health care in the United States: social, political, and economic issues; organization and financing of health care services. Examines the private practice of medicine and health maintenance organizations; ethical, legal, and policy issues; and trends in health care organization in the United States. Grau. Required core course.

PHCO-0502-001 (S) Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (3) Introduction to the definitions, language, and approaches of epidemiologists. Marcella, Schneider. Required core course.

PHCO-0503-001 (F) Introduction to Environmental Health (3) Variety of ways in which environmental factors influence human health and technology available for managing such factors and preventing disease; physiological interaction of humans and their environment; air, water, physical factors, biological factors, and social factors. Special topics include asbestos, lead and mercury, radiation, noise, organic solvents, biocides, particulate air pollution, toxic wastes, water treatment, and neurobehavioral and reproductive hazards; community perceptions of, and responses to, hazards. Robson, Zhang. Required core course.

PHCO-0504-001 Introduction to Biostatistics (3) Brief introduction to fundamental concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics and to quantitative and computer methods. Basic methods, including t-test, chi-square, nonparametric tests, and F-tests. Moore, Ohman-Strickland. Prerequisite: Pretest. Required core course.

PHCO-0505-001 Health Education and Behavioral Science in Public Health (3) Learning and behavioral sciences theories that provide the framework for the practice of health education and interventions. Waishwell. Required core course.

QNME-0612-001 Linear Models: Regression and Analysis of Variance (3) Prerequisite: PHCO-0504.

QNME-0613-001 Life Tables and Survival Analysis (3) Introduction to theory and applications. Brimacombe. Prerequisite: PHCO-0504.

QNME-0614-001 Categorical Data Analysis (3) Methods for analysis of frequency tabulations that are commonly used in public health research. Davidow. Prerequisites: QNME-0612 and PHCO-0504.

QNME-0621-001 Survey Research Methods/Questionnaire Design (3) Basics of survey research and skills necessary to conduct research. Passannante. Prerequisites: PHCO-0502 and PHCO-0504.