EPID 0552
Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)
This course provides an introduction to infectious disease epidemiology and public health infectious disease investigations. Students learn how epidemiology theories and concepts are applied to real world disease investigations involving respiratory, foodborne, vaccine preventable, and healthcare-associated infections. Additionally, students evaluate evidence on infection prevention measures including proper PPE usage, hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, and injection safety.
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EPID 0563
Introduction to Outcomes research (3)
This course focuses on how we measure and study the outcomes of medical care, integrating outcomes science with routine clinical care. Students learn how the principles of how public health interacts with the health care system as well as practical applications of these principles.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502 and PHCO 0504.
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EPID 0601
Cancer Epidemiology (3)
This course is an introduction to cancer epidemiology. It covers the epidemiology of cancer in the U.S. and globally. The course explores behavioral, environmental, occupational, and genetic risk factors for specific cancer sites. Students build upon the knowledge from their epidemiology course(s) and advance their skills for critiquing and interpreting published research in the field of cancer epidemiology.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0502.
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EPID 0602
Epidemiology Journal Club-MS (0)
This course (0 credits) provides M.S. in Epidemiology degree students an opportunity to discuss peer-reviewed academic literature and apply their skills to evaluate the literature, review scientific findings and learn about historical, controversial, or current topics in epidemiology.
Prerequisites: EPID 0656.
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EPID 0603
PETS Pharmacoepidemiology Research Meetings (0)
The Pharmacoepidemiology Research Meetings include presentations and discussions of ongoing and completed pharmacoepidemiologic research studies, grant proposals, and journal articles. Meetings are led by faculty, students, fellows, or affiliates with expertise in pharmacoepidemiology or a related field.
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EPID 0607
Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (3)
This course covers major topics in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology from fertility to birth outcomes. It focuses on methodological issues and epidemiologic study designs, while incorporating life course perspectives. Students critically review the reproductive and perinatal epidemiology literature and discuss current controversies in the field.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0502.
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EPID 0621
Survey Research in Epidemiology (3)
This course introduces students to the basics of survey research and provides them with the skills necessary to conduct their own survey research project. Students critique published surveys and conduct a class research project beginning with designing a survey instrument, collecting survey data, and using a statistical software package for data entry, data cleaning, and data analysis. collecting survey data, and using a statistical software package for data entry, data cleaning, and data analysis.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502 and PHCO 0504.
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EPID 0629
Meta-Analysis (3)
This course provides an introduction to the rationale, methods, and implications for conducting a synthesis of research findings. The students receive step-by-step guidance on how to conduct and evaluate systematic reviews that may also include a meta-analysis. The course covers research databases, reference management software, pooled estimates, sources of heterogeneity and bias, and practical applications.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0504 or graduate-level statistics course.
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EPID 0641
GIS in Public Health (3)
This course introduces students to the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for analyzing and addressing health problems. Students become conversant in how GIS can be used to map and analyze the geographical distributions of populations at risk, health outcomes, and risk factors; to explore associations between risk factors and health outcomes; and to address health problems. Students learn to use GIS software for various spatial analysis applications.
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EPID 0650
Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (3)
In this intermediate-level course, students learn about the basic design of environmental and occupational epidemiology studies and become familiar with specific environmental and occupational hazards and diseases. The class considers unique epidemiological and exposure assessment methods used to study those topics. Students analyze, evaluate, summarize, and present the literature on health impacts of environmental and occupational exposures.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0502.
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EPID 0652
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (3)
This course reviews the epidemiology and prevention of major noninfectious diseases. The course starts with discussions of major concepts in chronic disease epidemiology, common research methods, and applications of those methods for chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and respiratory conditions. Students critically evaluate current knowledge regarding the epidemiology of specific chronic diseases, including biological mechanisms, risk factors, and major studies.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502 and PHCO 0504.
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EPID 0656
Intermediate Epidemiologic Research Methods (3)
This course provides a foundation for the design, analysis, and interpretation of epidemiologic studies, building on basic concepts introduced in an introductory-level course on epidemiology (PHCO 0502). The course focuses on theories of causation, study design, possible threats to validity and how they can be recognized and addressed, as well as a critical view of epidemiology and its role in public health.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0502 minimum grade of B and PHCO 0504 minimum grade of B.
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EPID 0657
Applied Methods in Epidemiologic Research (3)
This course is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the integration of epidemiologic theories and concepts with the analysis of study data. Students are introduced to various analytic approaches and quantitative methods for investigating public health issues, with a particular focus on logistic regression models. Students work on an analysis of a publicly available dataset throughout the semester. Students develop focused research hypotheses to investigate, build analytic models, and analyze and interpret the data applying the range of methods presented in lecture using SAS software. The data analysis project culminates with a written manuscript.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502, PHCO 0504, BIST 0535, and EPID 0656.
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EPID 0672
Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (3)
This course provides an introduction to pharmacoepidemiology and therapeutic risk management, focusing on the methods used to study the use and effects of medications in populations. Key topics include risk assessment, study designs, real-world data sources, and strategies for minimizing risks.
Prerequisite: PHCO 0504.
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EPID 0673
Social Epidemiology (3)
This course introduces students to theories, concepts, and methods for investigating the social determinants of health. This course examines social factors implicated in the development and distribution of disease and the methods used to investigate these associations. Students critically evaluate measures used in social epidemiology, discuss major debates in the field, identify strengths and weaknesses of previously published studies, and examine possible solutions targeting social factors.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502 and PHCO 0504.
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EPID 0676
Intermediate Pharmacoepidemiology (3)
This course covers intermediate-level concepts and methods in pharmacoepidemiology and builds upon concepts introduced in EPID0672. The course includes the development of a full proposal for a pharmacoepidemiological study as a final project. Lectures are available online for asynchronous viewing before class and class time is dedicated to review of lecture and journal club. Online discussion and group work focuses on development of the final project.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502, PHCO 0504, and EPID 0672.
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EPID 0677
Molecular Epidemiology (3)
This course focuses on how biomarker profiles (e.g., genetic variation, epigenetic variation, gene expression, metabolomics) are used to advance the epidemiological study of human disease. Students learn basic concepts in molecular epidemiology and discuss key methodological considerations and analytic issues.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502 and EPID 0656.
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EPID 0678
Analysis Real World Pharm Data (3)
This course is intended for students interested in applying epidemiological theory to real-world data with a focus on pharmacoepidemiology. Broadly, the course covers: data management, structure and type of healthcare databases, study design in healthcare data, and analysis of longitudinal healthcare data. Half of the course is spent in a lab format, applying topics to sample administrative claims data.
Prerequisites: EPID 0656, EPID 0672, and BIST 0535
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EPID 0702
Epidemiology Journal Club-PhD (0.5)
This course (0.5 credits) provides doctoral degree students an opportunity to discuss and present peer-reviewed academic literature and apply their skills to evaluate the literature, review scientific findings, and learn about historical, controversial, or current topics in epidemiology.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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EPID 0721
Using PH Surveillance to Assess PH Needs (3)
This course focuses on how epidemiologic surveillance is used to recognize new diseases, injuries, and hazards, and track public health trends. The course includes historical, legal, and ethical perspectives on public health surveillance. Students evaluate surveillance efforts, analyze data, and communicate findings to broad audiences.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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EPID 0750
Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (3)
In this doctoral-level course, students learn about the basic design of environmental and occupational epidemiology studies and become familiar with specific environmental and occupational hazards and diseases. The class considers unique epidemiological and exposure assessment methods used to study those topics. Students analyze, evaluate, summarize, and present the literature on health impacts of environmental and occupational exposures.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0503 and EPID 0656. Doctoral student standing.
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EPID 0753
Advanced Epidemiologic Research Methods with Applications (3)
This course is designed to help students develop and in-depth understanding of theories, concepts, and principles underlying epidemiologic study designs and analyses. Epidemiologists need to draw on a wide set of tools to integrate contextual information, account for data structures, and address concerns about bias. The emphasis is on deepening, expanding, integrating and applying epidemiologic concepts to analytic problems so that students understand the relationship between epidemiologic methods and their application with real-life examples.structures, and address concerns about bias. The emphasis is on deepening, expanding, integrating and applying epidemiologic concepts to analytic problems so that students understand the relationship between epidemiologic methods and their application with real-life examples.
Prerequisites: PHCO 0502, PHCO 0504, EPID 0656, and BIST 0551. Doctoral student standing.
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EPID 0777
Molecular Epidemiology (3)
This course focuses on how biomarker profiles (e.g., genetic variation, epigenetic variation, gene expression, metabolomics) are used to advance the epidemiological study of human disease. Students learn basic concepts in molecular epidemiology and discuss key methodological considerations and analytic issues.
Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing.
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