PBHL 530 EPIDEMIOLOGY (4 credit hours)
Introduces and applies the principles of epidemiology and study design needed to support population-based and community-health assessment and evaluation. Basic and more advanced methods are covered as appropriate, with applications to public health and community contexts, and integration with biostatistics.
PBHL 620 INTERMEDIATE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3 credit hours)
Intermediate Biostatistics is a required course for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program of study, concentration in Epidemiology and in Biostatistics. It covers topics in epidemiological statistics, nonparametric statistics, consulting skills, choices of techniques, and data cleaning.
PBHL 632: APPLIED SURVEY RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (3 credits)
This course addresses theoretical and practical aspects to the conduct of survey research in human populations. Practical requirements for research proposal development are covered.
PBHL 633: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY (3 credits)
This course will provide students with training in the methods specific to the epidemiology of cancer. Students will learn about population-level data sources and surveillance methods. Biological characteristics of cancer in general will be covered, and the effect of its long latency period and other characteristics on approaches to epidemiologic study design will be one of the course's focuses. Current epidemiologic issues in studies of major cancers will be introduced through reading of the current medical literature.
PBHL 634: EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE (3 credits)
Epidemiology for the Public Health Practice is a required course for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program of study, concentration in Epidemiology. This course covers applications of epidemiologic procedures used to understand the occurrence and control of conditions such as infections and chronic diseases in human populations. Emphasis on the understanding of core epidemiologic concepts and the review of public health epidemiology studies.
PBHL 635: SOCIAL AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOLGY
The course addresses the content and methods of social epidemiology and the clinical, methodological, and epidemiologic aspects of psychiatric illness. Students are required to explore theoretical and empirical aspects of disease etiology and disease course that extends beyond a biomedical model.
PBHL 636: INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3 credits)
This course introduce epidemiologic methods specific to infectious disease epidemiology within the context of the study of several major classes of infectious diseases with global impact on public health. Students will learn about techniques in outbreak investigations as well as surveillance and disease reporting. They will learn how biological characteristics of infectious diseases such as transmission and immunity alter the more familiar approaches to descriptive and analytic epidemiology developed in the chronic disease setting.
PBHL 638: PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (3 credits)
Introduces topical issues and methodological approaches to studying maternal and child health outcomes during the perinatal period. The focus is on study designs and data sources most relevant to perinatal epidemiology and examples of epidemiologic research on common perinatal health issues. Current research areas in perinatal epidemiology and future directions for research are also presented.
PBHL 639: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide a forum for in-depth discussion of one of the main public health issues. Participants will review the population burden of the main categories of cardiovascular diseases, and the well-established and emerging risk factors in cardiovascular disease prevention and control.
PBHL 830: ADVANCED EPIDEMIOLOGY (4 credits)
Takes a more in-depth and theoretical examination of difficult methodologic issues introduced in Intermediate Epidemiology (i.e., causal inference, confounding). Covers more advanced methodologic issues in analytic epidemiology including: time-dependent exposures and confounders, propensity scores, and sensitivity analyses.
PBHL 831: Epidemiology Ph.D. Seminar I (1 credit)
Briefly reviews key intermediate epidemiology concepts – focusing on differential terminology and alternate approaches by which key concepts may be illustrated. The goal is to assure that members of an entering doctoral class, whose training and background may differ slightly, can effectively communicate key foundational concepts.
PBHL 832: Epidemiology Seminar II (2 credit in each of three terms)
Cover issues related to epidemiology teaching and curriculum development, grantwriting and grantsmanship, epidemiology and the courts, and the management of epidemiologic research projects. Also will include discussions of major emerging issues of significance to the discipline of epidemiology.