Department of Epidemiology (EPID)
ANDREW F. OLSHAN, Chair
Professors
Ralph S. Baric (142) Public Health Virology, Molecular Virology
Myron "Mike" Cohen, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Marilie D. Gammon (195) Cancer Epidemiology
Gerardo Heiss (41) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
David M. Margolis (220) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Steven R. Meshnick (200) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Robert C. Millikan (166) Cancer Epidemiology
Andrew F. Olshan (147) Cancer Epidemiology, Reproductive/Perinatal Epidemiology
Wayne D. Rosamond (162) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Robert S. Sandler (73) Cancer Epidemiology
H. June Stevens (172) Nutritional Epidemiology, Obesity Epidemiology
David J. Weber (96) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Associate Professors
Wilfrida Behets (210) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Stephen R. Cole (224) Methodology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Giselle Corbie-Smith, Women's Health
James E. Hall (143) Host-Parasite Metabolism, Biological Chemistry
Jay S. Kaufman (194) Social Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Methodology
Stephen W. Marshall (199) Injury Epidemiology, Methodology
William C. Miller (191) Infectious Disease and Clinical Epidemiology
Kari North (205) Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology
Charles L. Poole (193) Methodology
Victor J. Schoenbach (64) Behavioral Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology (primarily STDs), Cancer Control (primarily Smoking Cessation)
Anna Maria Siega-Riz (218) Nutritional Epidemiology, Reproductive/Perinatal/Pediatric Epidemiology
Lola V. Stamm (145) Public Health Bacteriology, Molecular Cloning, Pathogenics of Infectious Disease
Til Hans Robert Stürmer (225) Pharmacoepidemiology, Methodology
James C. Thomas (127) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Annelies Van Rie (202) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Steven B. Wing (99) Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Occupational/Environmental Epidemiology
Assistant Professors
Jiu-Chiuan Chen (214) Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Julie Daniels (206) Environmental Epidemiology, Reproductive/Perinatal/Pediatric Epidemiology
Ka He (222) Nutritional Epidemiology
Audrey Pettifor (215) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
David B. Richardson (213) Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology
Jessie A. Satia (219) Nutritional Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology
Jane C. Schroeder (203) Cancer Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology
Melissa A. Troester (226) Cancer Epidemiology
Research Associate Professor
Kelly R. Evenson (209) Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Physical Activity
Research Assistant Professors
Jennette Bensen, Cancer Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology
Carri Casteel, Injury Epidemiology
Kathleen C. Dorsey, Cancer Epidemiology
Nora Franceschini, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Sara Huston, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Debra E. Irwin (176) Cancer Epidemiology, Reproductive Epidemiology
Michele Jönsson Funk (216) Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology
Pia MacDonald, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Sonia Napravnik (223) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Kathryn M. Rose, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Women's Health
Jennifer S. Smith (212) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Andres Villaveces, Injury Epidemiology
Anissa Vines, Social Epidemiology, Health Care Epidemiology
Sharon S. Weir, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Eric A. Whitsel (221) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Karin Yeatts, Environmental Epidemiology
Research Instructors
Steven Callens, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Abigail Norris Turner, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Clinical Professors
Timothy S. Carey (138) Clinical Epidemiology
David F. Ransohoff (160) Health Care Epidemiology
Desmond K. Runyan (88) Clinical Epidemiology/Pediatrics
Ross J. Simpson Jr., Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Health Care Epidemiology
Ronald P. Strauss (182) Oral Epidemiology
Edward H. Wagner (15) Clinical Epidemiology, Health Services Research
Clinical Associate Professors
Lorraine Alexander, Public Health Preparedness, Distance Education
Bonnie Rogers (187) Occupational Epidemiology
Adjunct Professors
Naomar Almeido-Filho, Psychosocial Epidemiology
Edward Baker Jr., Occupational Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology
James D. Beck (167) Dental Epidemiology
Douglas Bell, Cancer Epidemiology
Dan German Blazer (108) Psychosocial and Aging Epidemiology
Gregory L. Burke, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Willard Cates (188) Reproductive and Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Dennis A. Clements (152) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Joseph Cook, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Parasitology
Joan Cornoni-Huntley (04) Aging, Physical, Cognitive, and Social Functioning
John Dement, Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology
Robert Desowitz, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Jeffrey Engel, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Robert Fletcher (45) Health Care Epidemiology
Suzanne Fletcher (46) Health Care Epidemiology
Judith A. Fortney (116) Reproductive Epidemiology
Jean G. French (129) Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology
Joanne M. Garrett (156) Health Services Research
Paul A. Godley (181) Cancer Epidemiology
Lowell Goldsmith, Genetic Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Raymond S. Greenberg (86) Cancer Epidemiology
Russell P. Harris (125) Cancer Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology
Sherman A. James (07) Psychosocial Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
C. David Jenkins, Social Epidemiology
Oscar Kashala, Global Health
Ulrich Keil (169) Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology
Stephen Kritchevsky, Aging Epidemiology
Jay Levine, Veterinary Epidemiology
Stephanie London, Cancer Epidemiology
Matthew Longnecker, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Dana P. Loomis, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Melinda S. Meade (58) Medical Geography
Kenneth A. Mundt, Occupational Epidemiology
David Peden, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Miquel Porta, Cancer Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology
Walter J. Rogan (39) Environmental Epidemiology
Michael Rosenberg, Reproductive Epidemiology
Carol W. Runyan (154) Injury Control
Dale Sandler (90) Environmental Epidemiology
David A. Savitz (101) Reproductive Epidemiology
Ilene C. Siegler (148) Aging
Philip D. Sloane (131) Aging
John W. Stamm (92) Dental Epidemiology
Patrick F. Sullivan, Genetic Epidemiology
Steven Teutsch, Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology
John Thorpe Jr., Reproductive Epidemiology
Hugh H. Tilson (87) Pharmacoepidemiology
Clarice Weinberg, Environmental and Reproductive Epidemiology
Allen J. Wilcox (61) Reproductive Epidemiology
Redford Williams (141) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Bonnie C. Yankaskas (82) Diagnostic Radiology/Cancer Epidemiology
Adjunct Associate Professors
Adaora Adimora, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
Elizabeth B. Andrews (140) Pharmacoepidemiology
Donna D. Baird (104) Reproductive Epidemiology
John Barefoot (151) Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Psychosocial Epidemiology
Leigh Callahan, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Health Care Epidemiology
Daniel J. Caplan (211) Oral Epidemiology
Joe Steven Cline, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology
Thomas B. Cole (128) Injury Epidemiology
Glinda S. Cooper (196) Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Reproductive Epidemiology
Martin Crane, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Reproductive Epidemiology
Nancy Dole, Reproductive Epidemiology
Bruce Duncan, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Michael Emch, Spatial Analysis, GIS
Sara Ephross, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Paul J. Feldblum (186) Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Bradley N. Gaynes, Psychiatric Epidemiology
Debbie Gipson, Health Care Epidemiology
Cynthia Girman, Pharmacoepidemiology
Laura Hanson, Geriatrics
Katherine E. Hartmann (196) Reproductive Epidemiology, Women's Health
Joanne Jordan, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
James Kirkpatrick, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Peter Leone, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Hester Lipscomb, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Margaret F. McCann (100) Reproductive Epidemiology
William F. McDonnell III (170) Environmental Epidemiology
Patricia Moorman, Cancer Epidemiology
Dexter L. Morris (113) Cancer Epidemiology
Evan Myers, Health Care Epidemiology
Lucas Neas, Environmental Epidemiology
Warren P. Newton, Health Care Epidemiology
Joellen M. Schildkraut (126) Cancer Epidemiology
Maria Schmidt, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Arlene Sena-Soberano, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Nicholas Shaheen, Health Care Epidemiology
Betsy Sleath, Health Care Epidemiology
C. Gregory Smith (83) Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
David C. Sokal (178) Reproductive Epidemiology
Paul E. Stang (163) Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Jack Taylor, Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Suzanne West (207) Health Care Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology
Alice D. White (117) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Timothy C. Wilcosky (98) Cancer Epidemiology
David Wohl, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Sheryl Zimmerman, Aging
Adjunct Assistant Professors
Mary Anthony, Nutritional Epidemiology
Rukmini B. Balu, Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Epidemiology
Jane H. Brice, Clinical Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Lori Carter Edwards (192) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Patricia Chang, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Honglei Chen, Nutritional Epidemiology
Remy Coeytaux, Health Care Epidemiology
Kourtney Davis, Pharmacoepidemiology
Jane Hoppin, Environmental Epidemiology
Esther C. Janowsky, Cancer Epidemiology
Dionne G. Law, Reproductive Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Duanping Liao (189) Cardiovascular Epidemiology
William C. Maier, Pharmacoepidemiology
Mark Massing, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Ann M. McNeill, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
David Miller, Pharmacoepidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology
Miriam Morey, Health Care Epidemiology, Aging Epidemiology
Edward L. (Lenn) Murrelle, Environmental Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology
Padmaja "Piku" Patnaik, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, International Health
Vilma Santana, Occupational Epidemiology
Williams Saunders, Psychosocial Epidemiology
Pamela Schwingl, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Reproductive Epidemiology
Markus Steiner, Methodology
Timothy Wade, Environmentl Epidemiology
Emmanuel Walter, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Christianna Williams, Aging
Rachel E. Williams, Health Care Epidemiology
Christopher Woods, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Professors Emeriti
Barbara S. Hulka
Michel A. Ibrahim
Berton H. Kaplan
J. Richard Seed
Carl M. Shy
Courses
600 [160] PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). An introductory course that considers the meaning, scope and applications of epidemiology to public health practice and the uses of vital statistics data in the scientific appraisal of community health. One lecture and two lab hours per week. Fall and spring. Schoenbach, Alexander.
620I [604] AGING AND HEALTH (SOWO 604I, DENT 604I, PHCY 604I, NURS 782I, HMSC 904I, MEDI 604I, SOCI 824, PHYT 904I) (3). Introduction to normal aging, diseases of aging, mental health issues and the use of health services by older persons. Zimmerman.
689 [101R] RESOURCES FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (1). Structured opportunities for international students to become informed about U.S. academic and cultural issues as they pertain to their training in epidemiology. Not for degree credit. Fall.
690 [140, 141] PROBLEMS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (1–21). A course for students who wish to make an intensive study of some special problems in epidemiology. Two or more hours a week. Fall, spring and summer. Staff.
700 [150] SAS AND DATA MANAGEMENT (3). An introduction to statistical analysis, programming and data management, using the SAS programming language. Two lecture hours and two lab hours per week. Fall.
705 [158] INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC AND PROBABILITY LOGIC IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (2). Corequisite, EPID 710 or approved equivalent. Permission required for nonmajors. Covers valid and fallacious arguments, the probability calculus, interpretations of probability, probabilistic fallacies, applications of Bayes, theorem, and interpretation of P-values and confidence intervals in epidemiologic research. Fall. Poole.
710 [168] FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (4). Corequisite, BIOS 600. Permission required for nonmajors. An intensive introduction to epidemiological concepts and methods for students intending to engage in, collaborate in or interpret the results of epidemiologic studies. Some familiarity with biomedical concepts may be needed. An alternate to EPID 600 for satisfying the SPH core requirements. Three lecture and two seminar hours a week. Fall. Thomas.
711 [170] CLINICAL MEASUREMENT/EVALUATION (PUBH 760) (3). Prerequisite, epidemiology or health care and prevention major. An introduction to the fundamental concepts of epidemiology, including clinical epidemiology, for clinicians. Emphasis is on applications in clinical research and practice. Fall. Miller.
715 [268] THEORY AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (5). Prerequisites, EPID 705 and EPID 710, BIOS 545, and competence in SAS or STATA. Permission required for nonmajors. An in-depth treatment of basic concepts and skills in epidemiologic research, including problem conceptualization, study design, research conduct, data analysis and interpretation. Four lecture and two laboratory hours per week. Spring. Poole, Schroeder.
718 [269] EPIDEMIOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF BINARY DATA (3). Prerequisite, EPID 715. Permission of the instructor required for nonmajors. Concepts and applications, including logistic regression, binomial regression, model building strategy, additive and multiplicative interaction and graphical exploration. Includes computer-based experience with real data. Two lecture hours and one lab hour per week. Fall.
719 [270] READINGS IN EPIDEMIOLOGIC MODELING (1). Corequisite, EPID 718. Permission of the instructor required for nonmajors. Students currently enrolled in EPID 718 may optionally register for this companion seminar. Additional readings in the philosophy and technique of epidemiologic modeling will be explored in greater depth. Fall. Kaufman.
722 [271] EPIDEMIOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF TIME-TO-EVENT DATA (3). Prerequisite, EPID 718. Permission of the instructor required for nonmajors. Concepts and applications in survival analysis and analysis of incidence rates. Topics include censoring, Kaplan-Meier analysis, proportional hazards regression, time-dependent exposures, Poisson regression, longitudinal data analysis and missing data Three lecture hours per week. Spring. Marshall.
725 [200] RESEARCH PLANNING WORKSHOP (0.5). Prerequisite, second year Ph.D. student (majors only). This course is designed to guide students through the initial stage of formulating an epidemiologic research topic and plan, leading towards the development of a full research proposal. Spring. Gammon, Heiss, Meshnick.
726 [201] EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH METHODS (3). Prerequisites, EPID 715 and EPID 725, majors only, permission of the instructor if not in at least second year of doctoral program. A second-level course in the design and conduct of epidemiologic research. Each student will comprehensively address the conceptual and practical aspects of developing a high-quality, detailed research proposal. Spring. Gammon, Heiss, Meshnick.
730 [369] ADVANCED METHODS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY (1). Prerequisites, EPID 715 and 718, and BIOS 545. A seminar for advanced students exploring methodological issues in epidemiology, including measurement error, missing data, intermediate variables, complex study designs, meta-analysis, splines and other topics. (On request.) Kaufman, Poole, Marshall.
733 [225] CLINICAL TRIALS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisites, introductory epidemiology, introductory biostatistics. Systematic overview of principles in design, implementation and analysis of clinical trials. Emphasis on applications in chronic disease epidemiology. In-depth discussion of case examples from cardiovascular disease epidemiology emphasized. Three lecture hours a week. Spring.
735 [256] CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Corequisites, introductory epidemiology and biostatistics. Review of the main causes of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, and their population determinants. Topics include epidemiologic methods, risk factors, strategies for prevention and a student research project. Three lecture hours a week. Fall. Heiss.
737 [258] ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisites, EPID 710 and 735, or permission of the instructor. Contemporary findings, methodological issues and research recommendations in cardiovascular epidemiology. Topics include risk factors, trends, interventions, and health care. Students critique research and participate in a field experience. (On request.) Rosamond.
743 [229] GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY: METHODS AND APPLICATIONS (3). Prerequisites, EPID 715 and BIOS 545 or permission of the instructor. Concepts and methods of genetic epidemiology relevant to the study of complex human diseases, including segregation analysis, linkage analysis and gene-environment interaction. Includes whole genome approaches, as well as nonhuman systems. Three lecture hours a week. (On request.) North.
745 [230] MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH (2). Prerequisites, undergraduate-level biology and genetic course(s). Theory and application of selected nucleic acid and protein based techniques for public health research, including topics of sample preparation, PCR, DNA sequencing, genotyping, microarrays, immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Two lecture hours per week. (On request.)
750 [213] FUNDAMENTALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE (3). This course provides the conceptual foundations and practical skills for designing and implementing surveillance systems, for using surveillance data for the conduct and evaluation of public health programs and research. (On request.)
751 [215] EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (4). Basic principles of infectious diseases, focusing on emerging and re-emerging disease agents that affect public health. Includes an introduction to the biology of viruses, bacteria and eukaryotic parasites. Four lecture hours a week. Spring. Stamm, Baric, Seed.
752 [218] INTRODUCTION TO METHODS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisites, introductory epidemiology and biostatistics. Introduction to infectious disease epidemiology. Course focuses on methodology, public health concerns, patterns of transmission and "newly" discovered infections. Will focus on diseases in developed countries, especially the United States. Three lecture hours a week. Fall. Weber.
753 [220] PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT THE LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY (3). Primary focus at county/state level; surveillance/control of acute infectious diseases; public health vs. individual rights. Bridging epidemiological concepts with community activities and real world health department issues. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Leone.
754 [221] MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or equivalent. Introduction to basic methods for analysis and interpretation of epidemiological data on infectious diseases, and for predicting the impact of control programs such as HIV prevention programs and vaccination strategies. Two lecture hours and two lab hours per week. (On request.) Van Rie.
756 [226] CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600. Epidemiology and control of selected infectious diseases prevalent in developing countries. Course involves lectures, critical discussions of published articles and a final group project. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Meshnick.
757 [227] EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV/AIDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600. This course examines the epidemiology of AIDS from an international perspective. It considers the AIDS pandemic in a broad epidemiologic perspective, including key aspects of basic, clinical and social science. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Behets, Weir.
758 METHODS AND PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600. This course will cover the interaction between an infectious agent, host and environment; modes and dynamics of transmission; the role of immunity in infectious disease epidemiology; and disease elimination strategies. Three lecture hours per week.
759 [223] METHODS IN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Course will focus on epidemiological methods required to investigate urgent public health problems. Course covers the skills and tools needed to conduct outbreak investigations and communicate findings to the public. Three lecture hours per week.
764 [380] HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (1–2). Prerequisites, EPID 710 and EPID 752. Permission of the instructor required. Comprehensive seminar in hospital infection control. Topics include issues in employee health, surveillance, outbreak investigation, environmental sampling and policy formation. May be repeated for credit. Two to four seminar hours. Spring, summer. Weber.
765 [232] METHODS AND ISSUES IN PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisites, introductory-level epidemiology and biostatistics. Application of the epidemiologic knowledge, methodology and reasoning to the study of the effects (beneficial and adverse) and uses of drugs in human populations. (On request.)
770 [233] CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS (3). Prerequisite, EPID 710 or equivalent, BIOS 600, undergraduate major or strong preparation in the biological sciences. Permission of the instructor required for nonmajors. Emphasis on integration of epidemiologic data with laboratory and clinical research findings. Issues in epidemiologic research design, analysis and interpretation are presented within the context of substantive epidemiology. Three lecture hours a week. (On request.) Schroeder.
771 [234] CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY METHODS (3). Cancer statistics, lead time/length time bias, screening, causation, multistage models, study designs. Applications include cancer and infectious disease, risk assessment, genetic and molecular epidemiology of cancer, and public policy issues. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Millikan.
772 [290] CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL SEMINAR (HPAA 765, HBHE 765) (3). Permission required for nongraduate students. An interdisciplinary overview of cancer prevention and control. Emphasis on projects and activities from perspectives of epidemiology, health behavior and education, and health policy and administration. Appropriate research design and methodologies will be covered. Fall. O'Malley.
775 [335] ADVANCED CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY: CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES IN CANCER CAUSATION (2). Prerequisites, EPID 715 and 718 and EPID 770 or 771. Permission of the instructor required. Readings and discussions on classic and contemporary controversies in cancer causation. Two seminar hours per week. (On request.) Gammon.
780 [276] OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisites, introductory epidemiology and biostatistics. This course provides a background in the epidemiology of work-related illness and injury and the application of epidemiologic concepts and methods in protecting workers' health and safety. (On request.)
783 [125] INJURY AND VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM (MHCH 725, HBHE 725) (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. Course considers causes and consequences of traumatic injury within developmental, socio-economic contexts and dilemmas in injury prevention. Injuries associated with transportation, violence and the home/occupational environments are included. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Runyan and Kotch.
785 [277] ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Prerequisites, EPID 710 and BIOS 600. Epidemiologic ideas and methods applied to evaluation and control of human health consequences of environmental hazards. Pollution of environmental media and global change are considered from a human-ecological perspective, with local and international examples. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Chen.
786 [278] COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (2). Principles for conducting research within communities unduly burdened by environmental health threats are presented. Topics include research ethics, community presentations, study design and implementation, and student research projects. (On request.) Wing.
800 [212] EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MEDICAL CARE (2). Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. Epidemiology applied to issues in health care, variations in disease and medical care, quality of care measures, role of health care in determination of trends, epidemiological approaches in planning/policy. Three lecture hours a week. (On request.)
801 [203] DATA ANALYSIS IN ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2–3). Prerequisite, basic knowledge of SAS. Permission required. Data analysis project in oral epidemiology: data cleanup, file construction, analysis. For three credit hours, student also completes multivariate analysis with linear, logistic regression. Project to result in publishable paper. Two to three seminar hours a week. Fall.
805 [205] CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL RESEARCH METHODS (4). Permission required. Intense interdisciplinary approach to clinical research, intended primarily for physicians committed to clinical investigation. Epidemiologic, social science and decision-analytic methods; medical ethics; health policy; health economics; medical care epidemiology. Five lecture and two seminar hours a week. Fall. Miller.
806 [206] CLINICAL RESEARCH SKILLS (4). Permission required. Practical research skills for clinical investigators, including grant application, instrument development, project management, data management, data analysis and the communication of research results. Four lecture hours a week. Spring. Garrett.
810 [254] PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH (NUTR 810) (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600 or equivalent. This course provides an overview of major issues in physical activity measurements, population distribution, correlates, impacts (physically and economically) and public health recommendations. Interventions, including relevant theories, will be reviewed. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Evenson, Ward.
813 [259] NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (NUTR 813) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710 and BIOS 600. This course builds the foundation for critical evaluation of the nutritional epidemiologic literature. Three lecture hours a week. Spring.
814 [261] OBESITY EPIDEMIOLOGY (NUTR 814) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710 and BIOS 600. Examines epidemiologic research on the causes, consequences and prevention of obesity. Emphasis on methodologic issues pertinent to obesity research. Spring. Stevens.
815 [262] DIET AND CANCER (NUTR 815) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 or 710, BIOS 600, EPID 771 and NUTR/EPID 813. Examines and critically evaluates epidemiologic research on relationships of diet-related exposures with cancer etiology, prevention, and survivorship. Emphasis on skills for conducting, analyzing and interpreting diet and cancer epidemiologic studies. Spring.
818 [358] ADVANCED NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (NUTR 818) (3). Prerequisites, BIOS 545, EPID 600 or 710, and NUTR/EPID 813 or permission of the instructor. Teaches skills and techniques required to study dietary exposures, anthropometric status and disease outcomes. Students will gain skills in analysis and interpretation of anthropometric data. Concepts and applications include quantification and measurement of dietary intake, use and management of nutrition monitoring data sets, application and interpretation of epidemiologic and statistical methods for the analysis of these data (such as linear and logistic regression), and appropriate use and interpretation of anthropometric indices. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Siega-Riz, Adair.
825 [280] SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: THEORY, METHOD AND INTERVENTION (HBHE 802) (3). Prerequisites, EPID 600 and public health major. Discussion and readings will focus on population vs. international perspectives on health, risk condition vs. risk factors, concepts of causation, knowledge development as a historic and social process, and will examine macro-level determinants.
826 [228] SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND MEASURES (3). Prerequisite, EPID 600. Social forces affecting community health and how to measure them for epidemiologic analysis. Topics range from social networks to racism and ethics. Three lecture hours per week. (On request.) Thomas.
851 [219] REPRODUCTIVE AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (MHCH 851) (3). Corequisites, EPID 600 and BIOS 600, or equivalents. Epidemiology of reproductive and perinatal health outcomes, including infertility, fetal loss, preterm birth, birthweight, congenital malformations and infant mortality. Includes current knowledge regarding epidemiology of these outcomes and discussion of methodologic issues. Three lecture hours per week. Fall. Daniels.
853 [350] ADVANCED TOPICS IN PERINATAL AND PEDIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (MHCH 853) (2). Prerequisites, EPID 710 and EPID/MHCH 851. Permission of the instructor required for master's level students. Critical review of current topics in, and methods for, perinatal and pediatric epidemiology. Spring. Siega-Riz
880 [210] FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS (3). Basic ethical rationales underlying concerns central to public health. These include: ethical reasoning; concepts of justice; the influences of religion; principles of interacting with communities; professional conduct; and research ethics. (On request.) Thomas.
883 [257] TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (1–4). Prerequisite, EPID major, second-year or above. Provides epidemiology majors with supervised experience in teaching and course preparation. Students act as assistants in departmental courses. Two to eight seminar hours a week. Fall and spring. Staff.
889 [300] TOPICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR (1). Prerequisites, EPID 710 and EPID major. Topics are chosen to reflect emerging issues in the field, as well as those that meet the interests of the students and faculty in the department. (On request.)
890 [105] SEMINAR FOR MSPH STUDENTS (1). A workshop for addressing special topics related to M.S.P.H. program including, but not limited to, research topic development, career planning and public health ethics.(On request.) Wing, Daniels.
891 [390] EPIDEMIOLOGY DOCTORAL SEMINAR (2). Exposes students to issues and debates in the philosophy of science, the object of knowledge in epidemiology, and the place of epidemiology in public health. Fall. Wing.
892 [306] INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR IN HEALTH DISPARITIES (MHCH 892) (1). Prerequisite, MHCH 756. This seminar will provide an opportunity for students to synthesize knowledge across disciplines and to develop an interdisciplinary approach to addressing their identified health disparities research topic. One seminar hour per week.
893 [301] PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR (1). Prerequisites, basic knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics. This is a weekly seminar to explore current problems in pharmacoepidemiology. It supplements the introductory course, EPID 765. May be repeated. Two seminar hours a week. (On request.)
894 [302] INFECTIOUS DISEASE SEMINAR (1). Prerequisites, introductory epidemiology and biostatistics. Detailed review of selected topics in infectious disease epidemiology. May be repeated for credit.
895 [303] SEMINAR IN ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (1). Prerequisite, EPID 710. Explores conceptual and methods issues in conducting epidemiologic investigations of oral conditions, specifically caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer (topics rotate semesters). Spring. Beck.
896 [305] SEMINAR IN CLINICAL RESEARCH (1). Prerequisite, CRC Fellow or permission of the instructor. Practical topics pertinent to clinical research will be presented by faculty on campus and from local industry. Fellows in the Clinical Research Curriculum will also present their work. (On request.) Miller.
897 [351] ADVANCED SEMINAR IN CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (1–3). Permission required. Review of substantive and methodological research in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. May be repeated for credit. Two to six seminar hours a week. (On request.) Heiss.
898 GLOBAL HEALTH ETHICS SEMINAR (2). Prerequisite, basic knowledge of epidemiology or permission of instructor. This seminar aims to introduce students to the myriad of complex ethical issues that arise from health research, health policy and health care practice in both domestic and international contexts.
900 [315] STUDY IMPLEMENTATION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (4). Designed to give epidemiology majors a supervised field experience in population health research. Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
905L [359L] EPIDEMIOLOGY LABORATORY PRACTICE (1–9). Permission required. Students work individually with a faculty member on supervised laboratory research and skills development. May be repeated for credit. Two to 18 laboratory hours a week. Fall and spring.
910 [360, 361] RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY (Var.). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Independent investigation in consultation with an instructor who must assign or approve the subject of research. Credits vary according to the effort and rigor of the research. Fall, spring and summer. Faculty.
992 [392] MASTER'S PAPER (3–6). Fall, spring and summer. Graduate faculty.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3–9) Fall, spring and summer. Graduate faculty.