Spring semester course offering: Injury Epidemiology
Injuries are the #1 cause of death for people ages 1-44 in the United States. Your elective can help save lives.
Injury and trauma are among the most urgent—and preventable—public health challenges. This course equips you to analyze real data, evaluate interventions, and translate evidence into action with guidance from OSU and Nationwide Children’s Hospital faculty and trauma clinicians.
Consider taking PUBHEPI 4432: Injury Epidemiology spring semester 2026. The course meets synchronously online on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:20-3:40 p.m.
- Tackles top public health threats: Learn how public health reduces death and disability by preventing injuries and trauma
- Covers a wide spectrum: Course topics range from epidemiology and surveillance to prevention, health communication, policy, and advocacy, using real data and real cases
- Team-taught across OSU: Outstanding instructors drawn from multiple OSU colleges bring complementary lenses—from population health to policy to practice
- Clinician perspective built in: Hear directly from physicians who treat trauma patients about what works and what gaps remain
- In-depth applied assignments: Mix of data (CDC WISQARS), “Injury-in-the-News,” communications and social math, policy/letter writing, and a press-release project to sharpen real-world skills
- Career-shaping preparation: Build foundations relevant to public health, medicine, social work, and mental & behavioral health
This course is taught by Dr. Henry Xiang, MD, MPH, PhD, MBA.
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Dr. Henry Xiang