PUBHEPI 8899.05
Applications of Advanced Methods in Epidemiology
This course is designed for second year PhD students in the Division of Epidemiology. More advanced students are also encouraged to attend. The purpose of this course is to examine contemporary methods in epidemiology and understand their appropriate applications. The course will use readings, both historical and current, to introduce methods and their application. Selected papers will include methods descriptions and applications of the selected methods. Sources of bias will also be discussed. Selected topics are expected to vary from one year to the next. Students will consider how the methods could be used in their own substantive areas.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEHS 6325
Climate Change and Human Health
Global climate change may have considerable direct and indirect impacts on human health. This course will be based on scientific facts, focusing on both natural phenomena and anthropogenic activities, with emphasis on associations between disease initiation and progression in humans.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEHS 4325
Climate Change, Sustainability and Human Health
Students taking this course will critically evaluate how international, national, regional, state and local sustainability goals will work synergistically with climate change policy that is designed to mitigate the public health impacts from the effects of climate change, improve climate change adaptation, or reduce community vulnerability and increase community resilience. GEN theme sustainability course.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEPI 8899.04
Research Questions and Study Design in Epidemiology
This course is designed for second year PhD students in the Division of Epidemiology. More advanced students are also encourage to attend. The purpose of this course is to assist students in identifying research questions and considering appropriate study designs for the research question. The course will use readings, both historical and current, to emphasize key points about study design. Sources of bias will also be discussed. Students will apply these concepts to studies in their own substantive areas.
Prequisite(s): PhD EPI students only or permission of instructor.