PUBHEHS 5315
Principles of Toxicology
Fundamentals of dose‐response, exposure, disposition and biotransformation of chemicals in mammalian systems; actions of toxicants in major organ systems.
Prequisite(s): Undergraduate section: Minimum junior standing or permission of instructor.
PUBHEHS 4530
Food Safety and Public Health
Principles and practice of food safety; transmission, inactivation and control of foodborne pathogens, hazards, toxins and allergens; risk assessment, sanitation and pest control in foods.
Prequisite(s): Microbiology 4100 or 4000; or permission from the instructor. Cross listed in FDSCTE 4536
PUBHEHS 3320
Fundamentals of Environmental Health Risk Assessment
The scientific process used by governmental agencies to evaluate public health threats due to environmental contamination. An orientation to the fundamental and applied components of risk assessment including: hazard identification, toxicology/dose‐response, exposure assessment and risk characterization.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEHS 3310
Current Issues in Global Environmental Health
Fundamental concepts and principles of environmental health are presented through a critical review and discussion of current issues in global environmental health. GEN theme lived environments course.
Prequisite(s): None.
PUBHEHS 3193
Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences
Individual studies in Environmental Health Sciences focusing on applied topics.
Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
PUBHBIO 8450
Stochastic Epidemic Models
Introduces the basic methods for analyzing large population epidemic data from the viewpoint of the stochastic processes theory. The course will cover the basic SIR (susceptible‐infective‐removed) epidemic models both under the homogenous and restricted contact structures.
Prequisite(s): STAT 6801, 6540 or 7540, or permission of instructor.
PUBHBIO 8235
Advanced Regression Modeling of Time‐to‐Event Data
Advanced topics in survival analysis. Proportional hazards models, parametric regression models, length‐bias and prevalent sampling, multivariate survival analysis, counting processes and recurrent events.
Prequisite(s): STAT 6802 (622) and 6950. Not open to students with credit for 706 or STAT 7605. Cross‐ listed with STAT 7605.
PUBHBIO 8230
Advanced Longitudinal Data Analysis
Classical and modern statistical approaches for continuous and discrete longitudinal data. Random effects and growth curve models, measurement error, generalized estimating equations, estimation with missing data, multivariate longitudinal data.
Prequisite(s): STAT 6802 (622) and 6950 (645). Not open to students with credit for STAT 7470 (726)
PUBHBIO 7899
Seminar in Biostatistics
Seminar on topics relevant to students enrolled in programs in the Division of Biostatistics.
Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Public Health and permission of instructor.
PUBHBIO 7255
Introduction to Causal Inference in Health Science Research
This is an introduction course to the commonly used statistical methods for causal inference. The course starts with potential outcome framework as the conceptual foundation for inferring causality.
Prequisite(s): B‐ or higher in PUBHBIO 6211 or permission of instructor