Epidemiologic Methods I

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Public Health 250A Epidemiologic Methods I

09:00-10:00 AM | 4 Le Conte
Instructor Arthur Reingold

Principles and methods of epidemiology: study design, selection, and definition of cases and controls; sampling, data collection, analysis, and inference. Discussion session provides an opportunity to apply methods to problem sets and to discuss issues presented in lectures.

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		Mon 8/27	Introduction and Course Objectives
		Wed 8/29	Epidemiology - A Brief History (Guest: W. Winkelstein)
		Fri 8/31	Descriptive Epidemiology I - Assessing the Health of the Community
		Mon 9/3	Labor Day
		Wed 9/5	Descriptive Epidemiology II - Mortality Measures and Patterns
		Fri 9/7	Descriptive Epidemiology III - Measuring Morbidity
		Mon 9/10	Social Factors in Health and Disease (Guest: L. Syme)
		Wed 9/12	No Podcast Today
		Fri 9/14	Descriptive Epidemiology IV - Morbidity Patterns
		Mon 9/17	Disease Distributions in Populations
		Wed 9/19	Hypothesis Generation and the Epidemiologic Paradigm
		Fri 9/21	Overview of Study Designs and Measures of Effect
		Mon 9/24	Experimental Studies I: Individual Level Interventions
		Wed 9/26	Experimental Studies II - Group Level Interventions
		Fri 9/28	Cohort Studies I
		Mon 10/1	Guest Lecturer - C. Studies
		Wed 10/3	Some Ethical Issues in Epidemiological Research (Guest: W. Winkelstein)
		Fri 10/5	Cross Sectional Studies
		Mon 10/8	Case Control Studies I
		Wed 10/10	Case Control Studies II
		Fri 10/12	Nested Case-Control, Case-Cohort and Case-Crossover Studies
		Mon 10/15	Ecological Studies
		Wed 10/17	Summary of Study Designs
		Fri 10/19	Confounding I
		Mon 10/22	Confounding II
		Wed 10/24	Effect Modification
		Fri 10/26	Midterm Exam
		Mon 10/29	Selection Bias
		Wed 10/31	Measurement of Outcomes and Exposures
		Fri 11/2	Information Bias and Consequences of Error
		Mon 11/5	Interpreting Tests of Statistical Significance I (Guest: J. Ahem)
		Wed 11/7	Interpreting Tests of Statistical Significance II (Guest: J. Ahem)
		Fri 11/9	Studies that Combine Individual and Group Level Variables (Guest: J. Ahem)
		Mon 11/12	Veterans Day
		Wed 11/14	Causal Inference I
		Fri 11/16	Causal Inference II
		Mon 11/19	Meta Analysis (Guest: C. Steinmaus)
		Wed 11/21	No Lecture
		Fri 11/23	Thanksgiving Holiday
		Mon 11/26	Screening I
		Wed 11/28	Screening II
		Fri 11/30	Choosing the Best Study Design
		Mon 12/3	Surveillance
		Wed 12/5	Outbreak Detection
		Fri 12/7	Using Data on Risk and Concluding Remarks