Prerequisites/concurrent: EPI 504 or EPI 530 and BIOS 500. This course will provide training in the investigation, control, and prevention of hospital acquired infectious diseases and other hospital events by the use of appropriate epidemiologic techniques, both descriptive and analytic.

Prerequisite: EPI 504, or EPI 530, or co-requisite. To provide training in the domestic and international public health aspects of tuberculosis; its epidemiology and diagnosis, the theory and practice of treatment, and means of prevention in developed and developing countries; and the interaction between HIV and tuberculosis. Cross-listed with GH 562.

Prerequisite: EPI 530 or EPI 504. This course provides an overview of cardiovascular pathophysiology and applies epidemiology methods to published research studies in the cardiovascular prevention space. The course will foster students' abilities to understand and critically evaluate cardiovascular epidemiology and covers related topics involving social dterminants, disparities, and genetic/molecular mechanisms.

Prerequisites EPI 530, BIOS 500, EPI 534, and BIOS 591P concurrent. MSPH and PhD students only.

This course builds on the fundamental epidemiologic concepts introduced in EPI 530: Epidemiologic Methods I. Specifically, causality, bias (including confounding, information bias, and selection bias), and concepts of mediation and interaction will be revisited in greater depth. By the end of the course, students will be able to do the following: formulate research questions to evaluate causality; evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic studies; assess how the strengths and limitations of a study affect interpretation of study results; utilize epidemiologic methods to address confounding; identify epidemiologic methods to address selection bias and information bias; and calculate measures to assess interaction.

Prerequisites: EPI 530 and BIOS 500 or instructor permission. Explores the epidemiology of the HIV epidemic in the US through a detailed examination of the major types of epidemiologic studies that have led to our current understanding of the epidemic. Students gain an understanding of important issues in the epidemiology of HIV in the US, and, as importantly, increase their understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of various epidemiologic study designs and the interpretation of data from such studies.

Prerequisite: EPI 530 and fundamental knowledge of human biology. Molecular epidemiology encompasses topics beyond the recent era of "-omics." Biospecimens have been analyzed to evaluate exposures and health states for decades. We will cover applications of molecular epidemiology used to protect or improve public health, including biospecimen collection, assay technique s, and disease biomarkers. Topics will include: (a) cholesterol in heart disease, (b) methods of infectious disease surveillance (COVID-19, zoonotic diseases), and (c) molecular aspects of the opioid crisis.

Prerequisite: EPI 530. Introduces the basic concepts and premises of the systematic reviews and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies.

Prerequisites: EPI 530, 533/534, 539/540/545, BIOS 500, and 591P. Covers concepts, methods, and application of key mathematical modeling approaches used to evaluate multivariable data from epidemiologic studies: logistic regression, Cox regression, collinearity, modeling strategy for determining a best model, goodness of fit, and ROC curves. The course also teaches a broader philosophy and approach for constructing the appropriate models for answering the question under study.

Prerequisite/Concurrent: EPI 504 or EPI 530. This course will introduce students to applications of epidemiologic methods and approaches to evaluating the use of human genetic discoveries in the practice of medicine and public health in the 21st century. With the completion of the human genome project, the epidemiologic approach is now urgently needed to assess the prevalence of genetic variation in the population, to characterize the burden of disease associated with genetic variation and with gene- environment interaction, and to evaluate the impact of genetic tests in reducing morbidity and mortality. At the end of the course, participants should be able to identify types of information needed to translate genetic discoveries into medicine and public health and be able to review and evaluate such information in the scientific literature. The course is designed for public health students interested in the intersection of epidemiology, genetics, preventive medicine, and health policy.

Prerequisites: BIOS 500 and EPI 552 or instructor permission, Knowledge of R is recommended. Genomic epidemiology is an increasingly important approach to studying disease risks in populations. This course will introduce the basic genetic principles as they apply to the identification of genetic variations associated with disease; illustrate the population and quantitative genetic concepts that are necessary to study the relationship between genetic variation and disease variation in populations; and provide hands-on experience to address the analytical needs for conducting genomic epidemiologic research. Studentswill gain experience with R and PLINK using high dimensional genetic data.