To Register: Contact the Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy
Research, 265-8035.
| GMS 5905 (Section 6609) Special Topics Intro to Applied Biostatistics I (3 credit hrs) |
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Description: This course covers the following topics
in foundational biostatistics:
summarizing data; elementary probability; sampling distributions and
statistical inference; methods for analyzing numerical and categorical data;
comparing risk in two populations; analysis of variance; correlation and
regression; and an introduction to nonparametric methods and survival
analysis. This course is designed to provide an overview of statistical
vocabulary and corresponding mathematical notation; describe statistical
methodology and interpretation; and to introduce statistical computing
techniques. |
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Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6800 (Section 2507) Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credit hrs) |
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Description: This course introduces students to the basics of epidemiology for clinical and public health practitioners. The class includes an overview of experimental and observational epidemiology. Particular emphasis is placed on measuring rates, exploring associations between disease and risk factors, causal inference, and the application of epidemiology to evaluating health policy.
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Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6801 (Section 2170) Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control of Infectious Diseases (3 credit hrs) |
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Description: This course is designed to teach students the basic principles of infectious diseases epidemiology, with particular focus on prevention and control strategies. Special attention will placed on descriptive epidemiology, methods of transmission, host-parasite interactions, surveillance, and study designs to determine disease etiology, risk factors and evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions. |
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Prerequisite: GMS 6800 (or equivalent) or Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6811 Grant Writing Skills in Epidemiology and Clinical Research (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: This course provides instruction in the grant process, with a specific focus on National Institutes of Health (NIH) procedures. |
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Instructor: Betsy Shenkman, Ph.D. |
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Prerequisite: None |
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| GMS 6814 Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: Description of the use of human genetic and molecular biology in studying host susceptibility to disease. Mendelian and non-mendelian genetics are presented and discussed. |
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Prerequisite: GMS 6800 (or equivalent) or Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6829 Longitudinal Research Design (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: This graduate seminar course provides instruction in the design, evaluation, and implementation of longitudinal research designs. Course objectives include: (1) identify and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of cross-sectional and longitudinal research designs with respect to threats to validity; and (2) discuss methodological issues associated with the selection and implementation of research designs (e.g., measurement, validity, causality, attrition, bias, analysis of change over time, repeated measures designs). |
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Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6830 Epidemiology and Health Policy (3 credit hrs) |
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Description: This course focuses on the role of the science of epidemiology in informing policy designed to improve the health and well-being of the population. Drawing on theory, methods and research results from social and behavioral epidemiology and related fields, we will discuss numerous public policies that have had or could have significant effects on rates of morbidity and mortality. The course has a strong focus on the critical role of social and physical environments in shaping health behavior and health outcomes, and how dimensions of those environments are affected by public policy. |
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Prerequisite: GMS 6800 (or equivalent) and Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6832 Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis in Health Care (3 credit hrs) |
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Description: This course explores economic evaluation in health care, with emphasis on the methods for conducting such evaluations. The course reviews the framing of alternatives in an economic evaluation, the nature and measurement of direct and indirect costs, and the measurement of the benefits of health care. Methods for combining such information to determine the most cost-effectiveness alternative are emphasized, and the common errors and analytic challenges in this process are presented. |
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Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6841 Design & Analysis of Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences (3 credit hrs) |
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Description: The course includes introduction and application of common statistical analysis methods and widely used experimental design techniques including hypothesis testing, study design, confidence intervals, multiple regression, longitudinal data analysis, Non-linear regression for pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, Kaplan-Meier estimates, proportional hazards models, randomization, and power analysis. The use of the SPSS computer package will be emphasized in labs, which provide ample opportunity for hands-on experience with data analysis.
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Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6844 Experimental and Quasi‐experimental Research Designs for Community Settings (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: This graduate seminar course provides instruction in: (1) group‐randomized trials—experiments where the unit of assignment is an intact social unit (eg., clinics, schools, communities, rather than individuals), and (2) controlled quasi‐experimental trials—longitudinal and time‐series experiments (including “natural” experiments) where random assignment is not possible, but high levels of internal validity remain attainable.
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Prerequisite: Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6881 Special Studies in Epidemiology and Health Policy (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: Students may select any advanced or specialized topic in epidemiology or health policy with the approval of the instructor. |
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Prerequisite: GMS 6800 (or equivalent) or the Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6882 Directed Readings in Epidemiology and Health Policy (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: Students may select any advanced or specialized topic in epidemiology or health policy with the approval of the instructor. |
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Prerequisite: GMS 6800 (or equivalent) or the Permission of the Instructor |
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| GMS 6884 Research in Epidemiology and Health Policy (2 credit hrs) |
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Description: Students may select any research topic or project in epidemiology or health policy with the approval of the instructor. |
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Prerequisite: GMS 6800 (or equivalent) or the Permission of the Instructor |
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