Description: This course is taught from an epidemiologic perspective and emphasizes the application of biologic knowledge for public health. Specifically, students will practice skills to develop biology-informed research questions, evaluate physiology-informed approaches to measure health outcomes, and interpret epidemiologic study results in the context of disease pathways.
Learning Objectives: 1. You will be able to relate the structure and function of organ systems in the human body.
2. You will be able to evaluate biomarker measures of physiologic function, disease, and treatment response for use in epidemiologic studies.
3. You will be able to understand physiologic mechanisms of major diseases to inform research, treatment, and prevention.
4. You will be able to characterize the biologic links between risk factors and major diseases and explain biologic factors that affect a population’s health.
5. You will apply knowledge to develop novel and testable epidemiologic research questions in the context of physiology.
6. You will be able to interpret results from epidemiologic studies in the context of the physiology of that system.
7. You will be able to discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health.
