Courses Taught by Alexis Handal
EHS608: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Alexis Handal (Residential);
- Last offered Winter 2023
- Prerequisites: None
- Description: Introduces topics in environmental and occupational epidemiology, methods to evaluate health effects of exposures in environment and workplace, and policy and public health applications. Lectures cover key environmental and occupational epidemiology research; student-led discussions critique current literature. Students learn about scope, limitations, applications and future of environmental and occupational epidemiology.
- This course is cross-listed with EPID 608 in the Epidemiology department.
- Syllabus for EHS608
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | EPID | Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology | MPH | Design an epidemiologic study of an environmental or occupational factor and a health outcome that tests one or more specific hypotheses | EPID608, EHS608 |
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EPID608: Environmental Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Alexis Handal (Residential);
- Offered Every Winter
- Prerequisites: Epid 600 or 503, Biostat 553 or 503
- Description: This course will serve as an introduction to topics in environmental epidemiology, covering major areas of current inquiry in this field. It will convey the basic tools required to critically read the literature and to develop appropriate study designs in light of intended applications. The class meeting will include lectures and student-led discussions. This course will review epidemiologic methods used in evaluating the health effects of physical, biological and chemical agents in the environment and the available evidence on the health effects of such exposures. We will also consider policy and public health applications of the scientific evidence. Topics include lectures on methodology and major environmental exposures, discussions based on review and critiques of current literature, and presentations by outside experts on specific environmental epidemiology issues of current interest. After taking this course, students should have a better understanding of the scope, limitations, applications and future of environmental epidemiology.
- This course is cross-listed with EHS 608 in the Environmental Health Sciences department.
- Syllabus for EPID608
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | EPID | Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology | MPH | Design an epidemiologic study of an environmental or occupational factor and a health outcome that tests one or more specific hypotheses | EPID608, EHS608 |
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EPID664: Field Methods In Global Health Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Alexis Handal (Residential);
- Offered Every Winter
- Prerequisites: Foundations in epidemiology (met by either PH512, PH500, EPID 600 or EPID 601) and foundations in global health (met by EPID506), or permission of the instructor.
- Description: This course is for global health epidemiology students preparing for internships in global settings. Students will learn procedures necessary to conduct epidemiologic studies in international settings, including developing relationships with foreign collaborators, obtaining funding and ethical approval, and managing field operations. Students will discuss case studies in global health ethics.
- Syllabus for EPID664
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | EPID | Global Health Epidemiology | MPH | Apply the steps in developing research infrastructure for population health studies in low- and middle-income countries, including consideration of local ethics and IRB review | EPID506, EPID664 | EPID | Global Health Epidemiology | MPH | Develop strategies and capacity for resolving problems that arise when conducting epidemiology studies in low- and middle-income countries | EPID664, EPID665 |
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