Courses Taught by Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez
EPID600: Introduction To Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez (Residential);
- Offered Every Fall
- Prerequisites: Current SPH Student
- Advisory Prerequisites: None
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: This is an introductory Epidemiology course that is required for Epidemiology MPH students and offered as an elective to others. This course provides students with in-depth foundations of epidemiologic theory and practice. The course will cover conceptual and practical issues around the design and conduct of epidemiologic research and the analysis and interpretation of data.
- Syllabus for EPID600
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | EPID | General Epidemiology | MPH | Describe population patterns of health-related risk factors and health-related outcomes in terms of person, place, and time | EPID600, EPID602 | EPID | General Epidemiology | MPH | Compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of common epidemiologic study designs (e.g., cross-sectional, cohort, case-control, randomized experiments) | EPID600, EPID602 | EPID | General Epidemiology | MPH | Interpret the impact of bias, confounding, and effect modification on causal inference in epidemiologic research | EPID600, EPID602 | EPID | General Epidemiology | MPH | Critically evaluate epidemiological findings from published research studies | EPID600 | EPID | Clinical Research-Epidemiology | MS | Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of study designs (e.g., cross-sectional, cohort, case-control, randomized experiments) and the appropriate measure of association for a given study design | EPID600 | EPID | Clinical Research-Epidemiology | MS | Describe the causes of random and non-random error in research studies, including information bias, selection bias, and confounding | EPID600 |
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PUBHLTH370: Public Health Biology and Pathophysiology
- Undergraduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 4 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None.
- Description: This course provides a foundation of biology and pathophysiology concepts necessary for the practice of public health including an evaluation of the natural history and mechanisms underlying infectious and chronic human diseases. This course will also address population-level targets for prevention and treatment of major diseases of human health.
- Syllabus for PUBHLTH370