Courses Taught by Zhenhua Yang

EPID513: Vaccine in Public Health

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Zhenhua Yang (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: PUBHLTH370 or EPID512
  • Description: This course introduces essential vaccinology, covering pre-clinical vaccine development, clinical trials, new vaccine licensing, immunization program design and evaluation. It also introduces population transmission dynamics concepts, and the impact of pathogen and human population diversity on vaccination. Recent advancements in major types of non-infectious vaccines will also be discussed.
  • This course is cross-listed with in the PUBHLTH413 department.
  • Syllabus for EPID513
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Zhenhua Yang

EPID680: Hospital Epidemiology I

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Winter term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Zhenhua Yang (Residential);
  • Offered Every Winter
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Description: The course provides an overview and essential knowledge in hospital epidemiology. It covers healthcare associated infection surveillance, prevention, and control, healthcare outcome assessment, and healthcare employee health promotion. The course also discusses important emerging issues in healthcare settings, which include antibiotics resistance, emerging infectious diseases, and biological disaster preparedness.
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Zhenhua Yang
Concentration Competencies that EPID680 Allows Assessment On
Department Program Degree Competency Specific course(s) that allow assessment
EPID Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology MPH Apply epidemiologic principles to the design and implementation of interventions in a healthcare setting EPID680
EPID Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology MPH Apply principles of antibiotic stewardship EPID680