3 Week Courses
Course materials will be available digitally via the University's Canvas course learning management system.
EPID 701 Fundamentals of Biostatistics
(3 credit hours) Xiang Zhou
This course presents statistical methods and principles necessary for understanding
and interpreting data used in public health and clinical research, implementation
of processes and their evaluation, and policy formation. Topics include descriptive
statistics, graphical data summary, sampling, statistical comparison of groups, hypothesis
testing, confidence intervals, correlation, linear regression, and logistic regression.
Students will learn via formal lectures, group discussions, critical reading of published
public health research, and analysis of actual data relevant to public health. Prerequisite:
Elementary algebra.
Syllabus for EPID 701
EPID 709 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
(3 credit hours) Alison Mondul
This course will provide participants with an understanding of basic concepts and
methods of epidemiology. The course will familiarize students with specific methods
and quantitative techniques for describing patterns of disease and for elucidating
disease etiology. Applications of epidemiology to certain areas of public health such
as screening as an approach to disease control will be illustrated. The course will
be based on lectures, discussions, assigned readings, and problem-solving. Students
are required to bring hand calculators to class. Prerequisite: Previous or concurrent
course in introductory biostatistics is strongly recommended. Syllabus for EPID 709