Graduate Prerequisites: Can't be taken together with SPH PH 717 for credit - Epidemiology is the study of population differences in health. The field seeks to understand why some groups of individuals have better health than others; these insights can be used to improve health and reduce health inequities. The goals of this course are to: (1) introduce the basic principles and methods of epidemiology; (2) demonstrate their applicability to public health and research; and (3) provide fundamental skills needed to begin to interpret and critically evaluate literature relevant to public health professionals. Topics include measures of disease frequency and association, epidemiologic study designs, bias, confounding, random error, screening and causation.

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