Graduate Prerequisites: (SPHPH717 OR SPHEP714) - This course is designed to introduce students to an important global public health field - the epidemiology and control of HIV and AIDS. It is designed for those students who have a keen interest in HIV/AIDS in both the developed and developing world. This course will survey state-of-the art knowledge of the epidemiology of HIV and will emphasize epidemiologic principles and methods including: estimating the incidence of HIV infection and AIDS, study design, and sources of bias. The use of epidemiologic data to construct and implement treatment and prevention of HIV will also be highlighted. In addition, the course will give the student experience in the critical review of epidemiologic studies in this area.

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