Principles of Epidemiology

This is a first-level requirement for students specializing in EPI-BIOS, who will take subsequent intermediate and advanced level epidemiology courses. It will introduce students to epidemiologic theory, principles, methods and measures commonly used in public health. Topics include: disease risk, rates and ratios; design and evaluation of epidemiologic studies; introduction to causal inference; and the application of epidemiology to planning, monitoring and evaluating public health programs. The course is taught through lectures, computer exercises using data management and statistical packages and hand-calculations.