Basic concepts of life tables including survival graphs and clinical life tables are presented. The fundamentals of probability are discussed including Bayes Theorem and conditional probability with applications to two by two tables, risks, odds, and odds ratios. The elements of descriptive statistics are presented including histograms and measures of center and spread. Finally, the foundations of statistical inference are presented including the fundamental concepts of population, sample, parameter, and estimate. This is the major course in epidemiology for various degree programs in the School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Instruction is by lectures, laboratory problems, and seminar discussions.
This course introduces principles and methods of epidemiologic investigation of both infectious and noninfectious diseases. Some of the methods by which properly conducted studies of distribution and dynamic behavior of disease in the population can contribute to an understanding of etiologic factors, modes of transmission, and pathogenesis of disease are illustrated. In the laboratory, a series of problems is provided to afford the student experience in epidemiologic methods and inferences. This course is required for M.P.H. students. Students must register for both lectures and laboratory.