BMTRY738

BMTRY 738 - Design and Conduct of Epidemiologic Studies

DESCRIPTION

An emphasis will be placed on procedures used in the implementation of epidemiological research studies.

.TOPICS:

• Instrument testing and validation
• Sampling
• Survey data collection
• Sample representation and case-weighting
• Survey Quality Control
• Data management
• Data analysis, results and interpretation
• Introduction/Assessment issues of hypertension
• Review of study designs/research protocol
• Hypothesis generation
• Ethics IRB process
• Use of vital records/survey instrument design
• Hospital discharge/geographic information systems
• Hypertension-End-Stage renal disease risk
• VA hypertension study
• Cancer registries
• Clinical measurements in pulmonology
• Reliability in clinical measurements
• Administrative databases and assessment of clinical practice
• Assessment of fetal origin of chronic diseases
• Assessment of familial clustering and genetics
• Use of epidemiology disease attorneys
• Measurement I – Questionnaire
• Measurement II – Types of measures

PREREQUISITES AND OFFERINGS

BMTRY 736 or consent of instructor.  Typically offered every other year in the spring semester.