BMTRY747

BMTRY 747 - Foundations of Epidemiology II (3)

DESCRIPTION

This course will provide a comprehensive and quantitative view of the design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of epidemiological studies and use of EGRET software. There is a more in-depth coverage of topics than in Epi I.

.TOPICS:

• Biologic and Statistical Concepts
• Sources of Routinely Collected Data on Disease Occurrence
• Prospective Cohort Studies: Planning and Execution
• Retrospective Cohort, Nested Case-Control, and Case-Cohort Studies: Planning and Execution
• Cohort Studies: Statistical Analysis I, (Rates, Confounders, Stratification,Mantel Hanszel)
• Cohort Studies: Statistical Analysis II, (estimation of effects), EGRET, Cox, Poisson Regression
• Case-Control Studies
• Cross-Sectional and Other Types of Studies
• Epidemic Investigation
• Methods of Sampling and Estimation of Sample Size
• Measurement Error
• Meta Analysis
• Special Topics

PREREQUISITES AND OFFERINGS

BMTRY 700, concurrent 701, 736.  Typically offered each year in the spring semester.