EPI 500 [Summer 1] Fundamentals of Epidemiology (formerly EPI 200)

This course will provide an orientation to epidemiology as a basic science for public health and clinical medicine.  It will address the principles of the quantitative approach to clinical and public health problems. The course will discuss measures of frequency and association, introduce the design and validity of epidemiologic research, and give an overview of data analysis.  This course is an introduction to the skills needed by public health professionals to interpret critically the epidemiologic literature. It will provide students with the principles and practical experience needed to initiate the development of these skills. Lectures are complemented by seminars devoted to case studies, exercises, or critique of current examples of epidemiologic studies.  Course activities: class discussion, seminar, quiz, final exam.  Course note: Credit is not given for more than one of EPI 500, 201 or 208. 

Instructor: Dr. Albert Hofman 
10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. (Mon.-Fri.) 
Lectures, class discussion, seminars. 2.5 credits.