Courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Biostatistics Courses
BIOS 2010-2010L. Biostatistics for Public Health Sciences
Basic concepts of biostatistics with applications in public health and biomedicine. Descriptive statistics, principles of statistical inference, uncertainty assessment, hypothesis testing, public health surveys, and biomedical experimental design are considered. Methods include t-tests, simple linear regression, and categorical data analysis.BIOS(STAT) 4380/6380. Survival Analysis
Prerequisites: Stat
451/651, and Bios 7020 or Stat 4210 or Stat 6220 or Stat 6320
Methods for comparing time-to-event data, including
univariate parametric and nonparametric procedures, regression models,
diagnostics, group comparisons, and use of relevant statistical computing
packages.
BIOS 7005. Graduate Student Seminar
Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
BIOS 7010. Introductory Biostatistics I
Introductory statistics with applications to medical and biological problems. Topics to be covered include biostatistical design in health research, data collection and management, and introductory concepts and methods of statistical data analysis.
BIOS 7020. Introductory Biostatistics II
Prerequisite: Bios
7010
Introduction to a variety of statistical tools with
applications in public health and the biological sciences, including survey
sampling, multiple regression, experimental design, categorical data analysis,
logistic regression, and survival analysis. Motivating examples will be drawn
directly from the literature in the health, biological, medical, and behavioral
sciences.
Biostatistical issues regarding the introduction and regulatory agency (FDA) approval of new drugs, biologics, medical devices, and combination products, and their postmarket surveillance are considered. Data quality assurance, experimental design, clinical trials, power and sample size determination, uncertainty assessment, regression, survival analysis, and variable and model selection are considered.
BIOS 8100. Case Studies in Nonlinear Biostatistics
Prerequisite: Bios
7020 or Stat 6220 or Stat 6320
Case studies of nonlinear biostatistical methods in public
health and the biological sciences. Nonlinear regression, nonparametric
regression, generalized linear models, and survival analysis are considered.
Applications include the modeling of growth curves, dose-response functions,
risk assessment, and pharmacokinetic functions.
BIOS 8110. Categorical Data Analysis
Prerequisite: Bios
7010 or Stat 6210 or Stat 6310
Introduction to analysis of categorical data including log-
linear models, logistic regression, probit models, graphical models and casual
inference. Motivating examples will be drawn directly from the literature in
the health, biological, medical, and social sciences.
BIOS(STAT) 8220. Clinical Trials
Prerequisite: Bios
7020 or Stat 6320
Drug development and NDA approval procedures; randomization;
blindness; phase I-IV clinical trials; multicenter trials; bioequivalency;
sample size determination; design and analysis; cross-over design; repeated
measurements design; survival analysis; meta analysis.
BIOS 8900. Special Topics in Biostatistics
Selected topics concerning recent developments in biostatistics are covered.
BIOS 8910. Problems in Biostatistics
Analysis of contemporary biostatistical methods, theory, and applications.
Epidemiology Courses
EPID 4070. Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Students will learn the fundamentals of epidemiology. Areas of emphasis include epidemiology definitions and practical applications, measures of morbidity and mortality, descriptive epidemiology, observational and experimental study designs, data interpretation issues, infectious disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, and chronic disease epidemiology.
FDNS(EPID 5040/7040. Nutritional Epidemiology
An introduction to the basic concepts of nutritional epidemiology such as measuring disease frequency, prevalence, incidence, proportions; use of screening during human disease outbreak; and food poisoning investigations. Modeling of experimental and observational epidemiologic study designs used in the field of nutrition, critique of scientific papers, and ethical issues in nutrition research and publication.
EPID 7005. Graduate Student SeminarAdvanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of study.
EPID 7010. Introduction to Epidemiology I
Introduction of principles and methods of epidemiology, emphasizing study design. Measures of morbidity and mortality, data sources, observational and experimental designs, data interpretation, quantitative methods to determine risk associations, controlling for confounding factors, and applications of epidemiology will be covered. Community health, environmental epidemiology, infectious, noninfectious and chronic disease epidemiology are considered.
EPID 8200. Molecular Epidemiology
Prerequisite or Corequisite: Epid 7010
Introduction to the basic concepts and technologies from
genetics and molecular biology, and the diverse ways they are marshalled to
solve practical problems in disease spread and risk identification.
EPID(GRNT) 8300. Epidemiology of Aging
The epidemiology of aging and age-related disorders from a public health prospective using ecological model. Focus on application of epidemiologic methods to study of function, chronic disease, and survival in elderly populations. Discussion of the impact of aging society on public health, including challenges of research in older adult populations.
EPID(GRNT) 8400. Epidemiology of Chronic Disease
Examination of chronic disease from an epidemiologic perspective, with an emphasis on methodological and practical issues of study designs, exposure and outcome assessment, factors determining the distribution of selected chronic diseases and critical review of relevant epidemiologic literature. Students are introduced to disease registries, their purpose, benefits and limitations.
EPID 8900. Special Topics in Epidemiology
Selected topics concerning recent developments in epidemiology are covered.
EPID 8910. Problems in Epidemiology
Analysis of contemporary epidemiological methods, theory, and applications.