EPID 5310 Intermediate Epidemiology

3 SCH. This course illustrates concepts, methods, and strategies used in epidemiologic studies, beyond the principles discussed in EPID 5300. Topics include analysis of birth cohorts, measures of disease frequency and association, bias, confounding, effect modification, stratification and adjustment, quality control, and reporting of epidemiologic results. The primary objective of the course is to present the main issues in establishing causal relationships from observational data. Prerequisite: EPID 5300 and BIOS 5300.