Epidemiologic Methods I

Epidemiologic Methods I
Audio only

Principles and methods of epidemiology: study design, selection, and definition of cases and controls; sampling, data collection, analysis, and inference. Discussion session provides an opportunity to apply methods to problem sets and to discuss issues presented in lectures.

				Wed 8/29	Epidemiology - A Brief History (Guest: W. Winkelstein)
				Fri 8/31	Descriptive Epidemiology I - Assessing the Health of the Community
				Wed 9/5	Descriptive Epidemiology II - Mortality Measures and Patterns
				Fri 9/7	Descriptive Epidemiology III - Measuring Morbidity
				Mon 9/10	Social Factors in Health and Disease (Guest: L. Syme)
				Wed 9/12	No Podcast Today
				Fri 9/14	Descriptive Epidemiology IV - Morbidity Patterns
				Mon 9/17	Disease Distributions in Populations
				Wed 9/19	Hypothesis Generation and the Epidemiologic Paradigm
				Fri 9/21	Overview of Study Designs and Measures of Effect
				Mon 9/24	Experimental Studies I: Individual Level Interventions
				Wed 9/26	Experimental Studies II - Group Level Interventions
				Fri 9/28	Cohort Studies I
				Mon 10/1	Guest Lecturer - C. Studies
				Wed 10/3	Some Ethical Issues in Epidemiological Research (Guest: W. Winkelstein)
				Fri 10/5	Cross Sectional Studies
				Mon 10/8	Case Control Studies I
				Wed 10/10	Case Control Studies II
				Fri 10/12	Nested Case-Control, Case-Cohort and Case-Crossover Studies
				Mon 10/15	Ecological Studies
				Wed 10/17	Summary of Study Designs
				Fri 10/19	Confounding I
				Mon 10/22	Confounding II
				Wed 10/24	Effect Modification
				Mon 10/29	Selection Bias
				Wed 10/31	Measurement of Outcomes and Exposures
				Fri 11/2	Information Bias and Consequences of Error
				Mon 11/5	Interpreting Tests of Statistical Significance I (Guest: J. Ahem)
				Wed 11/7	Interpreting Tests of Statistical Significance II (Guest: J. Ahem)
				Fri 11/9	Studies that Combine Individual and Group Level Variables (Guest: J. Ahem)
				Wed 11/14	Causal Inference I
				Fri 11/16	Causal Inference II
				Mon 11/19	Meta Analysis (Guest: C. Steinmaus)
				Mon 11/26	Screening I
				Wed 11/28	Screening II
				Fri 11/30	Choosing the Best Study Design
				Mon 12/3	Surveillance
				Wed 12/5	Outbreak Detection
				Fri 12/7	Using Data on Risk and Concluding Remarks