EPID 5100
Summer II Term
1 CU
Core
Prerequisite
Permission of Instructor
This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of research in clinical epidemiology. It covers definitions of epidemiology; measures of disease frequency; measures of effect and association; epidemiologic study designs, including randomized clinical trials, cohort and case-control studies, cross-sectional surveys, and meta-analysis; and an overview of the conduct and analysis of epidemiologic studies. The course is composed of a series of 2-hour lectures and in-class lab sessions, designed to reinforce concepts introduced in the lectures.