Risk Factors and Population Health

GHP 207 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

This course covers the concepts and methods required to estimate the effect of risk factors or interventions on disease outcomes at the population level. The course will cover three major topics of estimating population exposure, determining effect sizes, and estimating the proportional and absolute effects of changes in risk factor distributions on the corresponding disease outcomes. Knowledge of introductory epidemiology and biostatistics is required. Students will work in small groups on a project during the course and will implement the analysis using real data to estimate the impact of one or more risk factors on a selected disease outcome in a population. The course uses active learning teaching methods and students are required to do in-class activities.
Prerequisites: BST 201; EPI 201 and EPI 202; or instructor permission.