University of North Carolina, School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology

EPID 168 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Twentieth Anniversary Edition (fall 1980 - fall 2000)

Brief History (evolving of course !)

 EPID 168 (Fundamentals of Epidemiology) officially began in the fall of 1980. Previously, epidemiology majors took a special section of EPID 160 (Principles of Epidemiology) [link]. EPID 160 lectures were given by John C. Cassel, M.D. (through 1975) and then by Abdel R. Omran, M.D. The Epidemiology majors section was taught by John Cassel, (1968-1975), Michel A. Ibrahim, M.D. (1976-1977), Gerardo Heiss, M.D. Ph.D. (1978), and Carl M. Shy, M.D., Ph.D. (1979). The first EPID 168 was taught in fall 1980. The course number was changed to EPID710 in fall 2006.

Faculty:

Victor J. Schoenbach, PhD, 1980-2000

Wayne D. Rosamond, PhD, 1992-

Beverly Rockhill, Ph.D., 2002-

Marilie Gammon, PhD, 2001

Joellen Schildkraut, Ph.D., 1986 - 1991

Tim Wilcosky, Ph.D., 1985

Barbara S. Hulka, M.D., M.P.H., 1982-1991

Michel A. Ibrahim, M.D., Ph.D., 1980-1981

Lab instructors:

2000: James Pankow, Ph.D., Marilie Gammon, Ph.D., Becki Cleveland, Vani Vannappagari

1999: James Pankow, Ph.D., Amy Sayle, Ph.D., David C. Gibbons, Ganesa R. Wegienka

1998: James Pankow, Ph.D., James C. Thomas, Ph.D., Carlos Rojas, M.D., Ph.D., Mark Schulz

1997: Maria D. Hall, Ph.D., Daniel Rosenberg, Ph.D., Josephine Harter, M.D., Katherine Hartmann, M.D.

1996: James C. Thomas, Ph.D., Wendie Robbins, Ph.D., Michelle Davis, M.S.P.H., D.J. McFadden, M.D., M.P.H.

1995: Janet Alexander, Amy Sayle, Ph.D.

1994: Janet Alexander, with a little help from Amy Sayle, Ph.D. and Skai Schwartz, Ph.D.

1993: Will Maier, Ph.D., Daphne Rattner, Ph.D.

1992: Susan Eaton, Ph.D., Adele Monroe, Ph.D.

1991: Peter Millard, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Schopler, Ph.D.

1990: Doren Fredrickson, M.D., Ph.D., Nora Keenan, Ph.D.

1989: H. Michael Arrighi, Ph.D., Elizabeth Barnett, Ph.D., Katherine Brett, Ph.D.

1988: Charles Humble, Ph.D., Celia Hybels, Ph.D., Barbara Richardson, Ph.D.

1987: Lisa Feingold, Ph.D., Stephen Kritchevsky, Ph.D.

1986: Sandra Martin, Ph.D., Paige Tolbert, Ph.D.

1985: Elizabeth Andrews, Ph.D., George DiFerdinando, M.D., M.P.H.

1984: George DiFerdinando, M.D., Ph.D., Marilyn Vine, Ph.D.

1983: Thomas MacIntosh Jones, M.D., Ph.D., Jeffrey Johnson, M.S.P.H.

1982: Andrea LaCroix, Ph.D.

1981: Carol Garrison, M.S.N., Ph.D., Raymond S. Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D.

1980: Bonnie Yankaskas, Ph.D., Stephen Marcus, Ph.D.

Course secretaries:

Virginia Reid, 2000

Edna M. Lennon, 1985-1999

Rebecca Townsend, 1985

Patricia S. Taylor, 1980-1984

 

My current course

 

1/28/2002, 12/12/2003, 1/24/2005, 10/23/2018, 2/27/2022