University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology

Fundamentals of Epidemiology (EPID 168)

Links to lecture slides, supplemental materials, and web sites, by class

Day Date

Instructor

 

 Topic
Tue 8/22

Schoenbach

I.

Orientation and introduction
Thu 8/24

Schoenbach

II.

Historical perspectives
Additional readings
Mon 8/28

Lab Instructors

 

 *LAB: Classic epidemiologic investigations
Tue 8/29 Schoenbach

III. 

Studying populations: basic demography
Lecture transparencies (119k pdf file)
Lifetable spreadsheet
Thu 8/31

Rosamond

Studying populations: descriptive EPID & surveillance
Atlas of U.S. Mortality
CDC data and statistics (for information on surveillance)

Mon 9/4

Holiday

Labor Day (no class)
Tue 9/5

Schoenbach

IV.

Phenomenon of disease - disease definition
Spreadsheet for predictive value
Thu 9/7

Schoenbach

Phenomenon of disease - natural history
Mon 9/11

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Descriptive studies and surveillance
The fourth line from the bottom of the answer to problem 7 should read: "...represents more deaths than the larger percentage decrease in mortality in the larger, younger group."
Lab instructor's guide

Tue 9/12

Schoenbach

V.

Measuring disease
Lecture transparencies (115k pdf file)
Thu 9/14

Schoenbach

Measuring disease
Mon 9/18

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Measuring disease
Supplementary reading on product-limit / Kaplan-Meier analysis: chapter 4 in David Clayton and Michael Hills, Statistical models in epidemiology (see EPID 168 binder in suite 2106.
Errata: In the Lab Manual, the answers to homework assignment questions 4e and 4f were reversed; the answer to 5f is 0.017 or 1.7%, not 10.7%.
Lab instructor's guide

Tue 9/19

Rosamond

VI.

Standardization
Thu 9/21

Schoenbach

VII.

Relating risk factors to health outcomes
Mon 9/25

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Standardization
Lab instructor's guide

Tue 9/26

Pankow

Relating risk factors to health outcomes
Thu 9/28

Schoenbach

Relating risk factors to health outcomes
Unified approach to attributable risk

Mon 10/2

Lab Instructors

 

LAB: Relating risk factors to health
Lab instructor's guide(54k pdf file)

Tue 10/3

Schoenbach

VIII.

Analytic study designs
Thu 10/5

FALL RECESS
Mon 10/9

Lab Instructors

*LAB: Analytic study designs
Lab instructor's guide(15k pdf file)

Tue 10/10

Rosamond

Analytic study designs (Intervention trials)
Thu 10/12

University Day (no class)
Mon 10/16

Midterm examination
Tue 10/17

Schoenbach

Analytic study designs (Case control studies)
Thu 10/19

Schoenbach

IX.

Causal inference - philosophy and criteria
Mon 10/23

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Discussion of midterm
Tue 10/24

Rosamond

X.

Sources of error: Selection bias
Thu 10/26

Rosamond

Sources of error: Information bias
Mon 10/30

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Sources of error
Lab instructor's guide(107k pdf file)

Tue 10/31

Schoenbach

XI.

Multicausality: Confounding
Thu 11/2

Schoenbach

Multicausality: Confounding
Mon 11/6

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Confounding
Lab instructor's guide (46k pdf file)

Tue 11/7

Schoenbach

XII.

Multicausality: Effect modification
Thu 11/9

Schoenbach

Multicausality: Effect modification
Mon 11/13

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Effect modification
Lab instructor's guide (19k pdf file)

Tue 11/14

David Gibbons

XIII.

Data analysis and interpretation
Thu 11/16

Schoenbach

Data analysis and interpretation
Mon 11/20

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Data analysis and interpretation
Tue 11/21

Celia Hybels

Conducing epidemiologic surveys
Thu 11/23

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Mon 11/27

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Student presentations
Tue 11/28

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Student presentations
Thu 11/30

David Weber

Outbreak epidemiology
Mon 12/4

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Student presentations
Tue 12/5

Schoenbach

Practice of epidemiology
Thu 12/7

Schoenbach

XIV.

Role of epidemiology in public health
Mon 12/11

Lab Instructors

 

*LAB: Review for exam (1 hour)
Role of EPID, Conclusion (1 hour)
Sat 12/16

Rosamond

Final examination (Noon-3pm, 2301 McG-G)
  Lectures are at 11:00-12:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in room 2301; lab/discussion sections are on Mondays from 2:00-4:00pm (sections 602 and 604) or 3:00-5:00pm (sections 601 and 603).  

 

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Updated by Victor Schoenbach on 10/9/2000, 10/15/2000, 10/31/2000, 11/5/2000, 12/15/2000, 1/21/2002fix.