UNC at Chapel Hill   Department of Epidemiology
EPID 160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
Course schedule, Classroom edition, Spring 2005

Date Day Time   Activity Topic
1/18 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture I.  Orientation and introduction
1/18 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Outbreak investigation #1
1/19 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Outbreak investigation #1
           
1/25 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture II.  Studying populations
1/25 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Studying populations
1/26 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Studying populations
             
2/1 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture III.  Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
2/1 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Incidence and prevalence
2/2 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Incidence and prevalence
           
2/8 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture IV.  Disease natural history; population screening
2/8 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Population screening
2/9 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Population screening
           
2/15 Tue     1st Examination available on course web site
2/15 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture V.  Study designs:  intervention studies
2/15 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Intervention studies
2/16 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Intervention studies
     
2/22 This week       1st Peer Evaluation (by students via webform)
2/22 This week       1st TA Evaluation (by students via webform)
2/22 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture VI.  Study designs:  cohort studies
2/22 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Cohort studies
2/23 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Cohort studies
2/25 Fri       1st Student Evaluation (by TA) due
           
2/28 Mon       1st Examination DUE (submit via webform)
3/1 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture VII.  Study designs:  case-control studies
3/1 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Case-control studies
3/2 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Case-control studies
       
3/8 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture
VIII. 
 Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
3/8 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
3/9 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
       
3/15 Tue   No class – Spring Break
3/15 Tue   No class – Spring Break
3/16 Wed   No class – Spring Break
       
3/22 Tue         2nd Examination available on course web site
3/22 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture IX.  Error:  Selection bias
3/22 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Selection bias
3/23 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Selection bias
       
3/29 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture X.  Error:  Information bias
3/29 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Information bias
3/30 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Information bias
           
4/4 Mon         2nd Examination DUE (submit via webform)
4/5 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture XI.  Multicausality: Confounding
4/5 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Critiquing an article
4/6 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Critiquing an article
       
4/12 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture XII.  Multicausality: Confounding (The Cancer Detectives)
4/12 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Confounding
4/13 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Confounding
     
4/19 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture
XIII.
 Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
4/19 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Causal inference
4/20 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Causal inference
       
4/25 Mon     Final papers DUE (submit via webform)
4/26 Tue 4:00pm   Lecture XIV.  Role of epidemiology in public health
4/26 Tue 5:00pm   Labs   Outbreak investigation #2
4/27 Wed 4:00pm   Labs   Outbreak investigation #2
4/29 Fri       2nd Peer Evaluation (submit via webform) due
         
5/9 Mon (instructor use) Exam date for EPID 160 – but no exam
5/12 Thu (instructor use)   Grades due to Registrar
5/15 Sun     Commencement
       
rev. 1/10/2005