CORRECTED Course schedule, Classroom edition, Fall 2007
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Reading |
Lecture |
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Lab group
discussion |
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1. Orientation and Introduction
(The Age of AIDS, Part I - 8/21 or 8/22, Part II - 8/28 or 8/29)
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Chap. 1 |
8/21 |
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2. Studying Populations
(Concepts of Demography)
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Chap. 4, 5 |
8/28 |
8/31 |
9/4, 9/5 |
9/6 |
3. Measuring Disease - Incidence and Prevalence
(HIV and Behavior Change in Zimbabwe case study)
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Chap. 2, 3 |
9/4 |
9/7 |
9/11, 9/12 |
9/13 |
4. Natural History - Population Screening
(Mammography in Asia case study)
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Chap. 16 |
9/11 |
9/14 |
9/18, 9/19 |
9/20 |
| Submit 1st Peer Evaluation web form 9/16 (This week)
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| Submit 1st TA Evaluation web form 9/16 (This week)
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5. Study Designs - Intervention Trials
(In-home Drinking Water Filtration case study)
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Chap. 6, 7 |
9/18 |
9/21 |
9/25, 9/26 |
9/27 |
| 1st Examination available on Blackboard web site 9/28 (Fri)
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6. Study Designs - Cross-sectional and Ecologic Studies
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Chap. 12 |
9/25 |
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| 1st Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone) 10/4 (Thu)
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7. Study Designs - Cohort Studies
(Angry Temperament and CHD Risk in ARIC case study)
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Chap. 8 |
10/2 |
10/5 |
10/9, 10/10 |
10/11 |
8. Study Designs - Case-Control Studies
(Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in women case study)
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Chap. 9 |
10/9 |
10/12 |
10/16, 10/17 |
10/18 |
9. Sources of Error - Selection Bias
(Erectile Dysfunction and CHD Risk case study)
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Chap. 10 |
10/16 |
10/19 |
10/23, 10/24 |
10/25 |
| 2nd Examination available on Blackboard web site 10/26 (Fri)
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10. Sources of Error - Information Bias
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Chap. 10 |
10/23 |
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| 2nd Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone) 11/1 (Thu)
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11. Multicausality - Confounding
(Critical Review of Epidemiologic Studies)
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Chap. 11, 14 |
10/30 |
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11/6, 11/7 |
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11. Multicausality - Confounding (continued)
(Esophageal Cancer in Lin Xian case study)
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Chap. 11, 14 |
11/6 |
11/9 |
11/13, 11/14 |
11/15 |
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12. Data Analysis and Interpretation; Causal Inference
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Chap. 13, 15 |
11/13 |
11/16 |
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| 3rd Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone) 11/27 (Tue)
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12. Data Analysis and Interpretation (continued)
(HPV Infection and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia case study)
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Chap. 13, 15 |
11/20 |
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11/27, 11/28 |
11/29 |
13. Outbreak Investigation
(On-line outbreak investigation)
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11/27 |
12/5 |
12/4, 12/5 |
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| Submit 2nd Peer Evaluation web form 12/2 (This week)
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| Submit course evaluation web form (link in Blackboard) 12/2 (This week)
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14. Epidemiology and Public Health
(Classroom course - see preceding module.)
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12/4 |
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