UNC - Department of Epidemiology
EPID600 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health

CORRECTED Course schedule, Internet edition, Fall 2007 (Show detailed version)
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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)
Chap. 1 8/21   8/25-8/29
  2. Studying Populations
      (Concepts of Demography)
Chap. 4, 5 8/28 8/31 9/1-9/5 9/6
  3. Measuring Disease - Incidence and Prevalence
      (HIV and Behavior Change in Zimbabwe case study)
Chap. 2, 3 9/4 9/7 9/8-9/12 9/13
  4. Natural History - Population Screening
      (Mammography in Asia case study)
Chap. 16 9/11 9/14 9/15-9/19 9/20
      Submit 1st Peer Evaluation web form   9/16 (This week)
      Submit 1st TA Evaluation web form   9/16 (This week)
  5. Study Designs - Intervention Trials
      (In-home Drinking Water Filtration case study)
Chap. 6, 7 9/18 9/21 9/22-9/26 9/27
      1st Examination available on Blackboard web site   9/28 (Fri)
  6. Study Designs - Cross-sectional and Ecologic Studies Chap. 12 9/25    
      1st Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone)   10/4 (Thu)
  7. Study Designs - Cohort Studies
      (Angry Temperament and CHD Risk in ARIC case study)
Chap. 8 10/2 10/5 10/6-10/10 10/11
  8. Study Designs - Case-Control Studies
      (Environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer in women case study)
Chap. 9 10/9 10/12 10/13-10/17 10/18
  9. Sources of Error - Selection Bias
      (Erectile Dysfunction and CHD Risk case study)
Chap. 10 10/16 10/19 10/20-10/24 10/25
      2nd Examination available on Blackboard web site   10/26 (Fri)
10. Sources of Error - Information Bias Chap. 10 10/23    
      2nd Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone)   11/1 (Thu)
11. Multicausality - Confounding
      (Critical Review of Epidemiologic Studies)
Chap. 11, 14 10/30   11/3-11/7
11. Multicausality - Confounding (continued)
      (Esophageal Cancer in Lin Xian case study)
Chap. 11, 14 11/6 11/9 11/10-11/14 11/15
12. Data Analysis and Interpretation; Causal Inference Chap. 13, 15 11/13 11/16  
      3rd Examination DUE (submit via web form by end of day in your choice of time zone)   11/27 (Tue)
12. Data Analysis and Interpretation (continued)
      (HPV Infection and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia case study)
Chap. 13, 15 11/20   11/24-11/28 11/29
13. Outbreak Investigation
      (On-line outbreak investigation)
  11/27 12/5  
      Submit 2nd Peer Evaluation web form   12/2 (This week)
      Submit course evaluation web form (link in Blackboard)   12/2 (This week)
14. Epidemiology and Public Health
      (Classroom course - see preceding module.)
  12/4    
 
University Registrar Calendar EPID600 home page CORRECTED rev. 8/18,31/2007, 9/1,3,4,5/2007