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

Course schedule, Classroom edition, Spring 2008

Date Day Time Activity Topic   Skip past Spring Break
 
1/15 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Orientation and introduction
1/15 Tue 5:00pm Lecture   Studying populations (remain in Rosenau Auditorium)
 
1/20 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for Demographic concepts due
1/22 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
1/22 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Demographic concepts
1/24 Thu   Webform   Group answers for Demographic concepts due
 
1/27 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe due
1/29 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Disease natural history; population screening
1/29 Tue 5:00pm Labs   HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe
1/31 Thu   Webform   Group answers for HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe due
 
2/3 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for Mammography in Asia due
2/5 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Study designs:  intervention studies
2/5 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Mammography in Asia
2/7 Thu   Webform   Group answers for Mammography in Asia due
 
2/10 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for In-home drinking water filtration due
2/12 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
2/12 Tue 5:00pm Labs   In-home drinking water filtration
2/14 Thu   Webform   Group answers for In-home drinking water filtration due
2/15 Fri   Webform   Please submit 1st Peer Evaluation
2/15 Fri   Webform   Please submit 1st TA Evaluation
2/15 Fri Night Blackboard   1st Examination available
 
2/19 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Study designs:  cohort studies
2/19 Tue 5:00pm No lab   Work on Exam 1
2/22 Fri Anytime Webform   1st Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
 
2/24 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for Angry temperament and coronary heart disease due
2/26 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Study designs:  case-control studies
2/26 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Angry temperament and coronary heart disease
2/28 Thu   Webform   Group answers for Angry temperament and coronary heart disease due
 
3/2 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for Lung cancer in nonsmoking women due
3/4 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Error:  Selection bias
3/4 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Lung cancer in nonsmoking women
3/6 Thu   Webform   Group answers for Lung cancer in nonsmoking women due
 
3/11 Tue   No class - Spring Break
3/11 Tue   No class - Spring Break
 
3/17 Mon Anytime Webform   Individual answers for Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk due
3/17 Mon Night Blackboard   2nd Examination available
 
3/18 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Error:  Information bias
3/18 Tue 5:00pm No lab   Work on Exam 2
 
3/24 Mon Anytime Webform   2nd Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
 
3/25 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Multicausality: Confounding
3/25 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk
3/27 Thu   Webform   Group answers for Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk due
 
4/1 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Bibliographic searches (by Mellanye Lackey) and
Film: The Cancer Detectives for case study
4/1 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Critical review of epidemiologic studies
 
4/6 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian due
4/8 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
4/8 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian
4/10 Thu   Webform   Group answers for Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian due
 
4/13 Sun 3:00pm Webform   Individual answers for HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia due
4/15 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
4/15 Tue 5:00pm Labs   HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
4/17 Thu   Webform   Group answers for HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia due
 
4/18 Fri Anytime Webform   3rd Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
 
4/22 Tue 3:30pm Lecture   Role of epidemiology in public health
4/22 Tue 5:00pm Labs   Outbreak investigation exercise (on-line, in lab)
 
4/25 Fri   Submit   Submit 2nd Peer Evaluation webform
4/25 Fri   Webform   Please submit course evaluation
 
University Registrar Calendar EPID600 home page rev. 1/4,8,10/2008