UNC - Department of Epidemiology EPID600 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
Course schedule, Classroom edition, Spring 2009
Date	Day	Time	Activity		Topic   Skip to Spring Break
1/13	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Orientation and introduction [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
1/14	Wed	4:00pm	Lecture*		Studying populations (repeat for Wednesday labs) (Rosenau Auditorium) [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
1/17	Sat	Anytime	Webform		Individual answers for Introduction to Epidemiology 600 due
1/18	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Studying populations (Demographic concepts) due
1/20	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
1/21	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Studying populations (Demographic concepts)
1/23	Fri*		Webform		Group answers for Studying populations (Demographic concepts) due
1/25	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe due
1/27	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Disease natural history; population screening [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
1/28	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe
1/29	Thu		Webform		Group answers for HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe due
2/1	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Mammography in Asia due
2/3	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  intervention studies [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/4	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Mammography in Asia
2/5	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Mammography in Asia due
2/8	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for In-home drinking water filtration due
2/10	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic [objectives] [instructions] [slides]
2/11	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		In-home drinking water filtration
2/12	Thu		Webform		Group answers for In-home drinking water filtration due
2/13	Fri		Webform		Please submit 1st Peer Evaluation
2/13	Fri		Webform		Please submit 1st TA Evaluation
2/14	Sat	Noon	Blackboard		1st Examination available
2/17	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  cohort studies [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/18	Wed	4:00pm	No lab		Work on Exam 1
2/21	Sat	Anytime	Webform		1st Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
2/23	Mon	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Angry temperament and coronary heart disease due
2/24	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  case-control studies [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/25	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Angry temperament and coronary heart disease
2/26	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Angry temperament and coronary heart disease due
3/1	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Lung cancer in nonsmoking women due
3/3	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Error:  Selection bias [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
3/4	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Lung cancer in nonsmoking women
3/5	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Lung cancer in nonsmoking women due
3/10	Tue		No class - Spring Break
3/11	Wed		No class - Spring Break
3/15	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk due
3/16	Mon	Night	Blackboard		2nd Examination available
3/17	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Error:  Information bias [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
3/18	Wed	4:00pm	No lab		Work on Exam 2
3/23	Mon	Anytime	Webform		2nd Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
3/24	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Multicausality: Confounding [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
3/25	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk
3/26	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk due
3/31	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Bibliographic searches (by Mellanye Lackey) and Film: The Cancer Detectives for case study
4/1	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Critical review of epidemiologic studies
4/3	Fri	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian due
4/7	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
4/8	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian
4/9	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian due
4/11	Sat	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia due
4/13	Mon	Anytime	Webform		3rd Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
4/14	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
4/15	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
4/16	Thu		Webform		Group answers for HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia due
4/19	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Group A streptococcal infections due [instructions]
4/21	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Role of epidemiology in public health [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
4/22	Wed	4:00pm	Labs		Outbreak investigation exercise (on-line, in lab)
4/24	Fri		Submit		Submit 2nd Peer Evaluation webform
4/24	Fri		Webform		Please submit course evaluation
University Registrar calendars EPID600 home page rev. 1/8,16,20/2009, 2/6/2009, 4/17/2009