UNC  Department of Epidemiology
EPID 160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
                      Course schedule,  Fall 2002
Date Day Time Activity Topic
8/20 Tue 4:00pm Lecture I. Orientation and introduction
8/20 Tue 5:00pm Labs Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
8/21 Wed 4:00pm Labs Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
8/27 Tue 4:00pm Lecture II. The population perspective
8/27 Tue 5:00pm Labs Population perspective
8/28 Wed 4:00pm Labs Population perspective
9/3 Tue 4:00pm Lecture III. Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
9/3 Tue 5:00pm Labs Incidence and prevalence
9/4 Wed 4:00pm Labs Incidence and prevalence
9/10 Tue 4:00pm Lecture IV. Disease natural history; population screening
9/10 Tue 5:00pm Labs Population screening
9/11 Wed 4:00pm Labs Population screening
9/17 Tue 1st Examination available on course web site
9/17 Tue 4:00pm Lecture V. Study designs:  intervention studies
9/17 Tue 5:00pm Labs Intervention studies
9/18 Wed 4:00pm Labs Intervention studies
9/24 This week 1st Peer Evaluation (by students via web form) due
9/24 This week 1st TA Evaluation (by students via web form) due
9/24 Tue 4:00pm Lecture VI. Study designs:  cohort studies
9/24 Tue 5:00pm Labs Cohort studies
9/25 Wed 4:00pm Labs Cohort studies
9/27 Fri 1st Student Evaluation (by TA) due
10/1 Tue 1st Examination DUE at beginning of Lecture
10/1 Tue 4:00pm Lecture VII. Study designs:  case-control studies
10/1 Tue 5:00pm Labs Case-control studies
10/2 Wed 4:00pm Labs Case-control studies
10/8 Tue 4:00pm Lecture VIII. Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
10/8 Tue 5:00pm Labs Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
10/9 Wed 4:00pm Labs Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
10/15 Tue 4:00pm Film Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
10/15 Tue 5:00pm Labs Fall Break early - no lab!
10/16 Wed 4:00pm Labs Fall Break - no lab!
10/22 Tue 2nd Examination available on course web site
10/22 Tue 4:00pm Lecture IX. Error:  Selection bias
10/22 Tue 5:00pm Labs Selection bias
10/23 Wed 4:00pm Labs Selection bias
10/29 Tue 4:00pm Lecture X. Error:  Information bias
10/29 Tue 5:00pm Labs Information bias
10/30 Wed 4:00pm Labs Information bias
11/5 Tue 2nd Examination DUE at the beginning of Lecture
11/5 Tue 4:00pm Lecture XI. Multicausality: Confounding
11/5 Tue 5:00pm Labs Final paper
11/6 Wed 4:00pm Labs Final paper
11/12 Tue 4:00pm Film Multicausality: Confounding (The Cancer Detectives)
11/12 Tue 5:00pm Labs Confounding
11/13 Wed 4:00pm Labs Confounding
11/19 Tue 4:00pm Lecture XII. Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
11/19 Tue 5:00pm Labs Causal inference
11/20 Wed 4:00pm Labs Causal inference
11/26 Tue Final papers DUE at the beginning of Lecture
(we will grant no-penalty extensions until 4pm, 12/3 )
11/26 Tue 4:00pm Lecture XIII. Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
11/26 Tue 5:00pm Thanksgiving Holiday early - no lab
11/27 Wed 4:00pm Thanksgiving Holiday - no lab
12/3 Tue 2nd Peer Evaluation (by students via web form) due
12/3 Tue 4:00pm Lecture XIV. Role of epidemiology in public health
12/3 Tue 5:00pm Labs Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
12/4 Wed 4:00pm Labs Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
                                                                                               rev. 8/14/2002