Advanced Epidemiology

3 credits · Graduate Programs

An expansion on the understanding of causality and threats to validity in epidemiologic research. The focus will be on the assessment and control of bias, including selection, information and confounding. The concept of effect modification (interaction) will be appraised. Stratified analysis will be considered as a tool for the assessment and control of confounding and effect modification and will be applied to a variety of study designs including case-control, and cohort studies. Prerequisite(s): Veterinary Medicine 640. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Veterinary Medicine 740 and Community Health Sciences 740 will not be allowed.