Epidemiology of Neurologic Diseases

Harvard HSPH

This course is designed to introduce students to the epidemiology of major neurologic diseases. The emphasis will be both on research methods and on substantive issues. The course will stress etiologic and research integrating epidemiology with clinical and pathological aspects. We will discuss several neurological diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, among others.