Epidemiology Theory & Methods III

4 credits · Graduate School

EPID 8313. Epidemiology Theory & Methods III. Continued instruction in the theory and application of epidemiologic methods in multiple study designs, including specification of generalized linear mixed models, model building strategies for explanation and prediction, additive and multiplicative interaction, effect measure modification, techniques appropriate for clustered and longitudinal data, and graphical exploration. Includes discussion of causal methods such as Propensity Score and Inverse Probability Weighting, causal mediation analysis, and marginal structural models to handle time-dependent confounding. Also includes computer-based experience with real data. Instructor TBD, FALL [4]