Course Description
The conceptual framework for cohort studies, their conduct, basic concepts of time, exposure, and outcome. Analytic methods covered in the course will include analysis of age, period, and cohort effects, analysis of incidence rates, analysis of repeated measures, and analysis of time-to-event data.
Athena Title
COHORT DESIGNS
Prerequisite
EPID 7010 or EPID 7020 or BIOS 7010 or BIOS 7020
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Learn about the different types and variations of the cohort study design. Learn how to implement and conduct cohort studies in the field. Learn how to analyze cohort and longitudinal data, including age-period-cohort effects, analysis of incidence, analysis of repeated measure, and analysis of time-to-event data. Learn how to present findings and results from cohort studies.
Topical Outline
Prospective Cohort Designs Retrospective Cohort Designs Study Setting and Study Population Recruitment and Enrollment Definition of Exposure Follow-up and Outcome Detection Bias in Cohort Studies Life Table and Kaplan Meier methods Hazards and Hazard Functions Cox Proportional Hazard Regression Parametric Survival Analysis Longitudinal Data Analysis (general estimating equations, random effects models) Poisson Regression
Syllabus