Introduction of principles and methods of epidemiology, emphasizing study design. Measures of morbidity and mortality, data sources, observational and experimental designs, data interpretation, quantitative methods to determine risk associations, controlling for confounding factors, and applications of epidemiology will be covered. Community health, environmental epidemiology, infectious, noninfectious and chronic disease epidemiology are considered.

Principles and methods of epidemiology, emphasizing study design. Measures of morbidity and mortality, data sources, observational and experimental designs, data interpretation, quantitative methods for risk associations, controlling for confounding factors, and applications of epidemiology will be covered. Community health, environmental epidemiology, infectious, noninfectious and chronic disease epidemiology are considered.