UM SPH Academic Courses

EPID705 Epidemiology in Public Health Policy

Summer term(s)

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.; Intro Epidemiology and Microbiology

Description: This course deals with selected applications of epidemiologic methods and findings to health-services research, population health planning and evaluation, risk assessment and health policy. The major objective is to provide a framework for integrating causal inference with decision making, thereby bridging the gap between science and practice. Emphasis is given to important conceptual and methodologic issues that confront public-health and clinical researchers, policy analysts, health planners, attorneys, and decision makers. Prerequisites: Introductory level courses in epidemiology and biostatistics.

This is a Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology course.

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