UM SPH Academic Courses

EPID803 Topics in Social Epidemiology and Population Health

Fall, Winter term(s)

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kaplan, George

Not offered 2009-2010

Description: This is a proseminar designed for doctoral students from public health and other fields who are interested in social epidemiology. It is open to doctoral students in Epidemiology, other SPH departments, and other units in that order of priority. Enrollment will be limited to 20. Permission of instructor is required to enroll. The course focuses on a rotating selection of topics, with a different selection each year. The focus is on building bridges between biological and social approaches. Topics include, but are not limited to: socioeconomic status and health; community structure and function and health outcomes; life-course approaches to chronic disease; psychosocial factors in cardiovascular disease and cancer; the social epidemiology of the epidemiologic transition; gender, race and class; impact of catastrophic events on the health status of individuals and populations; social factors in aging and disability transitions; religion, spirituality and health; biological mechanisms underlying psychosocial associations with health outcomes; psychosocial factors in infectious disease; globalization and health, measurement of health inequalities, and issues given an expanded definition of social epidemiology. The course is taught as a seminar and includes substantial readings, student presentations, and visiting speakers. Evaluation is based on class participation, including presentations.

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