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BIOSTAT449 Topics In Biostatistics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zoellner, Sebastian; Staff
Prerequisites: Statistics 401 or permission of instructor
Description: This course will make use of case studies to discuss problems and applications of biostatistics. Topics will include cohort and case control studies, survival analysis with applications in clinical trials, evaluation of diagnostic tests, and statistical genetics. The course will conclude with a survey of areas of current biostatistical research.
This course is cross-listed with Statistics 449 in the Literature, Science and the Arts department.

BIOSTAT503 Introduction to Biostatistics

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Boehnke, Michael L
Offered every year
Prerequisites: Elementary algebra
Description: Fundamental statistical concepts related to the practice of public health: descriptive statistics; probability; sampling; statistical distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; chi-square tests; simple and multiple linear regression; one-way ANOVA. Use of computer in statistical analysis.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT503 (PDF, 80210 bytes, last modified on Thursday, January 05, 2012)

BIOSTAT512 Analyzing Longitudinal and Clustered Data Using Statistical Software

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Welch, Kathy
Prerequisites: Biostat 503 or Equivalent, , Biostat 520 or equivalent
Description: Longitudinal data sets occur often in a Public Health setting. This course will introduce students to methods for analyzing both clustered and longitudinal data using the statistical software packages SAS and Stata. Models for both continuous and discrete (e.g., binary, count) outcomes will be discussed and illustrated. The course will have one session of lecture and one session of lab per week. The course will be driven primarily by using both software packages to analyze real data sets.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT512 (PDF, 42546 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT513 Application of Regression Analysis to Public Health Studies

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sanchez, Brisa
Prerequisites: Biostat 503, 553 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Biostat 513 will cover a general overview of linear, logistic, Poisson, and Cox regression. The course will use SPSS as the statistical software.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT513 (PDF, 46397 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT523 Biostatistical Analysis for Health-Related Studies

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kim, Myra
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 553; BIOSTAT 503 w/ instructors permission
Description: A second course in applied biostatistical methods and data analysis. Concepts of data analysis and experimental design for health-related studies. Emphasis on categorical data analysis, multiple regression, analysis of variance and covariance.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT523 (PDF, 90555 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT553 Applied Biostatistics

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Nan, Bin
Prerequisites: Calculus
Description: Fundamental statistical concepts related to the practice of public health: descriptive statistics; probability; sampling; statistical distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; chi-square tests; simple and multiple linear regression; one-way ANOVA. . Taught at a more advanced mathematical level than Biostat 503. Use of the computer in statistical analysis.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT553 (PDF, 42750 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT560 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Tsodikov, Alexander
Prerequisites: Epid 503 or Epid 601 or Epid 600; AND Biostat 523
Description: Statistical methods commonly used in environmental epidemiology. Emphasis on choosing appropriate statistical methods and subsequent interpretation. Topics include probability, measures of association and risk, sample size calculations, SMR and PMR analysis, logistic regression and survival analysis.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT560 (PDF, 69977 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT578 Practical Projects

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: NONE
Description: Practical projects in consultation and statistical analysis of data in research studies with health investigators. Course requirements include an approved practical work experience related to Biostatistics in consultation with a faculty advisor. May be elected more than once. Enrollment limited to Biostatistics majors with at least two full terms of prior registration.

BIOSTAT600 Introduction to Biostatistics

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Schaubel, Douglas; Welch, Kathy
Prerequisites: Admission to a degree program in Biostatistics
Description: The purpose of this course is to review basic applied statistical concepts and tools and to introduce the SPH computer network and statistical software.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT600 (PDF, 7198 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT601 Probability and Distribution Theory

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wang, Lu; Li, Yi
Prerequisites: Three terms of calculus
Description: Fundamental probability and distribution theory needed for statistical inference. Probability, discrete and continuous distributions, expectation, generating functions, limit theorems, transformations, sampling theory.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT601 (PDF, 28540 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT602 Biostatistical Inference

Winter term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kang, Hyun Min
Prerequisites: Biostat 601
Description: Fundamental theory that is the basis of inferential statistical procedures. Point and interval estimation, sufficient statistics, hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimates, confidence intervals, criteria for estimators, methods of constructing test and estimation procedures.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT602 (PDF, 34448 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT605 Intro to SAS Statistical Programming

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: One course in introductory statistics; Co-requisite Biostat 601 or equivalent or Perm. Instr
Description: This course provides incoming master's students in biostatistics with basic experience in SAS programming for data set creation and manipulation, an introduction to SAS macros, and SAS matrix manipulation.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT605 (PDF, 18613 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT610 Readings in Biostatistics

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: One of Biostat 503, Biostat 524, Biostat 553 or Biostat 601/Biostat 602
Description: Independent study in a special topic under the guidance of a faculty member. May be elected more than once. Enrollment is limited to biostatistics majors.

BIOSTAT615 Statistical Computing

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kang, Hyun Min
Prerequisites: None
Description: A survey of key algorithms for statistical computing and its applications in Biostatistics. The course will cover fundamental computational techniques for dynamic programming, sorting, and searching, as well statistical methods for random number generation, numerical integration, function optimization, Markov-Chain Monte Carlo, and the E-M algorithm. Enables students to understand numerical results produced by a computer and to implement their own statistical methods.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT615 (PDF, 51227 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT617 Theory and Methods of Sample Design (Soc 717 and Stat 580 and SurvMeth 617)

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lepkowski, James M
Prerequisites: Three or more courses in statistics, and preferably a course in methods of survey sampling
Description: Theory underlying sample designs and estimation procedures commonly used in survey practice.
This course is cross-listed with Stats 580 Soc 717 SurvMeth617 in the Rackham department.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT617 (PDF, 26144 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT619 Clinical Trials

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Braun, Thomas
Prerequisites: Biostatistics 601 or equivalent or Perm. Instr. One course Introductory Statistics
Description: This course is designed for individuals with a strong quantitative background that are interested in the scientific, policy, design and management aspects of clinical trials. Topics include types of clinical research, bias and random error, study design, ethics, treatment allocation, randomization and stratification quality control, power and sample size, group sequential monitoring, crossover designs and meta-analysis.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT619 (PDF, 24691 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT642 Introduction to Functional MRI

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: This course presents the basic skills to design and analyze functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments. We start by reviewing the basic Matlab and Unix skills necessary to manipulate image data. Next we introduce the principles of MRI and the nature of the Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) effect, including artifacts that corrupt the BOLD signal. We cover blocked and event-related designs, and how to optimize statistical power of design. We cover subject safety.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT642 (PDF, 13970 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT645 Time Series Analysis with Biomedical Applications

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Johnson, Timothy
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Biostat 602, Biostat 650 or Perm. Instr
Description: Introduction to statistical time series analysis with an emphasis on frequency domain (spectral) methods and their applications to biomedical problems. Topics include autocorrelation, stationarity, autoregressive and moving average processes, power spectra, periodgrams, spectral estimation, linear filters, complex demodulation, autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models, cross-correlation, cross-spectra, coherence, time and frequency domain linear regression. The methods will be illustrated in applications to various areas of public health and medical research such as environmental health, electrophysiology, and endocrinology.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT645 (PDF, 23694 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT646 High Throughput Molecular Genetic and Epigenetic Data Analysis

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sartor, Maureen; Scott, Laura
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and Statistics 400,Biostatistics 523, or Biostatistics 553 or permission of instructor
Description: The course will cover statistical methods used to analyze data in experimental molecular biology. The course will primarily cover topics relating to gene expression data analysis, but other types of data such as genome sequence and epigenomics data that is sometimes analyzed in concert with expression data will also be covered.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT646 (PDF, 44795 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT650 Applied Statistics I: Linear Regression

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Banerjee, Mousumi
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT601
Description: Graphical methods, simple and multiple linear regression; simple, partial and multiple correlation; estimation; hypothesis testing, model building and diagnosis; introduction to nonparametric regression; introduction to smoothing methods (e.g., lowess) The course will include applications to real data.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT650 (PDF, 20981 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT651 Applied Statistics II: Extensions for Linear Regression

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jiang, Hui
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT601 and BIOSTAT650
Description: Introduction to maximum likelihood estimation; exponential family; proportion, count and rate data; generalized linear models; link function; logistic and Poisson regression; estimation; inference; deviance; diagnosis. The course will include application to real data.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT651 (PDF, 20407 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT653 Applied Statistics III: ANOVA and Linear Mixed Models

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sen, Ananda
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT650 and concurrent enrollment in BIOSTAT651
Description: One-way layout, two-way and higher-way layouts; fixed effects and random effects; multiple comparisons; matching and blocking; balanced and unbalanced designs; weighted least squares; repeated measures; longitudinal and clustered data; linear mixed models; variance components; BLUP; REML. The course will include applications to real data.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT653 (PDF, 61884 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT664 Special Topics in Biostastics

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sanchez, Brisa; Johnson, Timothy
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Description: Master's level seminar designed to provide an extensive review of a number of substantive and methods and skill areas in biostatistics. Readings, discussion, and assignments are organized around issues of mutual interest to faculty and students. Reviews and reports on topics required in the areas selected. May be elected more than once.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT664 (PDF, 15443 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT666 Statistical Models and Numerical Methods in Human Genetics

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Abecasis, Goncalo
Prerequisites: Biostat 602 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Introduction to current statistical methods used in human genetics. Topics will include sampling designs in human genetics, gene frequency estimation, the coalescent method for simulation of DNA sequences, linkage analysis, tests of association, detection of errors in genetic data, and the multi-factorial model. The course will include a simple overview of genetic data and terminology and will proceed with a review of numerical techniques frequently employed in human genetics.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT666 (PDF, 6868 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT675 Survival Time Analysis

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Murray, Susan
Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and Biostat 650
Description: Concepts and methods for analyzing survival time data obtained from following individuals until occurrence of an event or their loss to follow-up. Survival time models, clinical life tables, survival distributions, mathematical and graphical methods for evaluating goodness of fit, comparison of treatment groups, regression models, proportional hazards models, censoring mechanisms.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT675 (PDF, 19617 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT680 Applications of Stochastic Processes I

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wen, William
Prerequisites: Biostat 601 and Math 450 or equiv
Description: Conditional distributions, probability generating functions, convolutions, discrete and continuous parameter, Markov chains, medical and health related applications.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT680 (PDF, 22891 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT682 Applied Bayesian Inference

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Berrocal, Veronica
Prerequisites: Biostat 602, Biostat 650 and Biostat 651
Description: Introduction to Bayesian Inference. Bayesian large sample inference, relationship with maximum likelihood. Choice of model, including prior distribution. Bayesian approaches to regression generalized linear models, categorical data, and hierarchical models. Empirical Bayes methods. Comparison with frequentist methods. Bayesian computational methods. Assessment of sensitivity to model assumptions. Emphasis on biomedical applications.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT682 (PDF, 28517 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT685 Elements of Nonparametric Statistics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zhang, Min
Prerequisites: Biostat 602 or STAT 511, and Biostat 650 or Perm. Instr
Description: First half covers theory and applications of rank and randomization tests: sampling and randomization models, randomization t-test, Wilcoxon rank sum and signed rank tests, Kruskal-Wallis test, asymptotic result under randomization, relative efficiency; second half covers theory and applications of nonparametric regression: smoothing methods, including kernel estimators, local linear regression, smoothing splines, and regression splines, methods for choosing the smoothing parameter, including unbiased risk estimation and cross-validation, introduction to additive models.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT685 (PDF, 88416 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT690 Health Applications of Multivariate Analysis

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Song, Peter Xuekun
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Biostat 650 and Biostat 651 and Math 417 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Techniques of multivariate analysis related to health and biomedical problems. Emphasis on computational techniques and programs with health examples. Tests of significance for one, two or more populations; general linear model; multivariate analyses of variances and covariances; correlation procedures; principal components and discriminant analyses.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT690 (PDF, 92139 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT695 Analysis of Categorical Data

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Johnson, Timothy
Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and Biostat 660
Description: Regression models for the analysis of categorical data: logistic, probit and complementary log-log models for binomial random variables; log-linear models for cross-classifications of counts; regression models for Poisson rates; and multinomial response models for both nominal and ordinal responses. Model specification and interpretation are emphasized, and model criticism, model selection, and statistical inference are cast within the framework of likelihood based inference.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT695 (PDF, 48807 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT696 Spatial Statistics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Berrocal, Veronica
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 601, BIOSTAT 602, BIOSTAT 650, BIOSTAT 653
Description: This course will introduce the theory and methods of spatial and spatio-temporal statistics. It will present spatial and spatio-temporal statistical models and will discuss methods for inference on spatial processes within a geostatistical and a hierarchical Bayesian framework.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT696 (PDF, 73369 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT699 Analysis of Biostatistical Investigations

Winter term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wen, William; Braun, Thomas
Prerequisites: Registration for last term of studies to complete MS or MPH
Description: Identifying and solving design and data analysis problems using a wide range of biostatistical methods. Written and oral reports on intermediate and final results of case studies required.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT699 (PDF, 56149 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT800 Seminar in Biostatistics

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: Presentations and discussions of current consulting and research problems. May be elected more than once. Enrollment limited to biostatistics majors.

BIOSTAT803 Biostatistics in Cancer Seminar

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Taylor, Jeremy
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: The purpose of this class is to describe biostatistical research that is occuring in collaboration with cancer researchers, and to provide exposure to the field of cancer research. Activities inlcude seminars on statistical methods in cancer; presentations of cancer research; presentations of articles from statistical literature; discussion of cancer clinical tiral protocals and grant proposals; and visits to research laboratories. Students formally in the training program are expected to enroll in this course every semester. The course is open to students not participating in the training grant. It is open to both PhD and Masters students.

BIOSTAT815 Advanced Topics in Computational Statistics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kang, Hyun Min
Prerequisites: Biostat 601, Biostat 602 and Biostat 625 or equiv and proficiency in Fortran or C
Description: Modern numerical analysis for statisticians. Combination of theory and practical computational examples illustrating the current trends in numerical analysis relevant to probability and statistics. Topics choose from numerical linear algebra, optimization theory, quadrature methods, splines, and Markov chains. Emphasis on newer techniques such as quasi-random methods of integration, the EM algorithm and its variants, and hidden Markov chains. Applications as time permits to areas such as genetic and medical imaging.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT815 (PDF, 51227 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT820 Readings in Biostatistics

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Students assigned special topics for literature study under guidance of individual faculty members. May be elected more than once. Enrollment limited to biostatistics majors.

BIOSTAT830 Advanced Topics in Biostatistics

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jiang, Hui
Description: Advanced training in biostatistical methods primarily for doctoral students. Format will include lectures, readings, presentations and discussions in an area of special interest to students and faculty, such as stopping rules and interim analysis in clinical trials, conditional and unconditional inference and ancillarity, or nonparametric regression.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT830 (PDF, 32796 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT855 Regression Models in Complex Sample Design Settings (JPSM/MPSM 895)

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Elliot, Michael
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT617, BIOSTAT650, BIOSTAT651, or instructor permission
Description: This course examines a range of statistical regression analysis techniques for modeling survey data, and presents methods to compensate for design features for complex sample survey data. Course topics include likelihood estimation and testing; application of likelihood methods to linear and generalized linear models, including logistic, probit, generalized (multinomial) logit, Poisson, and negative binomial models; time-to-event (survival analysis) models; regression models for longitudinal data; and propensity score and Bayesian regression modeling.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT855 (PDF, 33416 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT865 Advanced Statistical Population Genetics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Rosenberg, Noah; Zoellner, Sebastian
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: It is an exciting time for research in population genetics. Technological advances are making it increasingly possible to obtain large numbers of genotypes from individuals in a population, and theoretical and algorithmic advances are improving the prospects for obtaining detailed inferences about populations and their evolutionary history. To make use of these dramatic advances in the field, it is important to understand the processes that act on populations and affect the properties of the genotypes that will eventually be drawn from these populations. In this course, by learning the mathematical models used in population genetics, students will learn how various population-genetic phenomena influence the properties of genetic variation. Students will also gain an understanding of the statistical methods used for analysis of population-genetic data. The course is split into two major sections. The first section covers classical population genetics, including subjects first introduced by RA Fisher and S Wright. We cover Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, natural selection in infinite and finite populations, stochastic effects in finite populations (drift), recombination and linkage disequilibrium, and admixture and population subdivision. Moreover, we cover the most commonly used models of mutation, such as the infinite sites model and the infinite alleles model. The goal of this section is to give students a broad understanding of the statistical principles underlying population genetics and to provide a connection between these classical results and modern challenges in statistical genetics. In the second section of the course we cover coalescent theory. We introduce the basic coalescent model for constant Wright-Fisher populations. We then introduce commonly used extensions of this model to scenarios with recombination, population expansion and population subdivision. We introduce methods of parameter inference based on these models, including both simple method-of-moments estimates as well as more sophisticated Monte-Carlo based estimation methods. The goal of this section is to give students the ability to design realistic simulation algorithms and perform population genetic inference. Classes on population structure and population admixture (~4) will be taught by Noah Rosenberg. In the biweekly homeworks, we expect the students to be able to apply and extend the presented theory. Early in the course, each student will select a topic for a project; the student is expected to work on this project throughout the semester and to give at the end of the semester a written project report and a 20-minute presentation on the results of his analysis. Typical projects are " Simulate a model of rare variants under mutation-selection balance and estimate power for rare variants testing methods. " Calculate the contribution of low frequency variants to heritability in structured populations " Perform a principal components analysis on genetic data " Explore recent resequencing data for signs of natural selection.
Course Goals: See course description
Competencies: See course description

BIOSTAT866 Advanced Topics in Genetic Modeling

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Abecasis, Goncalo
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Biostat 601, Biostat 602, Biostat 666 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Advanced topics in quantitative genetics with emphasis on models for gene mapping, pedigree analysis, reconstruction of evolutionary trees, and molecular genetics experiments, computational mathematics, and statistical techniques such as Chen-Stein Poisson approximations, hidden Markov chains, and the EM algorithm introduced as needed.

BIOSTAT870 Analysis of Repeated Measurements

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zhang, Min
Prerequisites: Math 417, Biostat 602, Biostat 651 and one of Biostat 690, Biostat 851, or Biostat 890
Description: Mixed model analysis of variance; multivariate profile analysis; linear mixed effects models with unbalanced designs, time-varying covariates, and structured covariance matrices; maximum likelihood (ML), restricted maximum likelihood (REML), and Bayes estimation and inference; nonlinear mixed effects models.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT870 (PDF, 27046 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, September 07, 2010)

BIOSTAT875 Advanced Topics in Survival Analysis

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Nan, Bin
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Biostat 675
Description: Lectures and readings from the literature on advanced topics in survival analysis. Covers regression for censored data, general event-history data and models, competing risks. Statistical, mathematical, and probabilistic tools used in survival analysis are extended for these general problems.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT875 (PDF, 45878 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT880 Statistical Analysis With Missing Data

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wang, Lu
Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and 651, and at least one of Biostat 690, Biostat 851, Biostat 890, or Biostat 895 or Perm Inst.
Description: Statistical analysis of data sets with missing values. Pros and cons of standard methods such as complete-case analysis, imputation. Likelihood-based inference for common statistical problems, including regression, repeated-measures analysis, and contingency table analysis. Stochastic censoring models for nonrandom nonresponse. Computational tools include the EM algorithm, the Gibbs’ sampler, and multiple imputation.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT880 (PDF, 27992 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT885 Nonparametric Statistics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Song, Peter Xuekun
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Biostat 601/602 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Theory and techniques of nonparametrics and robustness. M-estimation, influence function, bootstrap, jackknife, generalized additive models, smoothing techniques, penalty functions, projection pursuit, CART.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT885 (PDF, 39914 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT895 Analysis of Multivariate Categorical Data

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Song, Peter Xuekun
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Biostat 651 and Biostat 695 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Probability models for two-way tables; multi-factor, multi-response framework; product multinomial distribution theory; Taylor series estimates of variance, weighted least squares and Wald statistics; constraint equations; models for characterizing interactions; step-wise variable selection; factorial designs with multinomial responses; repeated measurement experiments; log-linear models; paired-choice and bioassay experiments; life-table models.

BIOSTAT896 Spatial Statistics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Berrocal, Veronica
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 601, BIOSTAT 602, BIOSTAT 650, BIOSTAT 653
Description: This course will introduce the theory and methods of spatial and spatio-temporal statistics. It will present spatial and spatio-temporal statistical models and will discuss methods for inference on spatial processes within a geostatistical and a hierarchical Bayesian framework.
Syllabus for BIOSTAT896 (PDF, 73370 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, February 21, 2012)

BIOSTAT990 Dissertation/Pre-Candidacy

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: (1-8 Full term, 1-4 Half term)
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted to status as a candidate.

BIOSTAT995 Dissertation Research for Doctorate in Philosophy

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Admission to Doctoral Program(1-8 Full term, 1-4 Half term)
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student who has been admitted to status as a candidate.

EHS500 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Basu, Niladri
Description: This course provides a broad overview of some of the most important and current challenges to human health from environmental and occupational risk factors while teaching the basic knowledge and multi-disciplinary skills used to assess, control, and prevent them. We will address specific threats, such as outdoor and indoor air pollution, toxic metals, pesticides, radiation and occupational stressors; analyze impacts on specific diseases and injuries, such as cardiovascular disease, asthma, cancer, musculoskeletal injuries and impaired child development;; and introduce emerging threats, such as the hormone-mimicing potential of plastic chemicals and the impact of global climate change on heat-related mortality and shifting patterns of infectious disease. Emphasis will also be given to understanding the worsening environmental health impacts of industrialization on developing countries, the effects of globalization, such as the growing movement of hazardous industries, products, and wastes across borders. and the rise of the environmental justice movement. The course fulfills the MPH core competency in environmental health and is also open to students in LSA and other UM graduate schools. A basic understanding (high school level) of human biology and chemistry is recommended.

EHS502 Environmental Health in Developing Areas

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Nriagu, Jerome
Description: The course provides a review of basic environmental health knowledge and skills and their applications in developing areas of the world; case studies from Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. Delivery will include lectures, reading assignments individual exercises, and term paper.

EHS504 Genes and the Environment

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Rozek, Laura
Prerequisites: None.
Description: In past years disease causation frequently was thought of as a "dichotomy" between genes ("nature") and the environment ("nurture"). More recently this view has been replaced with a more holistic perspective that emphasizes the importance of interactions between genes and environmental and/or occupational exposures. The focus of this course will be on interaction between genes and specific environmental and/or occupational exposures. The course will consist of detailed evaluation of specific examples of gene-exposure interaction (e.g., beryllium-related lung disease, peripheral neurotoxicity from organophosphate pesticides, bladder cancer and amine exposure) the underlying science of such examples, medical consequences, potential policy and social implications of current and future scientific knowledge, and review of current and pending legislation that address these issues. The course will meet for one two-hour session per week, and will be conducted in an advanced seminar-style format. Student will be expected to make presentations and lead discussion, in addition to presentations by faculty and outside guests. Student evaluations will be based on written reports, class participation and class presentation.

EHS506 Principles of Toxicology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richardson, Rudy
Prerequisites: Biology, Organic Chemistry, Grad Standing or Perm. Instr.
Description: Principles underlying the chemical, physiological and anatomical basis of toxicity. Dose-response relationships, toxicokinetics, and biotransformation, mechanisms of cellular injury and death, organ system toxicity, developmental toxicology, genotoxicity and toxicogenomics, and chemical carcinogenesis. Principles will be illustrated where appropriate with specific examples of toxicity from environmental contaminants and pharmaceutical agents.

EHS508 Principles of Risk Assessment

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Maynard, Andrew
Prerequisites: EHS 507, Epidemiology (concurrent enrollment acceptable) or Perm. Instr.
Description: This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to understand risk assessment methods. Students will understand the use and limitations of risk assessment in establishing exposure standards, acceptable concentrations, and the environmental criteria for hazardous substances that present a risk of carcinogenic or other health effects and the suitability of risk assessment for such purposes. The basic approaches to environmental risk assessment will be emphasized, including methods for identifying health effects, modeling of health effects, and derivation of risk estimates. Methods for dealing with uncertainties as well as limitations and criticisms of risk assessment methods will be discussed. Specific examples of risk assessments will be analyzed and critiqued.
Syllabus for EHS508 (PDF, 159896 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, January 24, 2012)

EHS509 Ecological Toxicology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Basu, Niladri
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: University level biology and chemistry
Description: 'Ecological Toxicology' is a graduate-level course designed to provide an understanding of how ecological receptors (e.g., fish, mammalian wildlife, birds) are exposed to contaminants and how these organisms toxicologically respond at multiple tiers of biological organization, from cells to individuals to ecosystems. Fundamental concepts in ecological toxicology (source, fate, transport, and toxicity of contaminants) will be covered from both a theoretical and applied perspective. These fundamental concepts will be reinforced by case studies that draw upon historical examples, contemporary topics, and the peer-reviewed scientific literature. The processes by which pollutants are tested, evaluated, regulated, and monitored to ensure ecological health will be critically examined. Humans are an integral component of the ecosystem, and this course will critically explore how ecological toxicology can be used to advance human health.

EHS513 Pathologic Basis of Disease

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: This course will examine the major pathological processes of humans and mammals elicited by chemical, biological and physical entities of interest to practitioners of Public Health. Specifically, the pathophysiological mechanisms of disease will be examined with a view to understanding the cellular, biochemical and molecular processes that cover injury, degeneration and regeneration.

EHS540 Maternal and Child Nutrition

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Cole, Suzanne
Description: Explores the nutritional requirements and support associated with the physiologic changes of pregnancy, lactation, and fetal, infant, child and adolescent growth. Review of recent nutrition issues and recommendations related to mothers and children.

EHS547 Food Science

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Aaronson, Susan
Offered every other year
Last offered Fall 2009
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry
Description: An examination of food composition and the chemical and physical changes that result from food processing, preparation and cooking. Discussion of foods as complex systems containing a wide variety of chemicals including nutrients, phytochemicals, functional ingredients, natural or transferred toxins and additives. Discussion of changes in chemicals with different types of food preservation. Consideration of health risks associated with dietary exposure to selected nutrients and other chemicals. Exploration of the role of sensory analysis related to food acceptance. Overview of important regulations related to the content of food products.

EHS550 Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Ahn, Kwangseog (Kwan)
Prerequisites: Grad Status or Senior Standing
Description: Discussion of the basic concepts of occupational and environmental hygiene; recognition and evaluation of chemical,physical and biological hazards; the human environment; control hierarchies, strategies and technologies; personal protection; criteria and standards; the international dimension; and ethical issues. The course provides basic underpinnings of the nature of theory and practice in occupational and environmental hygiene, and thus provides a structural framework for thinking about the field, identifying linkages between disciplines and specialties, and providing a platform for more advanced study in the individual areas listed. The course is offered as a three-credit course in both the regular term and in the OJ/OC format.

EHS556 Occupational Ergonomics

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter 2010
Description: Principles, concepts and procedures concerned with worker performance, health and safety. Topics include: biomechanics, job safety, anthropometry, work physiology, psychophysics, work stations, tools, work procedures, work standards, Musculoskeletal disorders, noise, vibration, heat stress and the analysis and design of work.

EHS570 Water Quality Management

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Xi, Chuanwu
Description: Principles of science and engineering used in the evaluation and control of water quality. Includes current legislation, types of pollution, sources and nature of pollution, introduction to water quality management practices, water supply and treatment, hydrologic concepts, effects of waste discharge on receiving waters, lake management, and water quality criteria and standards.

EHS572 Environmental Impact Assessment (NRE 514)

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Batterman, Stuart
Prerequisites: EHS 574, Grad Status
Description: A comprehensive framework for predicting and evaluating environmental impacts is presented. The course emphasizes the theory, application, integration and evaluation of models simulating transport and fate of contaminants in air, surface and ground water, and soil. Case studies and computer exercises demonstrate contemporary exposure and health risk assessment problems.
This course is cross-listed with NRE514 in the NRE department.

EHS574 Environmental Chemistry

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Nriagu, Jerome
Prerequisites: College Chemistry including Organic Chemistry and Calculus
Description: Environmental chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and soils. Review of physical and chemical hazards and sources, distribution, transformations, routes to man of environmental contaminants. Human exposure assessment procedures and applications in health risk analysis programs.

EHS576 Microbiology in Environmental Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Xi, Chuanwu
Prerequisites: Biology, Grad Standing or Perm. Instr.
Description: GGraduate level course on basic knowledge about microbes in the environment and its impact on public health. Topics will include: - introduction on microbiology; - growth and control of microbes in the environment; - characterization and identification of microbes in the environment; - biofilms and its control; - transmission and persistence of health-related microbes in various environments such as water, air, food, indoor and industrial settings; - microbial transformation of organic and metal contaminants in the environments; - spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment.

EHS578 Practical Projects

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: None
Description: Practical Projects in the application of theory and principles of Environmental Health Sciences in public health settings. Course requirements include an approved practical work experience related to Environmental Health Sciences in consultation with a faculty advisor. May be elected more than once. Enrollment limited to Environmental Health Sciences majors with at least two full terms of prior registration.

EHS581 Principles of Radiological Health

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter 2010
Prerequisites: Calculus
Description: Broad principles and practices of radiological health for environmental and occupational health generalists. Basic physics, measurement, control of radiation sources and bioeffects, risks, and control policies. Lectures and demonstrations.

EHS582 Principles of Community Air Pollution

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Dvonch, Tim
Description: Discussion of economic, nuisance, and health aspects, emphasizing sources, causes, effects, control measures, and the organization and administration of community control programs.

EHS583 Radiation Biology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Ljungman, Mats
Prerequisites: Biology
Description: Integration of current knowledge about radiation effects processes on mammals, with particular emphasis on mechanisms of radiogenic cancer. Quantitative evaluation of relations between characteristics of various radiation exposures and somatic and genetic effects in humans. Radiation protection and therapeutic measures. Lectures and a student research paper.

EHS585 Food Service Management

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter 2010
Prerequisites: Grad status
Description: This course examines the principles of food systems management, defing and applying management theories and functions in food and nutrition settings. Human, material and facility management will be discussed. Students gain an understanding of the tools available for managing effective and efficient food and nutrition organizations. Purchasing and inventory techniques will be examined. Using the foodservice systems model as a guide, it shows students how to transform the human, material, facility and operational inputs of the system into outputs of meals, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and financial accountability. This course will cover cost control, methods that are specific to managing food service operations, including food waste and theft.

EHS588 Environmental Law (SNRE 475)

Fall, Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Introduces students to Environmental Law and the impact of the legal process on decisions that affect the environment. Topics include common law tort actions, toxic tort actions, statutory controls of pollution and other environmentally harmful activities. Additional areas include administrative agency structure and performance, Constitutional rights to environmental quality and more.

EHS591 Equity Issues in Environmental Health

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Nriagu, Jerome
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: The course will examine equity issues in environmental health research and practice. Emphasis will be on the sources of inequity (specific environmental hazards), and documentation of environmental injustice using different spatial scales and time frames. It will provide a commentary on the desirability for affected communities to have meaningful input into the design and implementation of environmental health assessment, as well as in the use and communication of the results.

EHS600 Professional Perspectives in Environmental Health

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Maynard, Andrew
Prerequisites: Grad Status, Completion of approved internship, research or practical experience
Description: This project-oriented course provides the student the opportunity to integrate academic principles, practical skills and concepts in environmental health as related to the broader scope of public health. Students will carry out a 2 credit hour applied group project, having to synthesize their acquired knowledge from different courses and subplans to address real world problems. Students will provide oral presentation (intermediary and final) and written reports on the conducted project. This culminating capstone course will be elected during the professional students last fall term in residence.
Syllabus for EHS600 (PDF, 141280 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, January 24, 2012)

EHS601 Foundations in Environmental Health Sciences

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meeker, John; Peterson, Karen; Rozek, Laura
Description: This course provides the foundations to environmental health including toxicology, exposure assessment, risk analysis and nutrition sciences by addressing key concepts and fundamental competencies. Instruction is through a combination of lectures and in-depth case studies.
Course Goals: The goals of this course are to provide training in the core environmental health diciplines in preparation for upper-level coursework.
Competencies: 1. Apply knowledge of chemical properties and biological mechanisms to explain and predict responses to exposures and stressors, including direct and indirect effects on human health and safety. 2. Recognize adverse health consequences of common environmental, occupational and dietary exposures. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of research on causation in the identification, analysis and control of environmental hazards. 4. Specify and utilize exposure and health risk assessment methods. 5. Specify approaches to assess, prevent and control environmental hazards that are risks to human health. 6. Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of policies, laws, regulations and guidelines that are relevant to selected environmental health issues. 7. Facilitate risk management and risk communication. 8. Effectively communicate occupational, environmental and nutritional health information in written and oral communication forms.

EHS608 Environmental Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): O'Neill, Marie
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Epid 600 or 503, Biostat 553 or 503
Description: This course will serve as an introduction to topics in environmental epidemiology, covering major areas of current inquiry in this field. It will convey the basic tools required to critically read the literature and to develop appropriate study designs in light of intended applications. The class meeting will include lectures and student-led discussions. This course will review epidemiologic methods used in evaluating the health effects of physical and chemical agents in the environment and the available evidence on the health effects of such exposures. We will also consider policy and public health applications of the scientific evidence. Topics include lectures on methodology and major environmental exposures, discussions based on review and critiques of current literature, and presentations by outside experts on specific environmental epidemiology issues of current interest, followed by primary instructor-led discussion on the paper. After taking this course, students should have a better understanding of the scope, limitations, applications and future of environmental epidemiology.
This course is cross-listed with Epid 608 in the Epidemiology department.

EHS612 Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Harris, Craig
Prerequisites: Biol Chem 515 or equivalent, EHS 511
Description: The objective of this course is to provide an in-depth analysis of the biochemical and molecular pathways altered in cells and organisms through exposure to environmental and therapeutic chemicals. The content is directed toward the needs of doctoral and masters students in the basic biomedical sciences involved in laboratory research projects. Topics will cover areas of modern research emphasis and focus on how chemicals act to disturb cellular processes through interaction with cellular receptors, ion channels, transporters, signal transduction pathways, transcription factors, metabolic pathways, enzymes, cytoskeletal elements and other macromolecular targets. Specific information about the latest theories on the regulation and initiation of cell death, mediation of toxicity through hredox status and oxidative stress, mechanisms of carcinogenesis, genoxicity and immunotoxicology will also be discussed.

EHS615 Water Quality and Human Health in the Great Lakes Basin

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Basu, Niladri; Xi, Chuanwu; Dvonch, Tim; Nriagu, Jerome
Prerequisites: None
Description: The quality of Great Lakes Basin waters is threatened by toxic contamination from numerous sources transported in a variety of ways and transformed within the lakes in ways that can lead to serious but unpredictable effects on the health of individuals, communities, and ecosystems that depend on these waters. This course will provide a comprehensive review of available information on health risks associated with chemical and biological contaminants in drinking water supply systems, recreation water and freshwater food resources of the Great Lakes. It also addresses the bi-national agreements and programs aimed at sustaining and improving the quality of Great Lakes waters to enable new economic development opportunities while protecting the health and welfare of humans and ecosystems.
Course Goals: The overarching goals of the course are to provide the students with the knowledge and skills on how to characterize the sources, exposure, pathways, risks, associated body burdens, and potential human health effects from exposure to persistent toxic substances in the Great Lakes; identify human populations who may be at special risk of adverse health effects, particularly from consumption of Great Lakes sport fish; and obtain and critically review available information on control and management programs at the state, national and bi-national levels for critical drivers and risk factors of human and ecosystem health.
Competencies: The students that have taken this class are expected to be able to: C1. Find, compare, analyze and interpret available data on historical changes in water quality of the Great Lakes [Basic] C2. Articulate the principal sources of contaminants released into the Great Lakes; current trophic status of each of the Great Lakes in relation to their water quality; role that atmospheric deposition of toxic substances plays in degradation of water quality in the Great Lakes basin [Intermediate] C3. Evaluate the principal physical, chemical and biological processes that modulate the bioaccumulation and biomagnifications of toxic contaminants in the Great Lakes chain [Advanced] C4. Articulate the health issues involved in classifying the areas of concern (AOCs); can propose and defend the health criteria used for closure of Great Lakes beaches [Advanced] C5. Undertake an assessment of health risks associated with harmful algal blooms (HABs) and invasive species in the Great Lakes; collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams to address the likely impact of climate change on HABs expansion in the Great Lakes basin [Advanced] C6. Evaluate the health concerns associated with emerging contaminants of concern such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the Great Lakes [Advanced] C7. Undertake a benefit-cost analysis of the risks of eating fish from the Great Lakes especially for communities that are most vulnerable [Advanced] C8. Find, analyze and interpret the published information on measures of exposures and disease status in communities of the Great Lakes basin; critically assess the underlying causes of water-related disease outbreaks in the basin [Intermediate] C9. Articulate the effects of contaminants in the Great Lakes on wildlife populations and the limitations in extrapolating the information to the human population [Intermediate] C10. Apply the principles of virtual elimination of pollutants in developing possible toxic reduction strategies for the Great Lakes basin [Advanced]

EHS616 Introduction to Toxicological Pathology

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Physiology and EHS 511 or equivalent.
Description: This course will provide and introduction to the histologic damage produced by chemical toxicants. A combination of lectures, student-led discussions and slide-reading sessions will be used to integrate concepts of toxicological mechanism, physiology and pathologic outcome. Emphasis will be place on molecular methods and mechanisms used for the diagnosis and investigative toxicological pathology. The pathology associated with chemicals that damage the major organ systems of humans and mammals will be discussed. During the two credit hours of didactic class presentations student will lead discussions on the pathologic effects of chemicals on cells, tissues and organs and the pathophysiologic outcome. This course is intended for advanced graduate students in the life sciences.

EHS622 Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicology

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Harris, Craig
Prerequisites: Grad Status, Biochem 515 or equiv
Description: Integration and analysis of scientific information to enhance understanding and elucidate biochemical and molecular mechanisms in developmental toxicology. Course emphasis is on student discussions of the theoretical and practical aspects of embryology as related to biochemical, physiological and molecular mechanisms of embryotoxicity based on readings from the scientific literature.

EHS623 Mechanisms of Reproductive Toxicology

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Loch Caruso, Rita
Prerequisites: Grad Status, Biochemistry, Physiology
Description: Analysis and integration of scientific information to enhance understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of reproductive toxicity. Emphasis is on student discussion of theoretical and practical aspects of mechanistic studies based on assigned reading from the scientific literature.

EHS624 Mechanisms of Neurotoxicology

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richardson, Rudy
Prerequisites: Grad Status, Biochemistry, Physiology
Description: Analysis and integration of scientific information to enhance understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of neurotoxicity. Emphasis is on student discussion of theoretical and practical aspects of mechanistic studies based on assigned reading from the scientific literature.

EHS625 Environment and the Immune Response

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mancuso, Peter
Prerequisites: EHS 506, EHS 513, or permission of the instructor
Description: Environmental and occupational exposures to pollutants and toxicants in air, water, and food, whether synthetic or natural, influence human health by interacting with the hosts immune system. These exposures can either initiate or exacerbate human disease. The course will consist of detailed evaluations of papers, chosen by the students, that explore the impact of environmental and occupational exposures on immunesuppression, autoimmunity, or hypersensitivity. Students will lead discussions, make presentations, and write a grant proposal or a report.

EHS628 Toxicology Research Analysis and Presentation

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richardson, Rudy
Prerequisites: EHS627
Description: Presentations of research topics from current literature by first year students. Advisors will assist in selection and preparation of materials for presentation. Course is designed to develop oral communication skills for presenting scientific material to peer groups. Presentations followed by discussion and questions.

EHS630 Principles of Nutritional Science

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry, biochemistry or concurrent enrollment
Description: This course is the foundation of nutrition science and metabolism. Macronutrients, their function, metabolism and relation to health and disease are reviewed in detail. In addition, the digestion, absorption, transport, utilization and storage of nutrients in humans are taught. Lastly, this course aims to integrate biochemical and physiological aspects of energy and nutrient utilzation, nutrient interactions and metabolic regulation in humans.

EHS631 Metabolism of Vitamins & Minerals

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Cole, Suzanne
Prerequisites: EHS 630
Description: This course provides an in-depth introduction to vitamin and mineral metabolism with particular emphasis on factors that influence nutrient bioavailability, regulation of nutrient homeostasis, and biological function. Other topics include the health effects of inadequate and excessive micronutrient intakes, nutrient requirements across life stages, role of micronutrients in environmental exposures, and controversies/support for nutrient supplementation/fortification programs. The course will consist of lectures on the major metabolic topics for each micronutrient and discussions on nutrient-related health concerns from the current literature.

EHS635 Tailored Health Communications: From Theory to Practice

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: HBEHED 600
Description: This course provides students with hands-on experience in creating tailored health intervention materials. The course focuses on interventions designed to promote dietary behaviors; however, students are welcome to propose other health behaviors and environmental health topics for their class projects. This course pays particular attention to cultural tailoring, which considers the role of cultural factors in personalized health programming. The course first reviews the mechanisms behind tailored health behavior change, tailoring research to date, and the selection of target populations and health outcomes. During this time, each student will select a population and health outcome that he/she will focus on for all graded course assignments. Next, the course guides participants through the steps involved in creating a foundational survey for a tailored intervention. In the last part of the course, students will design tailored intervention materials using the Michigan Tailoring System (MTS) software, which is a free, open-source software program published by the University of Michigan Center for Health Communications Research.
Course Goals: The goal of this course is to provide students with hands-on experience in creating a tailored health intervention from start to finish, thereby both enhancing students' knowledge as well as giving them marketable skills and experience.
Competencies: This course addresses the following competencies: a. Apply qualitative research methods to understand health status and design and evaluate public health programs, including appropriate data collection and analysis techniques b. Translate research findings into public health practice, including dissemination of proven interventions c. Identify the ethical implications of emerging research, technology, and societal trends relevant to public health d. Describe the steps and procedures for planning, implementing, and evaluating public health programs e. Apply evidence-based approaches to the development and evaluation of public health programs f. Apply the appropriate intervention channel and strategy to specific public health problems and conditions g. Apply key principles of health communication in design of program content and format h. Design, implement, and evaluate culturally appropriate interventions for diverse individuals and communities
This course is cross-listed with HBEHED 635 in the SPH, Health Behavior and Health Education department.

EHS636 Clinical Nutrition I

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Han-Markey, Theresa
Prerequisites: EHS 630
Description: Study of clinical nutrition skills with an emphasis on disease pathophysiology and current intervention approaches. Basic nutritional approaches for management of various gastrointestinal diseases such as reflux, ulcer, inflammatory bowel and diverticular disease, rationale, and evidence for efficacy will be taught. Current controversies are briefly introduced. Clinical nutrition screening, assessment, use of clinical laboratory data, and physical assessment are also introduced. Medical nutrition therapy in various diseases incorporates case study instructional modules. Diseases covered include malnutrition, starvation, metabolic stress, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary and neoplasm.

EHS637 Clinical Nutrition II

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Han-Markey, Theresa
Prerequisites: EHS 636
Description: Applies nutrition support principles to various clinical disease states. Covers topics such as regulation of fluid and electrolytes in nutrition support, acid-base balance, and other aspects of parenteral nutrition. In addition, the pathophysiology and medical nutrition therapy for diabetes, renal and liver disease is taught.

EHS639 Pathophysiology of Obesity

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mancuso, Peter
Prerequisites: EHS 630, EHS 631, EHS 640
Description: This course provides a framework for understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of obesity and adverse health outcomes. Course lectures and discussions will include the contribution of physiologic and behavioral factors that influence appetite, food intake, and the development of obesity. Students will also be introduced to pathophysologic consequences of weight gain and the contribution of eating disorders in the development of specific diseases. The course content will emphasize the influence of physiologic factors that contribute to food consumption and the consequences of obesity.

EHS640 Nutritional Assessment

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Cole, Suzanne
Prerequisites: EHS 630, Nutrition Science
Description: Didactic and laboratory presentation of anthropometric, biochemical, dietary and physical activity methods for determining nutritional status across all ages of the life cycle. Students will have the opportunity to identify, plan, and implement a simple nutritional assessment research project, with subsequent data management, analysis and interpretation.

EHS642 Community Nutrition

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Cole, Suzanne
Prerequisites: EHS 630
Description: An analysis of community programs with primary attention on goals, objectives, implementation and evaluation. Individual’s work on a problem in the area of food assistance or nutrition education programs is carried out under the tutorial guidance of an appropriate staff member. Regular conferences are arranged to measure progress and a report is prepared.

EHS651 Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Program Management

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Adams, Paul; Meeker, John
Description: This course introduces future leaders of plant and corporate level occupational health, safety and environmental programs to the breadth of functions and activities routinely performed by OHSE managers. Among the topics discussed are: OHSE organization structure and staffing, management systems, program content and metrics, budgeting, risk management, incident investigation and management, emergency preparedness and response, regulatory compliance, legal systems, health and safety culture, and prevention through design processes.
Course Goals: Students who have taken this course are expected to achieve a set of learning objectives by acquiring knowledge about key concepts, principles, ideas and facts. In addition, they are expected to acquire a set of competencies reflecting skills relevant to the practice of occupational and environmental health. The following tables summarize these expectations.
Competencies: Describe the role and scope of OHSE programs (1) Implement OHSE audit programs and protocols, including conformance with ANSI Z10 and ISO 14000 requirements. (2) Develop and defend program budgets, and justify projects aimed at meeting OHSE objectives. (3) Write OHSE policies and action plans, and set measurable performance goals for organizations. (4) Understand and communicate effectively with insurance brokers and underwriters. (5) Participate effectively in workers compensation case management. (6) Conduct and evaluate basic accident/incident investigations. (7) Lead the development of simple emergency preparedness and response plans. 8) Describe regulatory processes and provide compliance advice to professionals outside of the OHSE domain. (9) Properly maintain an OSHA 300 log. (10) Describe basic legal proceedings and participate in lawsuit discovery processes. (11) Provide process leadership in product stewardship, prevention through design, and other engineering processes aimed at reducing hazard and liability exposures. (12) Identify factors affecting OHSE culture within an organization. (13) Develop a training matrix for an organization based on regulatory compliance and needs analysis. (14) Successfully manage a plant level OHSE program, or contribute significantly to the management of OHSE functions at the corporate level.

EHS652 Evaluation of Chemical Hazards

Fall term(s)
3-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2009
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in biostatistics course
Description: Concepts and techniques related to the evaluation of occupational exposures to gases, vapors, and aerosols. Emphasis on operating mechanisms and practical aspects of industrial hygiene air-monitoring equipment, characterizing exposure distributions, and developing sampling strategies. Lectures, laboratory exercises, demonstrations, problems, technical reports, and reading. Primarily for students in occupational health and safety.

EHS653 Environmental Sampling and Analysis Laboratory

Winter term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward
Prerequisites: EHS 652 or permission of instructor
Description: Laboratory and lecture course on equipment, instrumentation, methodologies, and strategies for measuring environmental chemical and microbiological contaminants. A primary emphasis is placed on air monitoring for human exposure assessment in the workplace and general environment. Dermal, surface, soil, and water contamination measurements are also covered. Lectures, laboratories, and demonstrations. Primarily for students in environmental health sciences with interests in occupational and ambient-environmental exposure assessments for regulatory compliance and epidemiologic risk estimation.

EHS654 Control of Exposures to Airborne Contaminants

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Ahn, Kwangseog (Kwan)
Prerequisites: Grad status
Description: Discussion of the principles of controlling airborne contaminants in working and living environments. It deals with general environmental and local exhaust ventilation for indoor spaces, filtration and emission control for the ambient environment, and personal respiratory protection. Specific topics include: basic properties of air and aerodynamics, and behavior of airborne contaminants; general dilution and local exhaust ventilation concepts, methods and design; fan performance and selection; air cleaning equipment; ventilation testing, OSHA and EPA standards, indoor air quality, and others.

EHS657 Advanced Exposure Assessment

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meeker, John
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: EHS507, BIOSTAT503/equivalent, EPID503/equivalent
Description: The course will introduce classical, contemporary, and cutting-edge approaches to the estimation of human exposure to environmental and occupational agents as it relates to epidemiology studies as well as risk science, regulatory compliance, exposure source/route apportionment, and susceptibility factors. Qualitative and quantitative methods in exposure science will be covered, including surrogate measures, exposure modeling, and biological markers of exposure, in addition to statistical concepts such as exposure measurement error and efficient study design.

EHS658 Physical Hazards

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meeker, John; Neitzel, Richard
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or Perm. Instr.
Description: Lectures, discussions, demonstrations on the health effects, measurements methods, regulations, and control technologies related to physical health hazards encountered in occupational settings, including temperature extremes, noise, vibration, and lasers and other forms of non-ionizing radiation (rf, microwave, IR, visible, and UV).

EHS660 Environmental Epigenetics and Public Health

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Dolinoy Cipolla, Dana
Description: This course examines the principles and applications of epigenetics and epigenomics as they relate to human nutrition, environmental exposures and disease etiology. Lectures will address epigenetic mechanisms, environmental epigenomics, and policy implications. Examples and case studies will evaluate these processes using both animal and human examples drawn from the primary literature. Students will also be introduced to current laboratory methods and emerging technologies for examining epigenetics and epigenomics.

EHS662 METHODS IN NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Villamor, Eduardo
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT513 or BIOSTAT 523 (or equivalent); AND EPID503 (or equivalent); AND PHYSIO502 (or equiv)
Description: This course focuses on the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic studies addressing diet, human health and disease. The course will review methodological issues in quantitative epidemiological studies, including dietary assessment methods, sources of variation in the diet, energy intake, measurement error, anthropometry and body composition, biomarkers of dietary intake, dietary patterns analysis, and gene-diet interactions. Students will advance their knowledge in nutrition research from a population perspective and gain experience in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of dietary intake data. Didactic lectures, active participation by students, computer exercises, and homework are utilized to allow students to gain hands-on experience on nutritional epidemiologic data analyses. Intended for second year graduate students (Masters and Ph.D.); knowledge in nutrition is highly desirable although not required.
Course Goals: The goals of this course include providing students with tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data on the effect of diet on human health and disease (see course description).
Competencies: C1: Suggest appropriate dietary assessment methods under different epidemiologic research scenarios / I C2: Identify sources of variation in dietary data / I C3: Perform epidemiological analyses of dietary data / A C4: Recognize and adjust for confounding by total energy intake when conducting epidemiologic analyses of diet and health / A C5: Identify body composition analysis methods for specific research scenarios / I C6: Critically assess scientific literature on diet and human health/disease / A
This course is cross-listed with EPID662 in the SPH - Epidemiology department.

EHS665 Communicating Science through Social Media

Fall, Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Maynard, Andrew
Prerequisites: This course is open to all first and second year SPH MPH students
Description: This course is aimed at teaching participants how to connect effectively with a non-expert audience when conveying complex science-based information using the medium of a public science blog. Through practical experience, analysis and reader-feedback, the course teaches communication skills that will be applicable to a wide range of situations.
Course Goals: Through the medium of a science blog, this course is designed to teach participants how to collate, synthesize and translate scientific evidence into information that a non-expert audience can access, understand and act on.
Competencies: C1: Critique and synthesize scientific evidence, including evidence review (HBHE Competency 3e) C2: Communicate complex information to a non-expert audience in writing, in a style that engages and connects with the reader. C3: Tailor public health communication content and style to different audiences by understanding where an audience is coming from and what they are looking for. C4: Use social media to engage effectively with stakeholders on public health issues. C5: Strike an appropriate balance between conveying information and providing expert opinion through communication C6: Translate research findings into public health practice, including dissemination of proven interventions (HBHE competency 3f)
This course is cross-listed with HBHED665 in the department.

EHS668 Professional Seminar in Occupational Health

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meeker, John
Description: Seminars in contemporary occupational health topics and issues. Presentations by noted authorities from industry, labor organizations, governments, and academia.

EHS670 Applications in Environmental Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: EPID 601, EPID 655, EHS 656
Description: Students will complete an independent reseach project under faculty supervision. Students will apply epidemiological and statistical methods to the analysis of data from epidemiological, exposure assessment or laboratory studies. This course focuses on the conduct of independent research and sceintfic writing under faculty guidance. Course must be elected for 3 credits. This course is the final course of three, in which students plan their field experience (EHS 659), complete their field experience and present a poster to the department (EHS 600), then conduct data analyses and prepare a research report (EHS 670). It is part of the Capstone experience for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Students.

EHS671 Air Pollution Chemistry (AOS 578)

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Tropospheric and stratospheric air pollution are discussed following a review of thermochemistry, photochemistry and chemical kinetics. Gaseous and particulate air pollutants are considered in terms of their origins and transformations.
This course is cross-listed with AOS578 in the AOS department.

EHS672 Life cycle assessment: Human health and environmental impacts

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jolliet, Olivier
Prerequisites: None
Description: This 3-hour course describes how consumption and products affect environmental risks and impacts on human health and on ecosystems. Based on a life cycle approach, this course will first provide an overview of the impacts generated by consumers and by the students themselves. How to carry out Life Cycle Assessment (LCA ) of products and services will then be presented. For the Life Cycle Impact Assessment phase, a special focus will be given to the characterization of comparative risks of toxics substances on human health and ecosystems. This leads to discussion of the potentials and limitations of LCA compared to other assessment tools such as risk assessment and environmental impact assessment. Practical case studies will be taken from multiple consumption domains, from agriculture and food production up to electronic services.
Syllabus for EHS672 (PDF, 37717 bytes, last modified on Friday, August 19, 2011)

EHS673 Epidemiology of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Villamor, Eduardo
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 553 or equivalent; EPID 503 or equivalent; PHYSIO 502 or equivalent
Description: This course will survey both classic and emerging literature describing the DOHaD paradigm from an epidemiological perspective. Discussions will emphasize methodological issues on DOHaD research, including study design, biases, data analyses, and scientific writing. The course will have a structured discussion and journal club format. In addition, each student will write a critical review paper on a DOHaD topic (or an original research paper if data are available).
Course Goals: The course will provide students with an opportunity to critically examine and discuss methodological issues around study design and analysis, to understand key concepts of the DOHaD hypothesis, to explore some of the biological mechanisms underlying the associations between early life exposures and later health, and to gain experience in writing a manuscript for publication.
Competencies: The students that have taken this class are expected to be able to: Identify sources of bias in DOHaD research and anticipate their potential effects on estimates of association Weight evidence on DOHaD according to the relative methodological strength of epidemiological reports Distinguish strengths and limitations of twin studies and randomized trials in DOHaD epidemiology Link indicators used in epidemiological studies with the underlying biological processes they intend to measure Integrate evidence from different sources into conceptual frames on DOHaD topics Understand different strategies for analysis of epidemiological data in DOHaD research Envision potential "next steps" to follow (what should be the next study) to build a complete conceptual frame on given DOHaD topics Structuring, writing, and preparing for submission an original research or review paper on DOHaD
This course is cross-listed with EPID 673 in the SPH - Epidemiology department.

EHS675 Data Analysis for Environmental Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Park, Sung Kyun
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 560 and EPID 503 or 600
Description: This course will introduce non-parametric smoothing methods, such as splines, locally weighted polynomial regression (LOESS) and generalized additive models (GAM), and focus on continuous environmental exposure variables. It will also deal with analysis of correlated data, including longitudinal analysis and time-series analysis that are widely used in environmental epidemiology. It will provide an opportunity to analyze actual population data to learn how to model environmental epidemiologic data, and is designed particularly for students who pursue environmental epidemiologic research. The course will consist of lectures and hands-on practices in computer labs, homework assignments and final projects. R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, will be used.
Syllabus for EHS675 (PDF, 31096 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, November 29, 2011)

EHS677 Physical Growth and Maturation

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Peterson, Karen
Prerequisites: BIOS 513 or BIOS 523
Description: This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and methods to assess human physical growth and maturational tempo from conception through adolescence and among women of reproductive age. The selection, measurement, and interpretation of anthropometric indicators of growth and maturational tempo are discussed in detail. Public health applications are considered, including the use and limitations of reference growth curves; population trends in obesity, maturation, and stature; growth monitoring in the U.S. and in international public health settings and environmental influences on physical growth and maturation. Students will gain technical expertise in basic analysis and interpretation of growth data from population studies.
Course Goals: Gain knowledge of principles and methodological skills to assess human physical growth and maturation in key lifecycle periods relevant to public health research and practice in international and US settings,with emphasis on environmental health sciences and human nutrition.
Competencies: Understand characteristics of reference growth curves in US and international settings that affect interpretation of physical growth patterns and status in individuals and populations Understand indicators of physical growth and maturation in different lifecycle periods from conception to early adulthood/reproductive age Analyze and interpret physical growth measures in infants, children and adults in univariate and multivariable models Critically review literature on physical growth and maturation Apply methods to assess growth and maturation for a selected public health research or program setting

EHS680 Environmental Management of Hazardous Substances

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Batterman, Stuart
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Contemporary and emerging approaches to pollution and waste management that integrate public health, engineering, economic, and regulatory factors related to hazardous substances. Presentation of site assessment, exposure and risk assessment, and permit application practices, impact assessment in pollution prevention, and risk-cost-benefit analysis. In-depth analysis of selected topics using case studies of ongoing or proposed actions.

EHS687 Computational Toxicology

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richardson, Rudy
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Introductory Toxicology
Description: Inquiry-based, hands-on problem solving in toxicology using computational approaches. After each lecture, students work in groups to solve toxicity-related problems in novel ways. Students will identify a problem, create a group project around the problem, and present a computationally based solution to the problem by the end of the semester.
Course Goals: 1. Present principles of computational toxicology 2. Present principles of predictive toxicology using computational tools 3. Provide opportunities for learning computationally based approaches for solving complex toxicological problems
Competencies: Students will be able to do the following: 1. Understand the basic principles of computational toxicology 2. Understand predictive toxicology using chemical structures and databases 3. Solve complex problems in new ways

EHS688 Topics in Environmental Health Sciences

Fall, Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Seminars in contemporary environmental health topics and issues. Presentations by noted authorities from industry, labor organizations, governments, and academia.

EHS697 Readings

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr
Description: Supervised study/review of a selected topic in environmental health, occupational health, nutrition and/or toxicology. May be elected more than once for a maximum of six credits.

EHS698 Research

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Original research investigation of a special topic in environmental health, occupational health, nutrition and/or toxicology. May be elected more than once for a maximum of six credits.

EHS699 Master's Thesis

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm of Thesis Advisor
Description: This course shall be elected by students enrolled in Master’s degree programs that require a formal written thesis as a condition of program completion. The thesis shall be defended in front of the student’s thesis committee. The course grade will reflect the student’s accomplishments relative to the thesis and its defense. The course is to be elected only once.

EHS717 Toxicological Pathology Laboratory

Fall, Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: EHS 616 or Perm. Instr.
Description: This laboratory course will provide an introduction to the histopathology associated with chemical exposures. Students will perform routine histological maneuvers on tissues from rats treated with “unknown” chemicals. Following microscopic inspection of tissues, students will describe the pathological process produced in each tissue and will identify the class of (or specific) chemical to which the organism was exposed.

EHS757 Occupational Health Aspects of Industrial Processes

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Ahn, Kwangseog (Kwan)
Prerequisites: EHS 550 or equiv and Perm. Instr.
Description: Observation and discussion of selected industrial processes, potential hazards, and controls. Potential hazards include chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic. Emphasis on application and integration of different aspects of occupational health management. Field trips to various industrial plants. Guest lectures and student-lead discussions. Intended for second-year Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine students.

EHS796 Special Topics in Environmental Health Sciences

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: None
Description: Lecture, seminars and readings selected on a current or emerging topic or theme in the environmental health sciences. The specific material and format will vary by semester and instructor.

EHS801 Research and Communication in the Environmental Health Sciences

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Basu, Niladri
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Description: 'Research and Communication in the Environmental Health Sciences' is an upper graduate-level course designed for Doctoral Students. Other students and post-doctoral fellows/auditors are welcome, if space allows. The course will cover research and communication skills essential to graduate school success and a professional career in the environmental health sciences. EHS 801 will consist of lectures, discussion sessions, journal clubs, homework assignments, group activities, and several presentations. Guest lecturers will include Departmental Faculty and University communication specialists. Students will be strongly encouraged to integrate their own dissertation aims into all aspects of the seminar.

EHS869 Doctoral Seminar in Occupational and Environmental Health

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richardson, Rudy
Prerequisites: EHS Doctoral Student Status
Description: Integrative discussions of dissertation research projects, presentation of research findings, in-depth literature reviews/critiques, and manuscript reviews in occupational and environmental health.

EHS899 Advanced Research

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Original investigations of a specific topic in environmental health, occupational health, nutrition and/or toxicology. Designed for doctoral students performing research prior to passing their qualifying exam. May be elected more than once.

EHS990 Dissertation/Pre-Candidacy

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral students not yet admitted to status as candidate.

EHS995 Dissertation Research for Doctorate in Philosophy

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral students who have been admitted to status as candidate.

EPID299 Independent Research for Undergraduates

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Marrs, Carl F; Staff
Last offered 2010-2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Students do an independent microbiology research project under the supervision of afaculty member in the Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology program.
Course Goals: To teach students how to carry out scientific research in microbiology.
Competencies: Students are judged in how well they carry out their research projects, the effort they put into the process, and their grasp of the larger research goals.

EPID399 Independent Research for Undergraduates

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Yang, Zhenhua; Marrs, Carl F; Foxman, Betsy
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr. and at least Junior status
Description: Students do an independent microbiology research project under the supervision of a faculty member in the Hospital & Molecular Epidemiology program.

EPID460 Introduction to Bacterial Pathogenesis

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Marrs, Carl F
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Introductory Microbiology and Biochemistry or Perm. Instr.
Description: This course covers the basics of the biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics of chemotaxis and flagella, pili and adhesins, extracellular proteases, bacterial toxins, invasion and intracellular growth, phase and antigenic variation, gene transfer, LPS, iron, M-proteins, capsules, chemotherapy, antibiotic resistance and global regulation of virulence elements.
Syllabus for EPID460 (PDF, 28117 bytes, last modified on Friday, July 23, 2010)

EPID503 Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kardia, Sharon; Aiello, Allison
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Biostat 503, Grad Status
Description: This course offers an introduction to the principles, concepts, and methods of population-based epidemiologic research. It is intended to be the introductory course for students who are NOT majoring in Epidemiology. The course will be divided into three primary sections. The first section will serve as an introduction to the basic principles of epidemiology and the measures used in epidemiology. The second section will discuss epidemiologic study design (including case-control, cohort studies) and analysis (including bias, confounding, effect modification). The third section will cover special topics that are important to an introductory understanding of epidemiology (including outbreak investigations, screening, and the role of epidemiology in public health.

EPID504 Polymicrobial Communities Laboratory

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Rickard, Alex
Last offered Faa 2011
Prerequisites: Permission of the Instructor
Description: This laboratory course provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with approaches and techniques to studying microbial diversity. Techniques to describe microbial diversity at the structural, behavioral, and ecosystem level will be addressed. Emphasis will be placed on approaches to understand diversity within the human microbiome and environmental systems as well as the interactions between them.
Course Goals: The course has three main goals: (1) Familiarize students with techniques to study the microbial diversity of the human body as well as the diversity of specific environmental systems that interact with the human body. These include drinking water biofilms and microorganisms in food. Research techniques that will be studied include culturing and sampling techniques, genetic approaches (e.g. cloning, 16S rRNA gene sequencing), microscopy and imaging as well as use of model systems such as Robbins devices and flow cells. (2) Introduce the concept of functional microbiomics, and describe and perform laboratory techniques to investigate microbial diversity. Approaches to discover and interrogate cell-cell interactions between microorganisms will be introduced. (3) Support students in the development of a model system or project in order to perform a discovery-based or hypothesis-based study of the microbial composition of an polymicrobial environmental sample.
Competencies: 2.A. Biological Variability Knowledge 1. The nature and complexity of inter-individual variability (biological, biochemical, and physiological) as it affects the study of a disease process. 2. D. Human Physiology and Pathology Knowledge 1. The biochemical and cellular basis for normal and pathological functioning 2. Interaction among anatomical systems and organs in health and disease. 3. The most important chronic, infectious, and degenerative diseases of humans in terms of the public's health 4. Pathobiology of major diseases integrated with the principles of epidemiology. 5. The impact of host characteristics (e.g., immune response, nutrition, presence of other diseases or infections) on disease outcomes
This course is cross-listed with Pilot course so not yet cross-listed but upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students from other departments will be considered. in the Pilot course so not yet cross-listed but upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students from other departments will be considered. department.

EPID505 Polymicrobial Communities in Human Health and Disease

Fall, Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Rickard, Alex
Last offered Fall 2011
Description: Regions of focus for the study of the human microbiome (image taken from http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/ ) This course provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with the concept that humans contain more than just an organized assemblage of mammalian cells. In addition to our human cells, there are numerous microbial inhabitants- many are bacteria. Indeed, on a per-cell basis, these bacteria outnumber human cells by at least an order of magnitude. How resident bacteria interact with one another and with transient (often pathogenic) bacterial species is important to understand because these interactions can promote health or potentially aid the transition towards disease. One such example of these interactive polymicrobial communities can be found in dental plaque, where 400 species of bacteria can cohabitate, and their physical and chemical interactions play a role in the colonization of pathogenic species. In this case, disease can be manifested as periodontitis. Other examples of microbial communities of the body that will be studied in this course include skin/wounds, the upper-respiratory tract, the gut and the urogenital tract. Overall, this course will describe the microbial ecology of the human body and driving forces promoting the transition from those communities associated with health to disease-causing communities. Special emphasis will be given to cutting-edge laboratory techniques when exploring the microbial ecology of the human body. This course will culminate with a broad overview of the current understanding of the human microbiome and potential associated social ramifications of future research.
Course Goals: The course has three main goals: (1) Familiarize students with the microbial ecology of the human body and highlight the recent National Institutes of Health strategic initiative that focused on the human microbiome (http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/). Special focus will be given to particular regions of the human body, including the oral cavity, respiratory tract, gut, urogenital tract and skin. (2) Introduce the concept of functional microbiomics and describe laboratory techniques to investigate the microbial diversity of regions of the body. Furthermore, approaches to discover and interrogate cell-cell interactions between resident and pathogenic species will be introduced. Research techniques that will be studied include classic genetic approaches (e.g. 16S rRNA gene sequencing), more complex genetic techniques (e.g. denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and metagenomic sequencing) and approaches to image in-vivo and in-vitro multi-species communities (e.g. electron microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy). (3) Support students in the development of a discovery-based or hypothesis-based study of the microbial composition of a particular region of the human body. This will be presented in the form of an original research proposal that will incorporate current findings from other human microbiome research and will use these findings to study the given region of the body in health and disease.
Competencies: 2. D. Human Physiology and Pathology Knowledge 1.The biochemical and cellular basis for normal and pathological functioning 2.Interaction among anatomical systems and organs in health and disease. 3.The most important chronic, infectious, and degenerative diseases of humans in terms of the public's health 4.Pathobiology of major diseases integrated with the principles of epidemiology. 5.The impact of host characteristics (e.g., immune response, nutrition, presence of other diseases or infections) on disease outcomes

EPID506 Health of Nations: Introduction to International Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Monto, Arnold S; Harlow, Sioban
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: This course presents an overview of mortality and disease occurrence in terms of geographic, cultural, nutritional and environmental factors. Reviews health indicators such as infant mortality and economic factors associated with development. Discusses health problems of developing countries and describes programs and organizations involved in addressing them. This course is required for students in the International Health track in Epidemiology but can also be taken by non International Health students.

EPID509 Evolution, Behavior and Public Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Foxman, Betsy
Offered every other year
Last offered Fall 2012
Description: This course will teach the core principles of evolutionary biology and the special challenges of applying them to problems in psychology and public health. The course will begin with the subset of core principles of evolutionary biology that have particular applications in psychology and public health. Some of the early classes will be divided into subsections so we can match teaching to the backgrounds of students from different areas. It will then survey the fast growing field of evolutionary medicine, what it offers to psychology and public health already, and new applications that are likely to be especially useful. Most of the detailed examples will be from infectious disease and evolutionary aspects of behavioral disorders and behaviors that influence disease susceptibility. The course will close by addressing the challenges of formulating and testing evolutionary hypotheses about why natural selection left our bodies vulnerable to diseases, emphasizing how new research questions emerge from an evolutionary perspective, and new methodologies for rigorously testing evolutionary hypotheses about disease. At the conclusion of the course, participants will understand how core principles of evolutionary biology have been and can be applied to public health problems, and they will have a moderately developed critical capacity for assessing research reports in the area.
Course Goals: Introduce students to basic principles of evolutionary theory, especially as they apply to health and disease, with special emphasis on infectious diseases and behavioral and mental disorders.
Competencies: Be able to define and give examples of the relevant core evolutionary concepts. Demonstrate familiarity with the techniques and methods used in evolutionary biology. Demonstrate ability to formulate and plan studies to test evolutionary hypotheses. Be able to critically review and analyze applications of evolutionary theory in the scientific literature.
This course is cross-listed with Psychology 515 in the LS&A department.

EPID511 Introduction to Public Health Genetics

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Richards, Julia; Marrs, Carl F
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Grad status or perm instructor
Description: This course is designed for those interested in a basic understanding of human genetics who have had only a very limited exposure to biologic sciences. This course will cover the basics of genetics at both the molecular and population level. In addition to the basic science, some ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics research will be examined. Examples relevant to public health will be emphasized.
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EPID514 Social Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff; Diez-Roux, Ana
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: EPID 503 (or equiv), Biostat 503 (or equiv)
Description: Considers the uses of epidemiology with emphasis on the social determinants of chronic diseases and premature mortality. Theoretical as well as methodological issues in conducting social epidemiology research are emphasized. Designed for graduate students who have prior familiarity with the basic principles and methods of epidemiologic research.
This course is cross-listed with HBHE 514 in the HBHE department.

EPID515 Genetics in Public Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kardia, Sharon
Last offered Winter 2012
Description: This course is designed for students with biology or genetics background, that are interested in understanding genetics in public health. This course will provide an in depth examination of genetics in public health including newborn screening diseases and practices, fundamentals of population genetics, and the genetics of common chronic diseases.

EPID516 Genomics in Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Peyser, Patricia A
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Epid 503 or equivalent; Epid 515 or equivalent; Biostat 503 or equivalent
Description: This course relates genomics to the core public health discipline of epidemiology emphasizing the use of genomics to help describe disease frequency and distribution and to gain insights into biological etiologies. Topics include genetic material in disease, in families and in populations; the investigation of multifactorial traits; model-based linkage analysis; model-free linkage analysis; segregation analysis; allele association and linkage disequilibrium; and gene-gene interactions and gene-environment interactions. Issues related to implementing studies are considered.

EPID524 AIDS: A Public Health Challenge

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Koopman, James S
Prerequisites: Upper Division or Grad Status
Description: Lectures will describe the fundamental issues necessary for understanding the public health crisis presented by the AIDS epidemiologic, including the virology of HIV, immune response and natural history, provision of care, prevention, legal/ethical issues. Includes opportunity for small group discussion of policy formulation. For those students satisfactorily completing a paper on a special topic in AIDS, an additional credit hour is available.

EPID525 Clinical and Diagnostic Microbiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Newton, Duane
Prerequisites: At least 1 prior microbiology course or permission of the instructor
Description: This course describes methods used by clinical and public health microbiologists to detect clinically relevant microorganisms in patient specimens, and how this information is used in patient management. Students will gain an understanding of processes by which microbiology data is generated and its relevance to clinicians and epidemiologists.

EPID530 Scientific Writing for Epidemiologists

Fall term(s)
2-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Herold, Kirsten
Prerequisites: none
Description: This course is an introduction to the production of scientific articles/writing in Epidemiology. Students will read articles from EPID journals and writing weekly assignments on a variety of topics. We will focus on the production on clear and concise prose that communicates complex ideas effectively to the reader.
Course Goals: At the end of the course, students should be able to: • Approach scientific writing tasks with confidence • Write effectively at various lengths and for various audiences • Understand the different components of the IMRAD format • Revise writing in order to improve correctness, clarity, and formality of expression • Strike an appropriate balance between developing scientific detail, while also keeping in mind the big picture/ larger relevance • Use outside sources correctly and effectively in establishing context • Collaborate with peers and instructor to define revision strategies for particular pieces of writing and to set goals for improving writing, and • Set individual goals for improving writing and devise effective plans for achieving those goals.
Competencies: The style conventions of scientific writing and oral presentations. Effective written communication for a variety of professional and lay audiences.

EPID545 Molecular Techniques Laboratory

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zhang, Lixin; Marrs, Carl F
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Molecular techniques used in bacteriology and molecular epidemiology. Techniques covered include PCR, gel electophoresis, recombinant DNA technology, microarrays, and bacterial typing procedures.

EPID550 Reproductive Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Harlow, Sioban
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter 2011
Prerequisites: Epid 600 or Epid 503
Description: This course will provide an overview of epidemiologic methods for the study of reproductive outcomes including menstruation, fertility, pregnancy loss, birth outcomes, and maternal morbidity and mortality. Measurement of these outcomes, problems of study design, selection of study populations, common biases and problems of sample size calculation will be covered. This course is intended for people with a basic understanding of epidemiologic methods. The course will be limited to a maximum of 20 students. Both male and female reproductive concerns are addressed as well as methodologic issues in domestic and international settings.

EPID552 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Tomey, KT
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: EPID 600
Description: This course uses a data-driven approach to assess the health status of populations, with students preparing and comparing health and demographic data collected from local health jurisdictions, the state of Michigan and the U.S. as a means of learning the Epidemiology of selected chronic diseases and conditions, e.g. heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and musculoskeletal diseases. Students are teamed with local public health practitioners who help provide the context for students to develop grants applications to address those chronic diseases which have been identified through the comparative data analysis as important and for which the student has learned the underlying biology and Epidemiology

EPID554 Introduction to Globalization and Health

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Robins, Thomas
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Description: This course will comprise the initial lectures and discussion of Epid 555, and we are requesting that this material be separated into a new one-credit course to be offered at the beginning of MPH training. The material is introductory, and explores the diverse health impacts of economic, environmental, and cultural globalization. The transnational movement of people, technologies, capital, commodities, toxins, pathogens, ideologies and treatments are affecting people's well-being through many pathways. The changing nature of global power relations and the shifting purvey of international organizations have also had significant health implications. Introductory lectures and discussion of readings will explore various topics related to these issues.
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EPID555 Globalization and Health

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L
Last offered Winter 2012
Description: This seminar explores the diverse health impacts of economic, environmental, and cultural globalization. The transnational movement of people, technologies, capital, commodities, toxins, pathogens, ideologies and treatments are affecting people's well-being through diverse pathways. Introductory lectures and discussion of readings will explore various topics related to these issues. We will study the forces of globalization, beneficial and harmful health impacts, role in economic development and resource distribution, and implications for public health practice.
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EPID560 Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Marrs, Carl F
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Grad Status and Intro Microbiology and Biochemistry or Perm. Instr.
Description: Microbial structures and their relation to basic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; structure, function, and genetics of bacterial toxins; and host resistance and immunity. Discussions of pathogenic organisms of major public health importance, diseases caused, and their epidemiology.
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EPID562 Advanced Bacteriology Laboratory

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
2-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: EPID 560 and EPID 561 or Perm. Instr.I
Description: Individual laboratory studies of selected topics on bacteria of public health importance. May be elected more than once.

EPID565 Research in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Investigation of a selected problem planned and carried out by each student. Pertinent literature, investigational approaches, and progress in the investigations are discussed in seminars. May be taken more than once for up to six credits. Usually taken first for one credit. This is the Capstone Course for Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology Students.

EPID578 Practical Projects in Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall 2011
Description: A period of elective (i.e., non-required) practical projects for international students in Epidemiology. Students work for at least eight weeks in an approved agency. Course requirements include this approved practical work experience related to the student's field of study plus prior and concurrent consultation with the student's faculty advisor. Restricted to Epidemiology majors with at least two full consecutive terms of enrollment.

EPID582 Molecular Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Foxman, Betsy
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EPID 503 or EPID 600; and EPID 515, or equiv
Description: The rapid development in molecular techniques since the early 1980’s has enhanced the ability of epidemiologists to define and measure both exposures and outcomes. In this course, we will explore the impact of these measures on the design, conduct and analysis of epidemiologic studies by examining successful and unsuccessful applications of these new measurement tools. We will also discuss the ethical issues arising from an enhanced ability to identify individuals with early stage of disease, increased susceptibility or to measure very low levels of exposure in the environment, and sensitize students to the potential conflicts in research ethics arising from collaborative research projects.

EPID595 Foundations of Dental Public Health

Fall term(s)
2-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Taylor, George; Sohn, Woosung
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is an introduction to the discipline of Dental Public Health and Dentistry as a part of the health care delivery system for all graduate students regardless of their backgrounds. This course presents an introduction of social and historical context for dental public health. It also provides a basis for the more detailed aspects of the discipline which are covered in other dental public health courses. Details of topics include the epidemiology oral diseases, issue of oral health disparities, the connection between oral and systemic/general health, delivery and financing of dental care delivery, issues with access to care, determinants of utilization of dental care services, and various methods and public health programs in prevention of oral disease and promotion of oral health.
This course is cross-listed with Dent_Ed 595 in the Dental School department.

EPID600 Introduction to Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Eisenberg, Joseph
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 503, 553 or another graduate course in basic statistics, which may be taken concurrently with EPID 600 is required.
Description: This course consists of lectures and discussion sections, and student lecture attendance is just as important as their participation in the discussion sections for course success. Each student is expected to attend one 1.5 hour lecture a week and one 1.5 hour discussion sections a week. All lectures are given by the instructor. The discussion sections are organized into four sections, each run by a graduate student instructor (GSI). Discussion sections will have two functions. (A)They include discussions of lecture material from that week's lecture, and (B)they will review the solutions to the assignments from the previous week. This course will be divided into three primary sections. The first section will serve as an introduction to the basic principles of epidemiology and the measures used in epidemiology. The second section will discuss epidemiologic study design (include case-control, cohort studies) and analysis (including bias, confounding, effect modification) and the third section will cover special topics that are important to an introductory understanding of epidemiology (including outbreak investigations, clinical trials, screening, and the role of epidemiology in public health).

EPID601 Principles and Methods of Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Morgenstern, Hal
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in Biostat 523 or equiv; Epid 600 or 503 is recommended but not required
Description: Epid 601 is a comprehensive course in the basic concepts, principles, and methods of population-based epidemiologic research, which serves as a foundation for subsequent courses in epidemiology, biomedical research, and quantitative methods. Class topics expand on those covered in Epid 600. Emphasis is given to study design, quantitative measures, statistical analysis, data quality, sources of bias, and causal inference. The general approach of this course is both theoretical and quantitative, focusing on the investigation of disease etiology and other causal relations in public health and medicine.

EPID602 Foundations in infectious disease transmission modeling

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Eisenberg, Joseph
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EPID 600, BIOSTATS 503, 553, or another course that provides a similar background in probability and statistics
Description: Infectious disease transmission modeling provides a theoretical framework for the field of infectious disease epidemiology, and therefore provides the basis for thinking about study design, data analysis, and decision making on public health policy questions. This course will serve as an introduction to infectious disease transmission modeling, teaching more quantitative concepts of disease transmission. It will cover the basic tools required to both critically read modeling papers and to develop and use models as research tools. Emphasis will be placed on using models to understand infectious disease processes and to evaluate potential control strategies. The class meeting will consist of both lecture material covering conceptual issues and a computer lab to apply these concepts using standard infectious disease models.

EPID604 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lisabeth, Lynda
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Concurrent or previous enrollment in Epid 600; limited to 2nd year MPH and PhD students
Description: Epid 604 is a 3-credit course designed to provde an overview of the major topics and issues in cardiovascular disease epidemiology including: 1) pathophysiology, 2) epidemiology of CVD (incidence, prevalence, mortality and morbidity) overall and in special populations, 3) major and putative risk factors for CVD including genetic, social and economic determinants, 4) methodologic issues in CVD research including surveillance and measures of CVD endpoints and relevant exposures, 5) major population-based studies of CVD in the US and globally, 6) primary and secondary CVD prevention, target groups for prevention, and community-based intervention studies, 7) treatment of CVD and major CVD trials, 8) CVD-related research occurring within the Department of Epidemiology.
Syllabus for EPID604 (PDF, 70395 bytes, last modified on Monday, September 13, 2010)

EPID605 Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: EPID 503 or EPID 600
Description: Introduction to disease and transmission characteristics, and the descriptive epidemiology of infectious agents. This course will help students to understand the theoretical basis of pathogen transmission and what factors determine patterns of disease occurrence. Students will learn how to apply this understanding to disease prevention and control.
Syllabus for EPID605 (PDF, 106415 bytes, last modified on Wednesday, January 04, 2012)

EPID606 Advanced Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Koopman, James S
Prerequisites: Epid 605
Description: This course focuses on how decisions regarding infection control are influenced by transmission dynamics. The use of simple point and click modeling strategies to inform such decisions is taught with the help of an introductory infectious disease modeling text. Students learn how to formulate and analyze both deterministic and stochastic dynamic system models of infection transmission. Students improve their intuitions in situations where uninformed decisions are often wrong. Control decisions relevant to vaccination, environmental interventions, sexually transmitted disease diagnosis and treatment, and exposure reduction are modeled. Only knowledge of simple algebraic principles is assumed. In class group decision exercises in computer modeling laboratories are the main mode of teaching. For a term paper students formulate and analyze models to inform control decisions for any infectious disease problem that interests them.

EPID607 Applied Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff; Boulton, Matthew
Last offered Winter 2012
Description: This course will address the role of the epidemiologist in the governmental public health practice sector. Emphasis will be on developing a comprehensive understanding of public health surveillance systems, notifiable diseases, case definition development, disease reporting and the use of immunizations and other immuno-biologics for pre and post-exposure prophylaxis with special attention given vaccine-preventable and sexually transmitted infections. The effect of changes in funding on the role of local, state, and federal agencies in epidemiology programs, disease surveillance and control will be discussed. Students will have an opportunity to visit the state public health laboratory in Lansing, participate in an outbreak investigation via distance technologies, and engage in active observership at a local health department immunization clinic.

EPID608 Environmental Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): O'Neill, Marie
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Epid 600 or 503, Biostat 553 or 503
Description: This course will serve as an introduction to topics in environmental epidemiology, covering major areas of current inquiry in this field. It will convey the basic tools required to critically read the literature and to develop appropriate study designs in light of intended applications. The class meeting will include lectures and student-led discussions. This course will review epidemiologic methods used in evaluating the health effects of physical, biological and chemical agents in the environment and the available evidence on the health effects of such exposures. We will also consider policy and public health applications of the scientific evidence. Topics include lectures on methodology and major environmental exposures, discussions based on review and critiques of current literature, and presentations by outside experts on specific environmental epidemiology issues of current interest. After taking this course, students should have a better understanding of the scope, limitations, applications and future of environmental epidemiology.
This course is cross-listed with EHS/EPID 608 in the SPH Environmental Health Sciences department.

EPID609 Vaccines in Public Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Yang, Zhenhua
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EHS 513 or equiv.
Description: Vaccines represent the most cost-effective medial intervention that has made a major effect on mortality reduction and population growth. This course will cover the epidemiological, statistical, biological, microbiologic, immunological principles, approaches and methods used in vaccine development and vaccination program design. Through a detailed discussion of the pathobiology, epidemiology, vaccine, and vaccination program design of a selected group of vaccine preventable diseases, the course will introduce the students to the major types of infectious diseases defined by the types of pathogens, the different transmission mechanisms of infectious diseases, the concept of population transmission dynamics, and the basic types of population effects of vaccination. Current issues and challenges in vaccine development and immunization practice will als be discussed.

EPID610 Epidemiology and Prevention of Oral Diseases

Fall term(s)
3-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sohn, Woosung; Taylor, George
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: None
Description: This is a comprehensive course in the philosophy, principles, and methods of study in the epidemiology and prevention of oral diseases and conditions. Topics related to the epidemiology of oral diseases include measurement techniques, risk factor identification, and disease distribution in populations. The scientific basis for procedures and programs to prevent oral diseases is also examined, with emphasis on public health applications. Topics related to the prevention of oral diseases include water fluoridation, other fluoride programs, pit-and-fissure sealants, diet, nutrition, oral hygiene, chemotherapeutics, and screening programs.
This course is cross-listed with Dent_Ed 620 in the Dental School department.

EPID612 Collection and Analysis of Dental Data

Fall term(s)
2-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sohn, Woosung
Last offered Fall, 2011
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: EPID 610 and Biostat 503
Description: This course is designed to provide students a practical knowledge and experience of data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and reporting of the results. The course will focus on analysis of oral health related measurements and the statistical analysis of dental data which are usually clustered because of the presence of multiple sites within a mouth. Analysis of complex health data (e.g., multiple and correlated data such as dental caries) and data from complex sample design will also be discussed. Particular attention is paid to the special problems presented by dental data in analysis and interpretation. Extensive use of microcomputers is required.
This course is cross-listed with Dent_Ed 622 in the Dental School department.

EPID614 Planning and Evaluating Field Experience in Dental Public Health

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Sohn, Woosung; Taylor, George; Staff
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: This is a field-experience/capstone course in dental public health. Individual arrangements and preparation for field experience are made with the guidance of the faculty advisor. Arrangements prior to the field experience include setting objectives; selecting the field site; appropriate reading assignments; and assessment of skills and knowledge needed. After the field placement, students submit a written evaluation of the experience to the faculty advisor, and prepare reports intended for publication. Students meet regularly with the faculty supervisor to assess progress throughout the project. May be elected more than once.
This course is cross-listed with Dent_Ed 624 in the This course in requested to be cross listed at the School of Dentistry department.

EPID617 Social epidemiology II: Social and economic determinants of population health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Aiello, Allison
Offered every four years
Last offered Winter 2008
Prerequisites: EPID 514 or permission of instructor
Description: This course rests on the premise that the study of the determinants of health at multiple levels, and their interrelationships, is essential in order to better explain, and potentially predict, the health of populations. Although this course is grounded in an appreciation for the contribution of different disciplines to the study of population health, it focuses on the particular role that epidemiologic perspectives and methods can offer to improve our understanding of population health. As such, this course will be divided into three primary sections. The first section will consider the notion of population health, what we mean by this, and how thinking about population health challenges some of the core methods, and assumptions, of epidemiology. The second section will consider some of the key potential macro-level determinants of population health, and consider the potential role of epidemiologic methods in studying these determinants. The third section will consider epidemiologic methods, their potential, and their limitations in defining population health, understanding its determinants, and assessing the mechanisms through which these determinants influence population health. This course is a combination of didactic lectures and student discussion.

EPID621 Cancer Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meza Rodriguez, Rafael
Prerequisites: EPID 600 or Perm. Instr.
Description: The course will review the socio-demographic magnitude of cancer, basic concepts of cancer biology and the causes of cancer. Methods for evaluating genetic factors, tobacco, alcohol, radiation, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, viruses and nutrition will be reviewed in lectures and by classroom discussion of selected publications.

EPID622 CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Soliman, Amr
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: EPID621 CO-REQUISITE
Description: The focus of the course is on epidemiologic, genetic, environmental, and lifestyle risk factors of cancer in international and ethnically-diverse populations. Topics will include in-depth discussion of incidence, mortality, and survival of cancer in special populations, distinct aspects of environmental, genetic, and lifestyle factors, and research methods for conducting epidemiologic studies on cancer in special populations.

EPID623 Nutritional Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EPID 503, EPID 600, Biostat 503, Biostat 523
Description: This course will include study in three major areas of nutritional epidemiology: methods of exploring nutrition-disease interrelationships, major epidemiological identified associations between nutritional status and health status, and implications for public health and public health policy in associations between nutritional status and health status.

EPID624 Readings in Epidemiology

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Review of literature on selected subjects under guidance of individual faculty members and through scheduled seminars at which reports are presented. May be elected more than once.

EPID626 Epidemiology, Health Services & Policy

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Morgenstern, Hal
Last offered Winter 2012
Description: This course deals with selected applications of epidemiologic methods and findings to public-health and clinical practice. Class topics include utilization and quality of medical care, health needs assessment, health impact estimation, evaluation and economic analysis of interventions, systematic reviews and meta analysis, risk assessment and health policy. The major objective is to provide a framework for integrating causal inference and decision making, thereby bridging the gap between science and practice. Emphasis is given to conceptual and methodologic issues that confront researchers, health planners, policy analysts, and decision makers.
Course Goals: 1. To provide a framework for integrating causal inference with decision making, thereby bridging the gap between science and both public-health and clinical practice. 2. To become familiar with different approaches for applying epidemiologic principles and methods to health-services, evaluative, and policy research. 3. To understand the barriers and challenges for translating epidemiologic findings into public policy.
Competencies: Following the completion of this course, the student will be able to perform the following activities at a basic level: collect relevant information and data to estimate the potential impact of a planned intervention on one or more health outcomes; design a study to evaluate the health effect and cost-effectiveness of an intervention in a target population; critique publications dealing with health-services, outcomes, or clinical research, based on sound scientific principles, and conduct a systematic review; and conduct an analysis of a policy that depends in part on epidemiologic evidence.

EPID631 TOPICS IN CANCER PREVENTION I

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Soliman, Amr
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: None
Description: This multidisciplinary seminar is taught by several faculty from the School of Public Health, School of Nursing, cancer center, and the Medical School. Each faculty member gives a presentation on a specific topic related to cancer epidemiology and cancer control and prevention. The presentation is followed by discussion of research articles that are passed to the students a week before the class date.
Syllabus for EPID631 (PDF, 36130 bytes, last modified on Monday, November 05, 2007)

EPID632 TOPICS IN CANCER PREVENTION II

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Soliman, Amr
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: None
Description: This multidisciplinary seminar is taught by several faculty from the School of Public Health, School of Nursing, the cancer center, and the Medical School. Each faculty member gives a presentation followed by discussion of research articles related to the presentation topic. Articels assigned by the presenters are distributed to the sutdents at least a week before the presentation date.
Syllabus for EPID632 (PDF, 28906 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, November 20, 2007)

EPID640 SAS for Epidemiological Research

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Adar, Sara
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 503 or 553
Description: This course teaches the fundamentals of data management, processing, manipulation, and critical review of data in SAS for epidemiologic and statistical analysis.
Course Goals: As a hands-on class, this course aims to teach the basics of SAS in addition to sharpening student's intuition about how to use, manipulate, review, interpret, and judge others' claims about data.
Competencies: 3.H. Computer Packages in Data Analysis Skill 1.Use of computer packages for data entry and data analysis, to include spreadsheets, SAS, SPSS, STATA, and Epi Info. 3.J. Data Management Knowledge 1.Different types of data (qualitative and quantitative), the scale used to measure the data (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales), and how the scale used relates to data coding, data entry, and generating a codebook. 2.Standard practices for data coding, data entry, generating codebooks for an epidemiological dataset, data verification, cleaning, and editing.

EPID650 Principles and Practice of Preventive Medicine

Fall, Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Boulton, Matthew; Wells, Eden
Prerequisites: none
Description: This course is intended to introduce preventive medicine residents and graduate students to the principles of preventive medicine and public health via a seminar approach.
This course is cross-listed with HMP 623 in the department.

EPID651 Epidemiology and Public Health Management of Disasters

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wells, Eden
Description: Introduction to the evolving role of public health and epidemiology in disaster preparedness and response. It uses epidemiological principles to develop skills relevant to disaster preparedness, planning and relief/recovery efforts. Students acquire skills to assess risk and evaluate impacts after disasters, and work on a local health department preparedness project.

EPID652 Applied Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Data

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Tomey, KT
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Biostat 510 and Biostat 523, and permission of the instructor
Description: This course provides an overview of nationally representative datasets (e.g. NHANES, BRFSS) and provides an introduction to specialized software procedures and statistical approaches used for the analysis of complex sample survey data. Students will develop research papers by identifying and refining research questions, evaluate those questions using data from NHANES, and then draw conclusions from their findings.
Course Goals: The course has three main goals: 1) familiarize students with national datasets that include health and other relevant data for epidemiologic study; 2) teach students how to work with complex sample survey data using SAS and other software applications with an appreciation of the general underlying statistical approaches used for estimates from these survey data; and 3) Develop a research paper describing a research question, results and discussion of those results.
Competencies: Students will complete the course with an understanding of the information available in large national datasets, how to analyze these data to taking into account the features of a complex sample design, how to conceptualize and refine and research question, how to analyze this question, how to present research findings, and how to draw appropriate conclusions from their results.

EPID655 Field Studies in Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Aiello, Allison; Mendes de Leon, Carlos; Park, Sung Kyun
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EPID 600 or Perm. Instr.
Description: Formulation of study goals, selection of epidemiologic parameters, sampling strategies, questionnaire design and administration, database construction, entry and validation, interpretation of univariate and bivariate results. Student groups design and execute a pilot field study.

EPID656 Applied Epidemiologic Data Analysis

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Baylin, Ana
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Epid 600 and concurrent/previous enrollment in Biostat 560; or permission of the instructor. This course is intended for second year MPH students in the Department of Epidemiology and students in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology program.
Description: Epid 656 is a one-semester practicum in epidemiologic data analysis designed to integrate and apply concepts learned in previous biostatistics and epidemiologic methods courses. Students learn practical skills to analyze and interpret epidemiologic data with continuous and dichotomous outcome variables through lectures and hands-on exercises.

EPID657 Field Internship in Epidemiology I

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: INDI, Grad Standing and Perm. Instr.
Description: Students register for one credit hour with a faculty member who serves as the departmental internship advisor. Coursework involves identifying and applying for an internship, attending required sessions on Human Subject IRB approval processes and attending a planning session for the EPID 658 presentation to be done the following Fall Term.

EPID658 Field Internship in Epidemiology II

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Last offered Fall 2011
Description: Presentation, analysis and discussion of student field experience in Epidemiology. Students present a written abstract, visual presentation and oral report on an aspect of their internship experience at the departmental poster session. Students must also complete an evaluation of their internship experience.

EPID659 Applications of Epidemiology

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
2-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EPID 601, EPID 655, Perm. Instr.
Description: Application of epidemiological methods and concepts to analysis of data from epidemiological, clinical or laboratory studies. Introduction to independent research and scientific writing under faculty guidance. May be elected more than once for a total credit of not more than four hours. Course must be elected for a total of 4 credits; either elected for 2 credits each during 2 different terms or for 4 credits during a single term. This is the Capstone Course for General Epid and International Health Students.

EPID662 Methods in Nutritional Epidemiology

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Villamor, Eduardo
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 513 or 523 or 553 or equivalent; EPID 503 or EPID 600 or equivalent; PHYSIO 502 or EHS 513 or equivalent.
Description: This course focuses on the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic studies addressing diet, human health and disease. The course will review methodological issues in quantitative epidemiological studies, including dietary assessment methods, sources of variation in the diet, energy intake, measurement error, anthropometry and body composition, biomarkers of dietary intake, dietary patterns analysis, and gene-diet interactions. Students will advance their knowledge in nutrition research from a population perspective and gain experience in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of dietary intake data. Didactic lectures, active participation by students, computer exercises, and homework are utilized to allow students to gain hands-on experience on nutritional epidemiologic data analyses. Intended for second year graduate students (Masters and Ph.D.); knowledge in nutrition is highly desirable although not required.
This course is cross-listed with EHS 662 in the department.

EPID664 Field Methods in Epidemiology for Developing Countries

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Harlow, Sioban
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Epid 503 or Epid 600
Description: This course is developed for students and researchers interested in pursuing collaborative epidemiologic research in international settings. The course will focus on steps and procedures for setting up and conducting international epidemiologic studies. Topics will include relationship between research groups and host country policy makers and collaborators, cultural and logistical differences between research studies in the U.S. and international settings. Other topics will include developing and maintaining research infrastructure, research design, field operations, anticipated obstacles, monitoring, ethical and IRB requirement for international studies, funding, and plans for maintaining future collaborations. Occasional guest lecturers, actively involved in international epidemiologic research will be integrated into the syllabus.

EPID665 Research Seminar in International Health

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Harlow, Sioban
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.; restricted to 2nd year Epidemiology International Health MPH students
Description: The seminar provides a forum for the discussion of capstone research projects in international health. Students in both the General Epidemiology and the Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology tracks of the International Health Program present their research findings. In addition, the seminar includes presentations of international health research by other speakers from the University and elsewhere.

EPID666 Health and Socioeconomic Development

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Stein, Howard
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: Reviews links between health conditions and socioeconomic development in low-income countries and trends in health and development indicators; socio-economic determinants of health, including poverty and income, education, nutrition, fertility, and culture and behavior; impact of globalization in terms of neo-liberal policies, trade and capital flows and the urbanization and their growth of the informal economy; examines the effects of health changes on economic growth and development.
This course is cross-listed with 662 in the CAAS department.

EPID673 Epidemiology of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Villamor, Eduardo
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 513 or 523 or 553 or equivalent; EPID 503 or EPID 600 or equivalent; PHYSIO 502 or EHS 513 or equivalent
Description: This course will survey both classic and emerging literature describing the DOHaD paradigm from an epidemiological perspective. The course will have a structured discussion format.
This course is cross-listed with EHS 673 in the department.

EPID675 Data Analysis for Environmental Epidemiology

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Park, Sung Kyun
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: BIOSTAT 560 and EPID 503 or 600
Description: This course will introduce non-parametric smoothing methods, such as splines, locally weighted polynomial regression (LOESS) and generalized additive models (GAM), and focus on continuous environmental exposure variables. It will also deal with analysis of multi-level data including analyses of longitudinal data and complex sampling data, and time-series analysis that are widely used in environmental epidemiology. The course will cover how to handle limits of detection in environmental exposure data. It will provide an opportunity to analyze actual population data to learn how to model environmental epidemiologic data, and is designed particularly for students who pursue environmental epidemiologic research. The course will consist of lectures and hands-on practices in computer labs, homework assignments and final projects. R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, will be used.
This course is cross-listed with EHS675 in the Environmental Health Sciences department.
Syllabus for EPID675 (PDF, 31096 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, November 29, 2011)

EPID680 Hospital Epidemiology I

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Yang, Zhenhua
Description: The course provides an overview and essential knowledge in hospital epidemiology. It covers healthcare associated infection surveillance, prevention, and control, healthcare outcome assessment, and healthcare employee health promotion. The course also discusses important emerging issues in healthcare settings, which include antibiotics resistance, emerging infectious diseases, and biological disaster preparedness.

EPID681 Hospital Epidemiolgy II

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Chenoweth, Carol
Prerequisites: EPID680
Description: This course will provide skill in use of surveillance techniques for HAIs, concepts of asepsis, disinfection and sterilization evaluation. Students will have opportunities to work through real-life experiences in infection control, including communicable disease exposures, outbreak investigation, biodisaster exercises, risk assessment in the healthcare setting and infections in special populations.
Course Goals: Course Goals: 1. Expose students to knowledge necessary to work in healthcare infection prevention and control. 2. Allow students to develop marketable skills essential to infection preventionists.
Competencies: By the completion of the course the student will have: 1. Understanding of the modes of transmission, risk factors, and appropriate interventions for prevention of HAIs 2. Knowledge of principles of effective hand hygiene, isolation systems, barrier control programs 3. Knowledge of surveillance systems used in hospitals and ability to use surveillance definitions to identify HAIs 4. Ability to analyze surveillance data to develop infection rates, identify clusters and work through an outbreak investigation 5. Understanding of role of aseptic technique, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization and ability to assess the adequacy of these procedures 6. Knowledge of how HAIs may present differently in specialized patient populations.

EPID682 Current issues in Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Foxman, Betsy
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Description: Seminar providing a forum for discussing current topics in molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. Required for students in the interdisciplinary program in infectious diseases. This course can be taken more than once for credit.

EPID791 Intermediate SAS for Epidemiologist

Summer term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Welch, Kathy
Prerequisites: Familiarity with SAS at the level of EPID 759 Introduction to SAS.
Description: This workshop will discuss SAS commands for data management, including rearranging data from "Wide" to "Long" format for use in longitudinal analysis; the inclusion of lags in a data set; adding counts of cases to a data set; removing duplicate cases; and aggregating cases across groups. Merging data containing individual values with tables containing summary statistics (e.g. merging patient data with zip-code or census-tract data) will be discussed. These topics will involve the use of arrays and do-loops in SAS. We will touch very briefly on SAS macros. Prerequisite: Familiarity with SAS at the level of Epidemiology 759: Introduction to SAS.
Course Goals: To give the students information and practical hands on experience in how the SAS data step works so that they can become more proficient in using SAS for data base manipulation.
Competencies: Participants will understand the basics of how the SAS data steps works. They will be able to write simple do loops and array statements to modify data sets. They will be able to restructure a SAS data set from Wide to Long form to wuse with longitudinal data analysis. They will be able to use the Lag function to find previous values of a variable in a longitudinal analysis. They will understand the basics of SAS macro variables, how to write a simple SAS macro and how to utilize a pre-written SAS macro.

EPID802 Computer Simulation of Epidemiologic Processes

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Koopman, James S
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: EPID 503 or EPID 601 or equiv and Perm. Instr.
Description: This course deals with dynamics of disease in populations. The student learns how to construct simulations of disease processes in populations using deterministic, continuous state space, computer simulation software. Using these simulations the student learns how the parameters of causal models relate to epidemiological parameters and the statistics that are commonly calculated from epidemiological data. The simulation capabilities acquired are intended to improve the student’s ability to develop and evaluate causal models and explore the consequences of specific theories. Temporal and exposure group patterns in non-communicable disease are emphasized. An introduction to communicable disease transmission system analysis is also presented.

EPID804 Population Health and its Determinants

Fall term(s)
2-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L; Mendes de Leon, Carlos
Offered every year
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Description: This seminar, involving considerable reading, will introduce students to the emerging area of scholarship and research on the determinants of Population Health and its trends. The focus will be on patterns of health in populations seen from the integration of core findings on inequalities in health, race/ethnicity, community and spatial aspects of health, behavioral and psychosocial factors, lifecourse perspectives, stress biology, and policy/intervention. Thus the seminar will concentrate on multi-level approaches to important health issues. The course is open by permission of the instructors to participants in the Health and Society Scholars program, and advanced doctoral students in public health and other fields.
This course is cross-listed with SOC 595 in the LSA/Sociology department.
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EPID805 Research Seminar in Social Epidemiology and Population Health

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Offered every year
Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor based on evidence of current research involvement in field
Description: This course is designed for advanced MPH students and doctoral students who are currently conducting research in the area of social epidemiology/population health. It provides an ongoing venue for the discussion of research ideas, presentation of interim results, problem-solving necessary for the conduct of the research or the interpretation of results, and discussion of findings. Students are exposed to this process in the consideration of their own work, as well as that of post-doctoral and faculty researchers.

EPID807 Controversial topics in nutrition

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Baylin, Ana
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: EPID 503 or 600 or 601, and BIOSTAT 503 or 513, or 523 or 553
Description: This public health-oriented course will provide students the opportunity to advance their knowledge in nutrition research from a population perspective. Through discussion of controversial topics we will review what is currently hot in nutrition research, from dietary guidelines and food policy to clashing views in nutrition research including methodological issues.

EPID811 Critical Appraisal of Epidemiologic Studies

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Kardia, Sharon
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: Doctoral standing or Perm. Instr.
Description: This course will act as the introductory epidemiologic course for doctoral students enrolling in the epidemiology Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. The course will proved a unifying examination of epidemiological constructs and their application to the critical evaluation of the literature. Topics will include: Importance of causal relationships; study designs that can demonstrate and test causation; interpretation of results from causation; selection of study subjects; error and bias in observation; confounding and chance variation; combination of results from several studies using several methodologies.

EPID812 Critical Appraisal of Pathobiology

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Baylin, Ana
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2011
Prerequisites: Epidemiology PhD precandidate
Description: This course is for doctoral students in the Epidemiology department that are preparing for the Preliminary Examination. This course will integrate basic concepts of disease mechanisms with the biology and epidemiology of representative human diseases. Students will be required to give a presentation on a selected topic.

EPID813 Advanced seminar on public health and aging

Fall, Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mendes de Leon, Carlos
Prerequisites: Doctoral standing at UM with training in research methods and statistics in relevant disciplines.
Description: This course provides advanced training in aging research pertaining to the public health and well-being of older adults. It will cover a variety of substantive and methodological areas in aging-related epidemiologic research and geriatrics. Selection of specific topics will in part depend on the interests of participating students.

EPID814 Topics in epidemiologic analysis

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff; Diez-Roux, Ana
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Prerequisites: EPID601 BIOS560
Description: This pilot course will focus on selected theoretical and methodologic issues related to the analysis of epidemiologic data with the purpose of drawing causal inference. The topics covered will include long-standing fundamental issues as well as new techniques or novel epidemiologic applications of methods used in other disciplines. The course will consist of 14 three hour sessions. Each session will include a brief didactic presentation of the key issues for the session by the instructor followed by a structured small group and class discussion of a selected reading or readings.

EPID816 Tuberculosis: Pathogen, Host and Environment

Fall term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Yang, Zhenhua
Offered every other year
Last offered Fall 2012
Prerequisites: EPID 605, 609 617 or any other infectious disease course.
Description: Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest diseases in the world. Social and operational factors, the growing AIDS epidemic, and increasing drug resistance have dramatically compounded the tuberculosis crisis. This course will review the history, epidemiology, biology, pathogenesis, and clinical management of tuberculosis. It will examine the current issues related to tuberculosis and discuss the complex mechanisms that contribute to the almost unparalleled impact of tuberculosis on global health in the past and present time, including the impact of the emergence of AIDS epidemics. Each session will include a one-hour didactic presentation of the specific topic for the session by the instructor followed by a structured class discussion of reading(s) relevant to the session-specific topics that address emerging methods. In the last session, the students will be asked to present their research proposals on an infectious disease of their primary interests using the concepts and methods learned in this class. While the focus of the lectures will be centered on tuberculosis, the discussions will address the application of general concepts in infectious disease.

EPID822 Malaria and other important vector-borne diseases

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2009
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Epid 602, Epid 605 or equivalent; EHS 513 or equivalent
Description: Infectious agents transmitted by arthropod vectors produce an enormous disease burden worldwide, especially in underdeveloped countries. Malaria alone kills more than one million people each year, mostly children, and results in 42 million DALYs lost. This course is designed to investigate the epidemiology of malaria and other important vector-borne diseases that principally affect poor people living in tropical countries. The complex interactions influencing transmission dynamics, including immunologic, ecologic, economic and social factors are explored. Options for treatment, prevention and control involving vectors, parasites and human behavior are examined. Analysis also considers the role of other infections, including HIV, as altering transmission and disease. Class sessions will include a brief didactic presentation of the key issues for that topic followed by a structured discussion of selected readings.
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EPID888 Nutrition and Infectious Disease

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L; Villamor, Eduardo
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: x
Description: This seminar is designed to explore the complex biologic, social, and economic interactions among nutrients and pathogens as they affect the epidemiologic patterns of a wide range of conditions. Critical discussion of research readings that range from molecular pathophysiology to policies affecting food access and pathogen exposure will consider study designs, treatment interventions, and larger prevention and policy issues at multiple levels. Class sessions will include a brief presentation of the key issues for that topic followed by a structured discussion of selected readings. Active student participation is essential.
Course Goals: Impart basic information on the multiple levels of factors (biological, social, economic) from various disciplines that affect individual- and population-level disease patterns. Present past insights from previous research that have helped to explain these patterns. Encourage students to creatively tackle the many unanswered questions that involve cross-disciplinary approaches and multiple drivers. Challenge participants to recognize the difficulties in causal inference and to develop new research strategies and analytical approaches to address this problem. Stimulate thought into larger policy issues and eventual public health implementation.
Competencies: Students should gain the following competencies from this course. Develop a solid knowledge base of the types of malnutrition and recognized infectious disease associations. Understand how diverse interactions influence the pathophysiology resulting from undernutrition and microbial infections. Recognize the complex cause-effect relationships between nutrient abundance and infectious agents. Learn details about specific infectious diseases that have particular recognized links with malnutrition. Appreciate the intervention programs that have previously been implemented to address problems of undernutrition and associated infections. Acquire skills in designing appropriate research for evaluating epidemiological patterns arising from these complex dynamics. Critical appraisal of global policies and institutions aimed at reducing nutrition-infection disease.
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EPID890 Doctoral Seminar in Epidemiology

Fall, Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Winter 2012
Description: Students will give a 50-minute presentation as part of the departmental seminar series. One faculty member will work with student in developing seminar and then critique it afterwards.

EPID891 Advanced Readings in Epidemiology

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Winter 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Students will review assigned readings on the epidemiology or natural history of specific infections or chronic diseases or on host or environmental factors associated with disease, or on epidemiological methods and their application. May be elected more than once

EPID970 Pre-candidacy research in Epidemiology

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall 2011
Prerequisites: Doctoral Student in Epidemiology Standing
Description: Original investigations in the various fields of Epidemiology as part of the student's preparation for their dissertation research and writing.

EPID990 Dissertation Research/Pre-Candidate

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall 2011
Description: For students who have NOT reached candidacy yet.

EPID995 Dissertation Research/Candidate

Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer term(s)
8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall 2011
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral student who has been admitted to status as a candidate

HBEHED516 Global Health Anthropological Perspectives (Anthro 416)

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2011
Description: Master's level lecture course designed to provide an extensive overview of the major initiatives and issues in global health over the past three decades. Anthropological perspectives on and critiques of international health development programs will be emphasized. Readings will focus on examples of anthropology in global public health, and written reactions to these readings, along with two objective exams, will form the basis for course grading. The course constitutes an elective for students in the developing Global Health IC, and will be cross-listed as an upper-division undergraduate course in the Department of Anthropology (LS&A). Although anthropological perspectives will be emphasized no prior anthropological coursework or competencies are expected of students.
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HBEHED517 Integrative healthcare, complementary therapies and alternative healing

Winter term(s)
3-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Moriarty, Katie
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines principles, practices, uses and outcomes of integrative healthcare, complementary and alternative therapies. Overview of the field with a focus on popular modalities. You learn to use evidence-based criteria to evaluate risk/benefits of selected therapies. Integration of practices will be examined along with ethical, legal and professional issues.
Course Goals: LECTURE/SEMINAR At the completion of the course, the student will be able to: 1. Discuss the history, cultural context and current use of alternative healing; 2. Analyze the empirical and scientific basis of selected complementary therapies; 3. Identify psychological, cultural and spiritual dimensions of alternative healing; 4. Use evidence-based reasoning to evaluate the efficacy, outcomes, cost, and patient satisfaction of selected complementary therapies; 5. Evaluate strategies for incorporating complementary and alternative therapies into clinical practice; 6. Analyze the role of the health professional in relation to patients' decision-making and use of alternative therapies. Mind Body Skills Groups OBJECTIVES Students will learn to: 1. Use mind-body techniques as a means of stress management 2. Expand their level of self-awareness and ability to practice self reflection 3. Identify mind-body techniques that may be helpful for specific health conditions 4. Understand the importance of each person's individual history, experience and capacity for personal growth during healing. 5. Describe the theory and research basis for selected techniques in mind-body medicine
Competencies: HBHE COMPETENCIES ADDRESSES 1) Describe the role and interaction of key determinants of health status, health behavior, and health behavior change from a biopsychosocial perspective across the lifespan a. Describe the impact of age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, culture, and biology on health status, health behavior, and health behavior change 3) Apply basic principles of research and evaluation methodology relevant to understanding and modifying health status and health behavior b. Apply quantitative methods, e.g., behavioral surveys and biometrics, to understand health status and design and evaluate public health programs, including appropriate data collection and analysis techniques d. Describe the basic principles of study design including interpretation of alternative hypotheses and threats to internal and external validity e. Critique and synthesize scientific evidence, including evidence review f. Translate research findings into public health practice, including dissemination of proven interventions
This course is cross-listed with NURS516 in the department.

HBEHED530 Techniques of Survey Research

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Morrel-Samuels, Palmer
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2010
Description: Techniques of sample interview surveys developed through lecture, research literature, discussion, and experience in design, including sampling considerations; questionnaire construction and interviewing; coding; processing, including adaptation to machine methods; and application, presentation, and evaluation of results. Emphasis on health surveys. A research project is developed as part of the course.

HBEHED540 Fundamentals of Reproductive Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Anderson, Frank J.
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: Recommend prior human physiol course
Description: The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of reproductive health, in the USA and internationally. The course will introduce students to historical trends in the global burden of reproductive ill-health, the social ecology of reproductive risk, clinical health practice, and current controversies in policy and practice. Through a comparative look at reproductive health needs (e.g. maternal morbidity, contraceptive use, STI care and HIV-related services), in a range of diverse social settings, we will critically examine the logic and impact of current international standards for RH policy and practice.

HBEHED550 The Challenge of HIV/AIDS: Strengthening Health Systems in Resource-Poor Settings

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Snow, Rachel
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: Over 40 million people are currently infected with HIV, with over ¾ of these living in the poorest countries. While new drugs and social interventions in the North are preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission, and have substantially reduced AIDS-related morbidity and mortality, similar interventions are making limited headway in resource- poor settings – especially those most severely affected by HIV/AIDS. Failure is in part due to funding, but more often a consequence of the underlying weakness of health systems. This course will address the operational and social challenges of implementing HIV prevention and care where health and education systems are weak, and political structures fragile. We will critically evaluate a wide range of health and behavioral interventions that have failed or succeeded in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, and explore “why things work”, and attempt to identify models of “best practice” for diverse settings. We will review emerging opportunities posed by the Global Fund and the Millennium Development Goals to use HIV-related donations to leverage improvements in the overall health sector in poor countries.

HBEHED578 Practical Projects

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: None
Description: Practical projects in the application of theory and principles of Health Behavior and Health Education to individual and community-based public health settings. Course requirements include an approved practical project related to Health Behavior and Health Education in consultation with a faculty advisor. THE EXPERIENCE IS REPORTED IN AN INTEGRATIVE PAPER DEMONSTRATING THE SCIENTIFIC APPLICATION OF HBHE THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES TO THE PRACTICAL PROJECT. May be elected more than once. Enrollment limited to Health Behavior and Health Education majors with at least two full terms of prior registration.

HBEHED600 Psychosocial Factors in Health-Related Behavior

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Bauermeister, Jose
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Description: Psychological and social determinants of health, illness, and sick role behavior, emphasizing the decisional bases for health-related actions. Critical review of models of health behavior. Role of social communication and influence processes in health decisions. Application of concepts from behavioral science to a variety of health problem areas.

HBEHED603 Population Change: Gender, Family & Fertility in Africa and Asia

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Snow, Rachel
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor required.
Description: This seminar will review causes and consequences of recent demographic change in Africa and Asia, highlighting emerging trends in gender, family formation and fertility. An exploration of general global and regional trends will be followed by in-depth case-study of five countries: India, China, Burkina Faso, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In each case we will reflect on the relative contributions of demographic pressure, population policies and programs, the international womens movement, and the continuing AIDS epidemic, to the observed trends in sexual behavior, gender norms, marriage, and fertility.

HBEHED605 Human Sexuality across the Life Course

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Bauermeister, Jose
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: This course is designed to provide students with an introduction of the major theories and principles guiding human sexuality as well as recent developments in sexuality health research; develop their understanding of methodological and assessment issues in the study of sexuality; and familiarize them with the extent to which sexuality research and principles inform public health efforts promoting sexual health. Students who successfully complete this course will be able to identify and critically assess: (1) major concepts, theories and perspectives guiding a multidisciplinary understanding of human sexuality; (2) recent developments in sexuality research; (3) methodological aspects in the study of sexuality; and (4) how sexuality research informs public health practice and sexual health education strategies.
Course Goals: This course is designed as an introductory course in human sexuality. Throughout the term, students will learn the major theories and principles guiding an understanding of human sexuality as well as recent developments in sexuality research; develop an understanding of methodological and assessment issues in the study of sexuality; and apply sexuality research and principles to inform public health efforts. This knowledge is considered critical to the development of effective public health behavior and education programs focused on sexual health.
Competencies: This course addresses HBHE Competency #1: Describe the role and interaction of key determinants of health status, health behavior, and health behavior change from a biopsychosocial perspective across the lifespan. Through assignments and their final project, students will be expected to: (a) describe the epidemiology of a sexual health problem; (b) identify its biological, behavioral, social and educational aspects; and (c)review, select, and apply theoretical constructs for predicting and changing a health behavior related to their outcome of interest. This course also addresses Competency #4 (Describe and apply ethical principles relevant to public health research and practice) and Competency #6 (Describe and apply the knowledge and skills necessary to interact with diverse individuals and communities). Given the diversity of populations represented in the course, as well as the sensitivity of the sexual health topics addressed in class, students will be encouraged to value sexual diversity, and describe how empirical research and evidence-based practice addresses ethical issues related to the promotion of the public's sexual health and to the practice of sexual health education as a profession. Through active class participation and the facilitation of course readings, these conversations will serve to develop students' perspectives on their professional rights, obligations, and role as a sexual health educators.
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HBEHED606 Psychosocial Change, Health Behaviors and Chronic Disease Transition: A Global Perspective

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): De Vogli, Roberto
Prerequisites: Second year graduate students or permission of instructor.
Description: This course focuses on psychosocial and behavioral risk factors for chronic diseases using a multilevel global perspective. It will first focus on the worldwide rise of chronic diseases. It will then turn on global patterns of the major behavioral, psychosocial and economic determinants of chronic diseases.
Course Goals: To introduce researchers and health promotion specialists to the dynamics of change in chronic diseases, health behaviors and psychosocial conditions in the context of economic development and globalization.
Competencies: To demonstrate competency in this area, students should: a) Be able to describe patterns of change in chronic disease, health behaviors and psychosocial factors from a global perspective; b) Develop a multilevel theoretical framework explaining how societal factors are linked to health behaviors, psychosocial factors and chronic diseases; c) Explain major global patterns of change in health behaviors in the context of the main social and psychological changes associated with the worldwide diffusion of economic prosperity and globalization; d) Identify multiple level interventions aiming to reduce the growing burden of chronic diseases and promoting wellbeing.
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HBEHED610 Issues in Public Health Ethics

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Roberts, Scott
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: This course will address a range of issues in public health ethics. The first part of the course will provide an introduction to key ethical frameworks and concepts relevant to public health, and it will describe the overlap and distinctions between public health and medical ethics. The remainder of the course will use a case-based approach to considering ethical dilemmas in several domains, including the following: 1) resource allocation and distributive justice; 2) questions of autonomy and paternalism; 3) health promotion & disease prevention; 4) clinical care; 5) research ethics; and 6) emerging issues in public health ethics. The course will use a blend of lectures and group discussions to consider topics of interest. Students will play an active role in researching, presenting, and writing up case studies that will be used to illustrate ethical concepts and conflicts and to facilitate class discussion.
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HBEHED613 Men's Health Disparities

term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall, 2010
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: N/A
Description: Men's health disparities is an emerging area of research that examines how the gendered nature of society differentially influences men's health. The field of men's health includes the investigation of: (1) conditions that are unique to men, (2) diseases or illnesses that are more prevalent in men, (3) health problems for which risk factors are different in men, and (4) health issues for which different interventions are required for men. While gender has been identified as a critical factor in women's health, the social and cultural construction of gender and its implications have not garnered as much attention in men's health.

HBEHED614 Women's Health and the Timing of Reproduction

Winter term(s)
3-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Geronimus, Arline T
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Applies a systems perspective to examine the personal, social, and cultural factors that influence the age at which women initiate childbearing and the implications of these factors for the health of women and infants. Topics include teenage childbearing, Black American fertility patterns, infant mortality, ethnographic and other research methods, and related policy issues. Reviews current, historical, and cross-cultural examples. Students apply course concepts and methodologies to specific research and policy questions.

HBEHED616 Sex, Gender & Vulnerability

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Snow, Rachel
Prerequisites: none
Description: In this seminar students will review a range of health outcomes for which males and females (globally) have a greater than 20% differential in total burden of disease, and explore the extent to which these differentials reflect underlying genetic differences between the sexes, or differences in gendered social experience. Starting with a critical review of burden of disease (BOD) data sources, students will gain familiarity with the sources, strengths and limitations of these data (i.e. source of disability weights, debates over age-adjustment and discounting), and gain confidence using regional and global disability-adjusted life year (DALY) data. The majority of sessions will focus on a specific health outcome with a significant sex-based differential in the global DALY, such as TB, blindness, HIV, unintentional injury, depression, interpersonal violence, lung cancer, and several others. For each condition, the class will review the patho-physiology, and the extent to which sex differentials are attributable to genetic sex, or to gendered experience, a complex interplay of both, or unknown. Students will undertake a class project on a given health condition - including a data report on sex differentials in prevalence or incidence, a diagnostic presentation attributing vulnerability to genetic sex, gendered experience, or both; and a gendered critique of prevailing interventions to prevent or reduce the health condition. The seminar should provide students with a sound diagnostic perspective on how to investigate the social versus genetic causes of " illness inequality", strengthening both their theoretical and methodological public health training.
Course Goals: Goals of the course include to: 1) Familiarize students with the burden of disease data sources, their critical limitations, and public health value; 2) Impart up-to-date information on the biology of sex differences in human physiology and patho-physiology for select health conditions; 3) Expose students to case material illustrating the diversity of ways in which gender is manifest in different cultural spaces, and how gender norms can both harm and protect health; 4) Cultivate skills for the critical evaluation of interventions; 5) Strengthen theoretical and methodological training in "illness inequality".
Competencies: The following HBHE competencies (Nov 21, 2008 version) will be addressed: 1. a, b, c, d; 2. a, b, c, d, f; 3. b, d, e, g, 8. a, b, c, e;

HBEHED620 Behavioral Research Methods in Public Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Morrel-Samuels, Palmer
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Description: Principles of design of behavioral research on public health problems and programs. Objectives, philosophy, and methods of science including causal inference, the role of hypotheses, criteria for establishing adequate hypotheses, research designs and data collection techniques. Formulation of a research problem within a program setting.

HBEHED621 Seminar in Behavioral Research Methods in Public Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Krause, Neal M
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: HBHE 620 or equiv.
Description: Intensive analysis of selected topics; characteristics and advantages of alternative types of studies; purposes of various experimental designs; development of methodology for program evaluation; interviewing and questionnaire construction and problems in analysis of data, with particular emphasis on problems of spuriousness

HBEHED622 Program Evaluation in Health Education

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Janevic, Mary
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: Biostat 503 or equiv. and a course dealing with health education program development
Description: Examination and application, through a series of exercises, of several program evaluation models relevant for health education, including the goal attainment, goal-free, systems responsive, and decision-theoretic models, with emphasis on both process and impact analysis. Design options for measuring program effect, with the associated threats and external validity, are discussed, and several basic statistical techniques are reviewed and examined in terms of their applicability to program evaluation, including sampling and sample size determination for both surveys and experiments.

HBEHED623 Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Neighbors, Harold
Last offered Fall, 2008
Description: This course focuses on how public health has responded to the unique health and mental health problems of ethnic "minority" groups with emphasis on African Americans. The course focuses on various models of mental disorder and how those models are operationally defined in community and clinical studies, with particular attention paid to group differences in diagnosis and epidemiologic case-finding. Emphasis is also be placed on risk and protective factors such as stress, social support, identity, discrimination, acculturation, and coping capacity.
This course is cross-listed with 602 in the Social Work department.

HBEHED624 Need Assessment Methods for Behavioral and Educational Health Programs

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course is for the student who is interested in gaining knowledge and skills about different methodological approaches to conducting public health needs assessment. The course reviews the use of both methods of primary data collection (e.g., structured surveys, focus groups, and key informant in-depth interviews) supplemented by the use of secondary data (e.g., agency, state or national statistics, archival, and census data). The course emphasizes feasible, practical and inexpensive methods for assessing community needs and assets. The Public Health Needs Assessment will be conceptualized as a research methodology and process for development and prioritizing behavioral and educational health programs. The major emphasis of the class is placed upon "real-world" needs assessment projects conducted by students (working in groups) for local community-based and public health organizations and community residents in the Southeast Michigan area. This course includes an in-field lab component: five-sessions will be conducted working on primary and secondary data collection projects at community organization sites.

HBEHED625 Research in Health Behavior

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm. Inst.
Description: Individual work on a problem in the area of health behavior relevant to program effectiveness in public health, under the tutorial guidance of an appropriate staff member. Regular conferences are arranged to discuss research designs, proposed problem solutions, methods for data collection and analysis. The investigation is reported in a paper, which may be submitted for publication. May be elected more than once.

HBEHED627 Chronic Illness Interventions: Infancy to Young Adulthood

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Connell, Cathleen
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: This course examines intervention efforts aimed at the self-management of chronic illness from a lifespan perspective with a focus on infancy, childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks for viewing chronic illness in the context of individual and family development will be discussed. Specific examples of health education interventions for selected chronic illnesses and school-based approaches to cardiovascular risk reduction will be examined. The appropriate developmental tasks and psychosocial and cognitive stages for individuals and their implications for the self-management of chronic illness will be described. The format of the course will rely heavily on structured and informed discussion. A brief overview will be provided each week, followed by exchange generated by discussion questions for each week's reading assignments as well as small group exercises. Student presentations based on a wide variety of chronic illnesses will be scheduled throughout the course.

HBEHED628 Chronic Illness Interventions: Midlife to Older Adulthood

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Connell, Cathleen
Last offered Winter, 2011
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Description: This course examines intervention efforts aimed at the self-management of chronic illness from a lifespan perspective with a focus on midlife and older adulthood. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks for viewing chronic illness in the context of individual and family development will be discussed. Specific examples of health education interventions for selected chronic illnesses will be examined, including diabetes, arthritis, asthma, health disease, COPD, and HIV/AIDS. The appropriate developmental tasks and psychosocial and cognitive stages for individuals and their implications for the self-management of chronic illness will be described. The impact of comorbidity, depression, coping, resilience, social support, and self-efficacy on self-managment and the role of family caregivers will be discussed. The format of the course will rely heavily on structured and informed discussion. A brief overview will be provided each week, followed by exchange generated by discussion questions for each week's reading assignments as well as small group exercises. Student presentations based on a wide variety of chronic illnesses will be scheduled throughout the course.

HBEHED629 Families and Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Chatters, Linda
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: This course will examine families as a primary context for understanding health and health-related behaviors. Major topics include: 1) models and theories of the family, 2) history and current status of family-based practice, 3) the impact of demographic trends and their impact on family structure and functioning, 4) family diversity with respect to social status groups, ethnicity, and culture and their implications for understanding health phenomena, 5) families as the context for socialization to health beliefs and practices, 6) the provision of family-based care, and 7) health profiles of family members and their family roles.
This course is cross-listed with HB727 (School of Social Work) in the School of Social Work department.

HBEHED630 Aging and Health Behavior

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Connell, Cathleen
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Graduate standing
Description: This course provides an overview of trends in aging and health with a particular focus on health behaviors and health promotion. Age-related changes in health and health behavior and the impact of societal and personal attitudes toward aging on health behaviors will be discussed. Successful aging, an emerging paradigm for gerontology, will frame discussion of strategies for facilitating optimal health behaviors among older adults. Current recommendations and practices and multi-level interventions will be presented for physical activity, smoking, obesity, weight management, nutrition education, immunizations, and cancer screenings. Recent evidence of the impact of health behaviors on brain health and the prevention of cognitive decline will be discussed.

HBEHED631 Budget Practices in Health Education Programs

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Description: Budget practices in Health Education Programs provides an introduction to budgeting and other administrative skills and strategies relevant to managing public health education programs. Students will receive practical experience in understanding the terms, concepts, strategies, and practices associated with developing and managing budgets, investigating funding sources, and preparing grant proposals., In addition, students will be introduced to human resource issues such as successful hiring and interviewing techniques and managing time effectively. Sessions will include such topics as: “Deconstructing the Budget” (understanding the terminology and concepts of budgets); “Building a Budget: What You Need, and How Do I Justify It?” (Planning for and explaining what you’ll need to fund a program); “Managing a Budget: Where Does the Money Come From and Where Does It Go?” (How to research and apply for funding opportunities and how to manage the funds once you get them); and “Between the Proposal and the Final Report: Priority Setting, Time Management Skills, and the Hiring Process” (including experiential sessions on developing effective strategies for setting and adjusting to daily and weekly priorities; managing your time effectively, and recruiting, interviewing, and hiring the right staff for your program.)

HBEHED632 Racial/ Ethnic Health Disparities Research and Interventions

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: N/A
Description: The primary objective of this one-semester, three-credit course is to provide a forum for reviewing and critically analyzing basic issues in conducting research on racial and ethnic health disparities and to help students become educated consumers and producers of scientific work characterized under this umbrella.

HBEHED633 Social Networks and Social Support in Health Education

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Caldwell, Cleo
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr. and Grad Status
Description: Review and analysis of theory and empirical evidence concerning social networks and social support and their relationship to health status and health behavior. Examines utilization of social networks in health education programs, e.g., family network interventions, self-help groups, "natural helpers", community organizing.

HBEHED636 Qualitative Methods and Participatory Action Research

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Israel, Barbara
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr. and Grad Status
Description: Examines when and how to use appropriate methods of qualitative data collection (e.g., structured and unstructured interviews, observations, group interviews) and data analysis (e.g., constant comparative method, coding schemes, theme memos). Research design issues will be discussed along with the use of qualitative data for health education theory building and program planning. Emphasis will be placed on the use of qualitative methods within a participatory action research framework.

HBEHED638 Qualitative Methods in Public Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Winter, 2012
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor
Description: This is a course about doing qualitative social research in public health. One of its major goals is very practical and down to earth: acquiring the strategies and techniques needed to conduct qualitative research on human behavior. But the course also aspires to understand the philosophical, ethical, and political issues involved in the practice of social science within public health. The course will focus upon five phases of the research process: l) pre-research dilemmas and decisions, 2) theory and the formulation of the research question or hypothesis, 3) design, sampling, and data collection, 4) stages of data analysis, and 5) the implications of qualitative knowledge for representation of "subjects" and the expression of this knowledge in the form of written reports or publications.
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HBEHED640 Community Organization for Health Education

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Israel, Barbara
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2008
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr. and Grad Status
Description: Examines social and structural factors associated with health and illness; concepts and theories regarding planned change and community; and models and principles of community organization practice for health education. Several models of community organization are analyzed along the dimensions of: community diagnosis needs assessment, selection and implementation of action strategies, evaluation research, role of the professional and ethical considerations.

HBEHED641 Materials and Methods in Health Education Programs

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: The goal of this course is to enable participants to select and use learning materials and methods in health education programs. The course consists of in-class sessions where various materials and media are demonstrated and their utility as enhancements to learning discussed. Technical and production aspects of materials and media are considered in several lab sessions. Students are required to produce health education materials or develop learning activities through fieldwork in addition to in-class and lab sessions.

HBEHED644 Readings in Health Behavior and Health Education

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Review of literature on selected topics in health behavior, health education or related areas under guidance of faculty member. Critical analysis; written and oral reports. May be taken more than once for a total not to exceed 6 credit hours.

HBEHED650 Power and Social Justice in Global Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): De Vogli, Roberto
Prerequisites: No Prerequisites
Description: This course introduces researchers and health educators to critically examine how global social, economic, and political forces influence health and health inequalities between and within countries. The central focus of this course is to understand the mechanisms by which the distribution of power and economic resources globally and nationally affects the health status of nations and social groups. By emphasizing a broad integrative framework based on power and social justice, this course will help health educators to better understand the forces that have widened health and wealth inequalities worldwide and within societies. By looking critically at key points of conflict between interest groups in society, this course will also provide researchers and health educators with conceptual and analytical tools to understand the context within which health promotion interventions are designed and implemented. Finally, by unveiling the upstream causes of global health, this class will encourage students to envision social and community actions that can promote global health and a fairer distribution of power and wealth at the local, national or international level.
Course Goals: To introduce researchers and health promotion specialists to relations of power and issues of social justice explaining wealth and health inequalities at the national, regional and global level.
Competencies: At the end of the course, students will be able to: a) Define concepts, theories and the major players in the field of global health; b) Understand global trends in health and wealth inequalities between and within countries; c) Describe and know how to access major global databases on health and macro social and policy indicators; d) Analyze the critical role of the UN, WHO, international financial institutions and transnational corporations in the field of global health; e) Examine how theoretical frameworks of political economy, empowerment, social justice and community organizing can be used in global health promotion; f) Describe and contrast policy reforms and proposals to promote a fairer distribution of power, wealth and health at the global level; g) Critically examine the role of global civic society in bringing about changes in democracy, social justice and global health.
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HBEHED651 Program Development in Health Education

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Focuses on design of effective learning programs: specification of objectives, selection and organization of learning activities, and program assessment. Moves between theoretical bases for program development and examination of applications. Initial sessions focus on framework for development of health education. Subsequent sessions center on specific components of program design and particular applications.

HBEHED652 Group Process in Health Education

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Israel, Barbara
Offered every other year
Last offered Winter, 2009
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.
Description: Examines concepts, theories, and research in the field of group dynamics with particular application to health education. Emphasis on developing skills for observing, assessing, participating in, facilitating and evaluating small groups.

HBEHED660 Theory, Research and Practice in Adolescent Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Caldwell, Cleo
Offered every other year
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: Examines educational efforts designed to promote better health outcomes among adolescents. Review developmental theories, research, and interventions to promote health in this population. Addresses various contexts for intervention programs and their implications. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the effects of peer and family influences on health, resiliency, violence, alcohol and drug use, and sexual behavior.

HBEHED661 Designing Sticky Communications for Health Advocacy, Education, and Mass Media

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zikmund-Fisher, Brian
Last offered Winter, 2011
Description: This class will identify and discuss a set of broadly applicable message design principles that distinguish between health education and promotion messages that are likely to "stick" in recipients' minds and potentially be persuasive versus those which may fail to have long-term impact. We will draw on literatures from social marketing, decision psychology, and education to deconstruct at the most basic level what made some of the most memorable health campaigns (and other messages) so powerful, using frameworks and examples from the bestselling and well researched books Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die and Influence: Science and Practice. Multiple exercises will build students' competency in the practical application of these message design skills in mass media relations and advocacy (e.g., public service announcements, news releases, interviews). The course use a variety of targeted examples and case studies, which will examine topics such as celebrity effects (e.g., Katie Couric's colonoscopy), efforts to change professional behavior (e.g., handwashing), and translating health statistics into compelling meanings. We will pay particular attention to the potential uses (and misuses) of first-person narratives. Guest speakers will include professionals from the university's public relations offices and practicing journalists.
Course Goals: 1) To define the characteristics of memorable ("sticky") health messages 2) To build the skills necessary for effective communication of health-related scientific results and advocacy messages through mass media channels 3) To critically evaluate the message design components of existing health public service announcements and health messages
Competencies: The following are HBHE competencies that will be at least partially considered in this class. 2a Identify theories, concepts and models from a range of social and behavioral disciplines that are used in public health research and practice (E1) 2e. Apply behavior change theory principles across different settings and audiences (F4) 3f. Translate research findings into public health practice, including dissemination of proven interventions 3g. Be able to make an effective scientific presentation 4e. Identify conflicts between ethical principles that commonly occur in public health practice (e.g., individual rights vs. the "common good") (J8) 5d. Apply the appropriate intervention channel and strategy (e.g., policy, mass media, social marketing, one on one counseling) to specific health problems and conditions 5h. Apply key principles of health communication in design of program content and format

HBEHED662 Risk Communication: Theory, Techniques, and Applications in Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zikmund-Fisher, Brian
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course will draw upon economic, psychological, and scientific / medical concepts of risk to provide students with both a theoretical and practical understanding of when and why people feel their health is "at risk." The course will then focus on skill building, especially as related to three practical applications: (i) the use of evidence-based techniques to increase comprehension and understanding of epidemiological data and other numerical risk statistics in reports to the public, patient decision aids, and health interventions, (ii) the identification and use of expert and lay-person mental models of health risks for public health intervention design and (iii) the communication of risk information to communities, the media, and policy makers during public health crises. It will also survey a broad range of risk communication research, covering topics as varied as (a) various ways that providing or withholding contextual risk information can alter message recipients' risk perceptions, (b) the relationship between individual risk perceptions and willingness to undertake preventive health behaviors, and (c) some of the unique issues which arise in communications of genetic risk. The course is designed for Masters' level students but may be taken by PhD students
Course Goals: 1. To provide students with both a theoretical and practical understanding of when and why people feel their health is "at risk." 2. To build students' competency in three practical applications of risk communication: (i) the use of evidence-based techniques to increase comprehension and understanding of epidemiological data and other numerical risk statistics in reports to the public, patient decision aids, and health interventions, (ii) the identification and use of expert and lay-person mental models of health risks for public health intervention design and (iii) the communication of risk information to communities, the media, and policy makers during public health crises. 3. To survey a broad range of risk communication research, covering topics as varied as (a) various ways that providing or withholding contextual risk information can alter message recipients' risk perceptions, (b) the relationship between individual risk perceptions and willingness to undertake preventive health behaviors, and (c) some of the unique issues which arise in communications of genetic risk.
Competencies: 2a. Identify theories, concepts and models from a range of social and behavioral disciplines that are used in public health research and practice (E1) 2b. Describe how theory is useful in better understanding why individuals do or do not engage in health behaviors 2d. Understand the merits of using theory to inform interventions and their evaluation in public health 2f. Recognize the need to adapt programs and messages when applying theory in diverse populations 3e. Critique and synthesize scientific evidence, including evidence review 3f. Translate research findings into public health practice, including dissemination of proven interventions 3g. Be able to make an effective scientific presentation 5h. Apply key principles of health communication in design of program content and format

HBEHED668 Health Communications for Public Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Resnicow, Ken
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: HBHE 600
Description: From one-on-one health counseling to broad-based social marketing campaigns, a vast body of research over the past twenty years has demonstrated that numerous dimensions of health communications, including message format, receiver characteristics, and delivery channel can affect program impact. This course will address key considerations for constructing effective health communications including the application of behavior change theories and general marketing principles. Selected prior and current health promotion campaigns will be critically reviewed and students will be asked to develop a health communication intervention or social marketing campaign. Occasional guest lecturers, actively involved in development of health communication interventions will be integrated into the syllabus.

HBEHED669 Genetics, Health Behavior, and Health Education

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Roberts, Scott
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: SPH student or permission of instructor
Description: Advances in genetics research are rapidly presenting both great opportunities and complex challenges for public health. In order for the potential benefits of genetic research to be realized (and unintended harms minimized), numerous health behavior and health education (HBHE) issues will need to be addressed. This course will employ a blend of lectures and group discussions to consider such issues, including the following: genetics and risk communication; ethical issues in HBHE genetics research; the psychological and behavioral impact of genetic testing; public and professional knowledge and attitudes about genetics; health education needs in genetics; and emerging issues in the field (e.g., preimplantation genetic diagnosis, computerized delivery of genetic counseling services).
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HBEHED670 The Stress Process

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Krause, Neal M
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: This course examines the definition, measurement, and epidemiology of stressful life events. Consideration is given to the coping strategies and resources used by individuals who are confronted with stressful events (e.g., chronic illness and impairment, death of spouse, financial hardships). An emphasis is placed on the impact of life stressors on alcohol and drug use, mental disorders, physical health problems, and the utilization of health care services. Special topics include gender as well as racial and ethnic differences in the stress process. An emphasis is also placed on linking emerging models of the stress process with efforts to develop intervention programs.

HBEHED671 Motivational Interviewing in Public Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Resnicow, Ken
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: HBEHED600, Perm Instr.
Description: In the past few years, there has been increased interest in using motivational interviewing (MI) in public health and medical settings. Originally developed for the treatment of addictive behaviors, MI has recently been used to address chronic disease and other public health conditions, such as smoking, diet, physical activity, diabetes management, and medical adherence. At its core, MI is a method for assisting individuals to work through their ambivalence about behavior change. Deeply rooted in the person-centered philosophy of Carl Rogers, MI counselors are trained to rely heavily on reflective listening, more so than direct questioning, persuasion, or provision of advice. This course will provide participants with an in-depth overview of MI and provide opportunities to practice the core techniques.

HBEHED678 Critical Histories, Critical Moments in Health Behavior and Health Education

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Last offered Fall, 2010
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HBHE student or permission of instructor
Description: The goal of this course is to introduce students to the historical roots of the field of public health and health education and to connect these roots to current day issues. To this end, we will examine key historical milestones and figures who were instrumental in developing the discipline. We will discuss major debates that still have currency today, such as the social control of infectious diseases and assumptions about the origins of racial/ethnic, nationality, social justice and class differences in health. We will also examine the historical and intellectual foundations of current public health education research and practice, including the genesis of stress research, community based participatory research, health disparities, and the ecological framework. Finally, we will examine the continuing influence of several major figures, including (but not limited to) Sydney and Emily Kark, Guy Steuart, Marshall Becker, John Snow, Hans Selye and Paulo Freire.

HBEHED680 Youth Violence: Issues and Prevention

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Stoddard, Sarah
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: Grad Status or NERS 484
Description: This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of intentional injury generally and adolescent violence-related injury in particular as a significant public health problem that is amenable to preventive measures in the same way as other public health problems. It will provide students with a comprehensive overview of the many issues associated with youth violence. The course will acquaint students with injury control theory more generally and cover the epidemiology of major violence-related injuries including disparities, social determinants as well as risk and resiliency factors associated with intentional injury. Topics to be covered include violence in schools, family (e.g., domestic violence) and peer (e.g., dating violence) influences, suicide, alcohol and drug use, firearms, and violence in the media. They will also learn about conceptual and theoretical models describing the etiology of adolescent violence-related injury and gain an understanding of how such frameworks influence the development of prevention programs. The course presents examples from local communities who are actively involved in youth violence prevention. The course will be linked to activities of the CDC funded Youth Violence Prevention Center and will include discussions with community partners. The course will be working with the Office of Community Based Public Health (OCPBH) to create student mini projects.

HBEHED686 Theory-driven Interventions Targeting Individual Behavior Change

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Janz, Nancy K
Offered every year
Last offered Winter, 2011
Prerequisites: HBHE doctoral students & HBHE 600 or HBHE 600 & Perm Instr
Description: This course will involve an in-depth examination of models of health behavior with an emphasis on measurement issues and application of health behavior theory in intervention research. Major issues/constructs to be discussed include: gender differences in health, quality of life, value expectancy models, self-efficacy, patient adherence and the influence of patient-provider relationships. Discussions of research findings and current directions in health education and behavior change will emphasize areas related to women's health.

HBEHED690 Environmental Health Promotion

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Schulz, Amy
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: HBHE 600 or Permission of Instructor
Description: This class applies health education principles towards understanding and intervening on different environmental hazards. The course will review various kinds of environmental issues, including biochemical toxins, physical hazards, and psychosocial stressors. Students will learn about select datasources from which they may obtain environmental health information. The course will examine the literature on risk and environmental health education and explore how health educators can use resources and conceptual tools to address environmental concerns. This course will also examine case studies from individual communities as focal points for discussion. Based on these case studies, students will explore whether extant theories and approaches can help protect vulnerable populations, insure environmental justice, and reduce health disparities. The format of this class is a combination of lecture and discussion.

HBEHED693 Seminar on Health and Poverty

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Geronimus, Arline T
Offered every other year
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: Explores dimensions of poverty in terms of the interrelationships of socioeconomic status, racism, minority status and health. The focus is on the United States and topics discussed include different conceptualizations of and perspectives on the relationship of poverty to health, issues in child and family health, in urban and rural poverty and health, and issues relevant to improving health services and health policy targeted at socioeconomically disvantanged populations.

HBEHED699 Health Behavior and Health Education Capstone

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Willard, Nancy
Prerequisites: Perm Instr
Description: HBHE 699 is required by students enrolled in the Master's degree program in Health Behavior and Health Education. Students engage in a synthesis/analysis of their individual program of study and skill and knowledge formation in health behavior and health education. This course will aid students in completing their competency-based ePortfolio requirement. Furthermore, students will be guided through the entire internship process. Special attention will also be given to professional development and job placement.

HBEHED700 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Health Behavior

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Bauermeister, Jose
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HBEHED 620 or 621; BIOSTAT 503 and 523 or equivalent
Description: This course is an advanced research methods course focused on the quantitative conceptualization and analysis of health behavior research. The course emphasizes the application of multivariate regression to practical questions in public health, and includes an overview of three regression-related techniques: Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), and growth curve modeling (GCM).
Course Goals: By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. Frame their research questions and propose an analysis plan; 2. Design empirical tests to examine their questions using appropriate statistical techniques; 3. Select and interpret adequate multivariate analyses; 4. Use SPSS, EQS, and HLM to analyze research questions in large-scale datasets; 5. Write-up the research results in a scholarly journal format.
Competencies: This course addresses HBHE Competency #3: Apply basic principles of research and evaluation methodology relevant to understanding and modifying health status and health behavior. As part of the course, students will be expected to: (a) describe strengths and limitations of various research and evaluation designs for assessing health education programs; (b) select appropriate measures for collecting necessary data, particularly on determinants of health-related behavior, on behavioral change, and on related outcomes; (c) describe procedures for simple analysis of research and evaluation data pertinent to health education; and (d) evaluate reports of relevant studies in terms of research criteria. This course also meets HBHE Competency #1: Describe the role and interaction of key determinants of health status, health behavior, and health behavior change from a biopsychosocial perspective across the lifespan. Through assignments and their final project, students will be expected to: (a) describe a health problem's epidemiology; (b) identify its behavioral, social and educational aspects; and (c)review, select, and apply theoretical constructs for predicting and changing health behavior.
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HBEHED702 Reducing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities

Winter term(s)
1.5 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Neighbors, Harold
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor, graduate standing. The course is primarily for doctoral students.
Description: This interdisciplinary, graduate level seminar is designed to: 1) explore in an in-depth fashion racial/ethnic disparities in health in the United States and approaches to reducing those disparities; and 2) to support the development of scholars prepared at the doctoral level to pursue research and interventions to address these disparities. Weekly seminar discussions will focus on summary, discussion (of theory, content and methods), and critique of articles on racial and ethnic health disparities from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (e.g., sociology, political science, health behavior and health education, epidemiology, health management and policy, urban planning, psychology). The seminar will focus on developing a rigorous critical analysis of these disparities and an understanding of the potentials and limitations of various approaches to addressing them (e.g., health care system, behavioral strategies, community change, and policy interventions). As part of the seminar, participants will present and engage in critical discussion of their own emergent research interests. Grades will be given at the end of the second semester of the two-semester course sequence.

HBEHED710 Special MPH Topics in Health Behavior and Health Education

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Master’s level seminar designed to provide an extensive review of a number of substantive and methods and skill areas in health behavior and health education. Readings, discussion and assignments are organized around issues of mutual interest to faculty and students. Reviews and reports on topics required in the areas selected. May be elected more than once.

HBEHED733 COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH (CBPR)

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Israel, Barbara
Prerequisites: Doctoral Student or Advanced Masters Students with permission
Description: The involvement of community members in research and scholarship has emerged as a critical component for public health research. This doctoral student seminar focuses on the ways in which researchers and community members collaborate to conduct research that leads to community change, and improvement in health and quality of life. Such efforts often call for clarifications and/or redefinitions of: scientists' roles and methods, the knowledge development roles of participating community members, and the varying meanings of "community." Attention will be paid to scholarly debates, practical, and methodological issues in the conduct of community-based participatory research. This seminar will address the major issues and methods involved in conducting community-based participatory research across different disciplines. It provides the opportunity for graduate students from different schools and departments to come together to share perspectives, develop new skills and explore how they can apply this learning to community-based participatory research projects.

HBEHED800 Seminar in Health Behavior and Health Education

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zimmerman, Marc
Offered every year
Last offered Fall, 2009
Description: Advanced study of principles of health behavior, educational and motivational approaches to improve health, and research and evaluative issues in health behavior and health education. Includes discussion of behavioral science and health education applications to public health, with special topics selected by students for review and discussion. Designed for doctoral students in Health Behavior and Health Education. May be elected more than once.

HBEHED823 Structural Influences on Health and Social Behavior

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Geronimus, Arline T
Last offered Fall, 2010
Prerequisites: permission of instructor
Description: This doctoral seminar will draw on the public health and biomedical literature and also on constructs and literature from sociology, psychology, history, anthropology and demography to demonstrate how multi-disiciplinary theories and findings can be integrated to suggest a social-structural context for current public health problems. This structural understanding is designed to help HBHE doctoral students to reach candidacy with the ability to recognize the social patterning of health problems, and to discuss analytically the social structural influences, opportunities, and constraints affecting individual and social behavior, and, thereby, to develop research hypotheses and interventions or policies that take these into account. The course stresses the development of critical thinking skills, helps students recognize the social patterning of health problems, the historical influences on current health inequalities, and the ways that individual health knowledge and behavior can be reflexive, socially situated, and embedded within larger social, cultural, and historical contexts. The course also considers ways that structural forces may work through material, social psychological, and ultimately biological mechanisms to exert an impact on morbidity and mortality.
Course Goals: The goal of this course is to (1) ensure that all HBHE doctoral students are familiar with a structural perspective on health and social behavior; (2) to provide an in-depth example of how one would complete a structural analysis of a health problem; (3) to prepare students to address questions in the HBHE prelim that will call on them to draw on understanding of structural perspectives, including enhancing their conceptual models with structural elements; and (4) to provide students an opportunity to elaborate a detailed structural perspective on a public health problem of interest to them.
Competencies: Students will gain competency in: (1) critiquing existing public health literature from a structural perspective; (2) drawing on interdisciplinary literature to develop conceptual models that incorporate structural dimensions; (3) developing research hypotheses to test theories informed by a structural perspective; (4) developing research designs to test such hypotheses, using mixed-methods as appropriate; (5) interpreting study findings in light of structural understandings; (6) presenting research ideas that elaborate a structural perspective; and (7) employing structural perspectives in understanding why some interventions and policies are unsuccessful either in being implemented or in ameliorating specific public heath problems, and what are likely to be more promising approaches. In addition to providing skills for students who are interested in focusing on structural analysis in their future work, the course should provide students more interested in other HBHE approaches a basic fluency in structural analysis that will enable fruitful collaborations between doctoral students emphasizing different approaches. Students will also gain experience in presenting and defending their research and ideas in a seminar setting.

HBEHED849 Research in Health Education

Fall, Winter term(s)
2-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: HBHE 620
Description: Investigation of a selected topic in health education; development of study and plan of operation; conduct of investigation and preparation of final report. Primarily for students in the Department with prior master's or doctoral preparation, others by permission. Emphasis on application of basic research competence in study of problems in health education. May be elected more than once.

HBEHED885 Health Education Models of Practice and Interventions at the Community Level

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Schulz, Amy
Prerequisites: HBHE doctoral students
Description: The course is designed as a doctoral seminar for HBHE doctoral students. The course will examine and critique current models of health education and behavior change which intervene at the community level to bring about behavior change which intervene at the community level to bring about behavior change. The focus will be on recognized health education interventions/strategies. Major topics will include: 1) methods for behavior change (i.e., community organizing; mass media, etc.); 2) policy activities; 3) organizational change activities; 4) advocacy activities; 5) community planning models. This course will also be available to second year HBHE masters students on a permission of instructor basis.
Course Goals: The goal of this course is to prepare doctoral level students in HBHE to design, implement and assess health promotion interventions at the organizational, community, and policy level.
Competencies: See Objectives

HBEHED900 Research in Health Behavior and Health Education

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
2-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Research work undertaken by doctoral students in collaboration with faculty advisers, including participation in on-going departmental research activities. Open only to doctoral students in Health Behavior and Health Education. May be elected more than once.

HBEHED990 Dissertation/Pre-Candidate

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Half Term (IIIA or IIIB, 1-4 credits) Election for dissertation work by doctoral students in Health Behavior and Health Education who are not yet admitted to status as a candidate.

HBEHED995 Dissertation Research for Doctorate in Philosophy

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Half Term (IIIA or IIIB, 1-4 credits) Election for dissertation work by doctoral students admitted to status as candidate.

HMP200 Health and Society: Introduction to Public Health

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Warner, Kenneth E
Description: This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the major issues of health and health care in the United States - what they are, what determines them, and how they can be altered. In so doing, the course surveys the field of public health.
This course is cross-listed with in the PubHlth 200, Pubpol 210 department.

HMP517 Issues in Public Health Genetics

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Citrin, Toby; Modell, Stephen
Prerequisites: EPID 515 or Perm Instr
Description: This course focuses on ethical, legal, and social issues and analysis arising from the increasing application of genetic technologies to the health of individuals and populations. The four course segments cover the technical and social background of population-based genetic interventions, decision making criteria used in assessing the feasibility of proposed genetic screening programs and gene therapy trials, policy frameworks, such as cost-effectiveness analysis and ethical reasoning, which can aid in the selection and design of genetic programs and policies, and the deliberative processes decision making bodies can use in resolving differing interests as policy is developed and adopted. Each segment involves didactic presentations and class exercises in which students will grapple with current and anticipated publicized dilemmas. The segments collectively are linked by examples common to each portion of the course.

HMP553 DATA MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mendez, David
Description: This course introduces the students to the use of spreadsheets and relational databases for decision-making. It covers data manipulation and analysis, formatting and charting using Microsoft Excel; as well as design and implementation of, and data retrieval from, small-to-medium relational database systems using Microsoft Access.
Course Goals: The students are expected to develop a working knowledge of design and implementation of small to medium relational database systems, data retrieval and complex spreadsheet modeling and manipulation.
Competencies: Measurement and Decision Making

HMP600 The Health Services System I

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lichtenstein, Richard L
Prerequisites: Enrollment in HMP or Perm Instr
Description: First part of two-course sequence focusing on major issues in the organization of a health services system: role of values; assessment of health status; analysis of need, access and use of services; current supply and distribution of health resources; analysis of health care costs and expenditures. Students enrolling in HMP 600 are expected to also complete HMP 601.
Syllabus for HMP600 (PDF, 56697 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, January 20, 2009)

HMP601 Control of quality and costs of health care

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wyszewianski, Leon
Prerequisites: HMP 600
Description: HMP 601, building on the material in HMP 600, focuses on: the definition and assessment of quality of care; control of quality and costs of care through market-oriented strategies, professional self-regulation, intra-organizational process improvement approaches, third-party strategies, and government regulation; and system reform.

HMP602 Survey of the U.S. Health Care System

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wyszewianski, Leon
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: Analysis of current organizational arrangements and patterns for provision and financing of medical care services in the United States. Topics include the medical care process and factors which affect need, access and use of services; factors affecting supply and distribution of health professionals and health facilities, and current issues pertinent to these health care services; factors related to health care costs; quality assessment and assurance; and financing of care through health insurance and governmental programs.

HMP603 Organization and Management of Healthcare Systems

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lemak, Christy
Prerequisites: HMP Masters Standing or Perm Instr
Description: This course is one of two HMP courses that fulfills the organization theory/management degree requirement. These courses provide knowledge of the theories of organizations, the use of leadership, management processes, and organizational structures and outcomes. Specific topics include governance, strategic management and marketing, human resources management, and process improvement. This course is designed for future managers and leaders of health care organizations and those who expect to have extensive involvement with them from the perspective of buyers, insurers, or policy makers. The course provides students with knowledge about how the best health care provider organizations deliver high quality, cost effective health care, how they respond to their environment, and how they reach and implement decisions about future activities.

HMP604 Organization and Management of Health Advocacy and Community-Based Non-profits

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Banaszak-Holl, Jane
Prerequisites: HMP Graduate Standing or PI
Description: This course is one of two HMP courses that fulfills the organization theory/management degree requirement. These courses provide knowledge of the theories of organizations, the use of leadership, management processes, and organizational structures and outcomes. Specific topics include governance, strategic management and marketing, human resources management, and process improvement. Nonprofit advocacy and community-based organizations face unique challenges related to their mission and ownership, including a greater need to motivate employees through culture and to integrate volunteers into the workforce and to manage complex stakeholder relations within communities. All this must be done with scarce resources and frequently, small budgets and workforces. This course includes analysis of the goals, environmental conditions and organizational structures of nonprofit health organizations, including a variety of smaller (and largely, non-medical) community-based nonprofits. Examples of the best managerial practices for these types of organizations and of commonly known NGOs and other nonprofits are used throughout the course.

HMP605 Health Information Technology

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zheng, Kai; Friedman, Charles
Prerequisites: None
Description: Health information technology (HIT) is a strategic tool for modernizing the healthcare delivery system in the U.S. This one-credit introductory course will prepare students with a basic understanding of major HIT applications and essential skills of managing them. Main topics include: (1) an introduction to electronic health records, computerized prescriber order entry, and computerized clinical decision-support; (2) federal initiatives for accelerating the widespread adoption of HIT; (3) anticipated benefits and known unintended adverse consequences; and (4) methods for evaluating HIT success.
Course Goals: The current climate for healthcare reform, combined with the explosive advances in information technology, has created the need for skilled individuals who are able to design, manage, and integrate clinical and administrative information, technologies, and systems in healthcare organizations. This course is accordingly designed to help students to develop essential skills of acquiring, implementing, managing, and evaluating information technology applications in healthcare.
Competencies: See course syllabus, Section 1.3 "Learning objectives and competencies", page 3.
Syllabus for HMP605 (PDF, 190921 bytes, last modified on Thursday, March 08, 2012)

HMP606 Managerial Accounting for Health Care Administrators

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Grazier, Kyle; Smith, Dean G
Prerequisites: Intermediate microeconomics theory
Description: Concepts and techniques of managerial accounting for generalist health care administrators. Topics covered include full cost measurement, differential cost measurement and analysis, sources of revenue, price setting, budgeting and control, costs and decision-making fund accounting
Syllabus for HMP606 (PDF, 126249 bytes, last modified on Thursday, May 03, 2012)

HMP607 Corporate Finance for Health Care Administrators

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wheeler, John RC
Prerequisites: HMP606
Description: Corporate finance theory and applications to health care organizations. Topics include the capital expenditure decision, the capital financing decision, financial feasibility, financial planning, cash management, and financial aspects of prepayment programs. The course makes extensive use of case studies.

HMP608 Health Care Financial Accounting

Fall term(s)
1-2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Rauscher, Simone
Prerequisites: none
Description: HMP 604, Health Care Financial Accounting, provides an overview of financial accounting for students interested in health care management and policy. It is designed to serve the needs of both students who have never had a course in financial accounting (for 2 credits) and students who have had an introductory course in financial accounting but without health care applications (for 1 credit).

HMP610 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Hutton, David
Prerequisites: Perm. Instr
Description: HMP 610 focuses on the use of cost effectiveness analysis to inform decisions about improving health. The course also covers a number of related analytical tools such as cost benefit analysis, decision analysis, and sensitivity analysis. Students will learn theoretical justifications for these tools as well as their limitations. The main goal is for students to understand when cost effectiveness analysis and related tools are appropriate and how to apply them in practice to a broad range of health issues.
Syllabus for HMP610 (PDF, 60114 bytes, last modified on Thursday, September 09, 2010)

HMP612 Medical Management of Disease

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Fendrick, A. Mark
Description: Basic introduction to how disease is conceptualized and managed under the medical model. The course includes an introduction to medical terminology and disease taxonomy, and a basic introduction to issues in disease natural history, progression, prognosis, and diagnostic and therapeutic decision making and management relevant to non-medical health services professionals. Designed for students pursuing a Masters in Health Services Administration.

HMP615 Introduction to Public Health Policy

Fall term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jacobson, Peter; Bowman, Diana
Description: Describes the nature of public policy interventions within the various domains of public health, the theoretical motivations for undertaking them, the influence of the political, bureaucratic, and social environmental in which policy decisions are made, the consequences of such decisions, and the key dimensions of analysis of the effects of public health policies. In addition to conceptual discussion of each of the above, the course includes evaluation of several case studies of public health policy decisions and their implications.
Syllabus for HMP615 (PDF, 135681 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, August 31, 2010)

HMP616 Understanding Organizations

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Myers, Valerie; Banaszak-Holl, Jane
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: MHSA Candidate, MPH Candidate in HMP, or P.I.
Description: This course provides an overview of key issues confronting modern organizations, with an emphasis on healthcare organizations but attention to supplier, customer, and other partnering organizations. The issues will be studied from several perspectives to familiarize students preparing for work in health care organizations with a working understanding of both organizational dynamics and approaches to understanding them. Students completing the course should understand fundamentals of how organizations are formed, governed, designed, and improved. They will also learn how workers and organizations related to each other, and how organizations relate to their environment and other organizations.

HMP617 Effective Public Health Advocacy

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Martin, Jenifer
Prerequisites: second year HMP
Description: The course will train students to develop effective advocacy strategies, present those strategies through written and oral communication, and refine their professional skills. Students will work with local public health organizations and function as the organizations' advocates.
Course Goals: 1. Gain a basic understanding of state and federal policy processes and current political dynamics, in order to monitor and engage specific issues. 2. Develop effective advocacy skills. 3. Develop skills in thinking critically about effective advocacy strategies and discerning those situations/scenarios which may not be effective. 4. Develop skills in locating existing and available policy-related information and resources about specific issues. 5. Develop skills in articulating policy positions and communicating about policy issues in formats that are common in professional practice (i.e., policy memoranda and "leave behind" materials, testimony for a public hearing, and oral presentations.)
Competencies: Communication Domain: Convey, Listen, Interact Leadership Domain: Strategic Orientation Collaboration Impact and Influence Professional Development Domain: Self-Awareness Self-Development

HMP618 Tobacco: From Seedling to Social Policy

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Douglas, Clifford
Description: Provides a comprehensive examination of the historical and contemporary use of tobacco products and of their health and social implications. The objective of the course is to learn how lessons from history, epidemiology, health behavior, and policy analysis can be combined to understand the nature of, and potential policy responses to, the ongoing epidemic of tobacco-related disease. Coverage includes history; production of tobacco products; marketing; elucidation of disease links; societal responses; impacts of anti-tobacco policies; industry responses; economics and politics of tobacco; cessation methods; lawsuits against the industry; contemporary policy developments in the U.S.; the global use of tobacco; the future of tobacco use and tobacco control.

HMP620 Professional Development

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lemak, Christy
Prerequisites: none
Description: This course is designed for HMP students to synthesize, integrate learning and to foster professional development and lifelong learning habits.
Course Goals: This course will allow HMP students to synthesize, integrate learning and to foster professional development and lifelong learning habits.
Competencies: Domain: Leadership C.3 Accountability: Hold self and others accountable to standards of performance; encourage commitment to the long-term good of the organization. C.6 Impact and Influence: Persuade and convince others, both individuals and groups, to support a point of view, position, or recommendation. Domain: Professional Development E.1 Actively seek feedback from others, reflecting and learning from successes and failures. E.2 Develop an accurate view of own strengths and developmental needs, including the impact one has on others. E.3 Continuously push self to raise personal standards of performance and exceed expectations. E.4 Address knowledge, skills, and other developmental gaps through reflective, self-directed learning, and by trying new approaches. E.5 Establish, build, and sustain a network for professional development.

HMP621 Leading Public Health Organizations

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Meadows, Phyllis
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: None
Description: Public health is locally determined, and leadership capacity is significantly influenced by organizational, financial and political factors. This course will explore current issues, challenges opportunities and promising practices currently impacting leadership and management of local public health agencies. The course will focus on identifying the current and potential role of local public health departments in impacting population-based/community health; and will include an exploration of strategic engagement, community advocacy and programmatic strategies to transform organizational practices and effectively address local public health problems. This course is designed for those interested in administrative aspects of local public health departments and community-based health agencies.
Course Goals: The overall goal of this course is to provide students with the basic foundational skills needed for effective leadership in local public health departments and community-based health agencies.
Competencies: This course will address several important leadership competencies as defined by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership Competency Model. Students will have the opportunity through course participation and assignments to achieve a basic level of proficiency via active involvement in the following processes: Information Seeking - Developing skills through the exploration of contextual, structural and functional elements that influence leadership in public health agencies. Financial Skills - Survey and review of administrative resources, program budgets and budget processes in the administration of public health organizations. Community/Strategic Orientation - Identifying key relationships and stakeholders which can advance the delivery and impact of public health services. Analytical Thinking - Conducting detailed examinations of public health programming and establishing recommendations related to service prioritization. Innovative Thinking - Demonstrating the integration of evidenced-based practices into local public health; creative oriented solutions within government structures Communication Skills - Active engagement through team work and interaction with multi-disciplined professionals in the field to foster skills in critical debate and constructive dialogue. Professionalism - Defining and demonstrating leadership in facilitating complex assignments, managing conflict and promoting constructive dialogue and debate. Emphasizing ethical considerations and the balance of emerging issues in public health. Impact and Influence - Defining the role of public health leaders in changing/transforming the health status of communities, populations and organizational policies.

HMP624 Health Policy Challenges in Developing Countries

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): McLaren, Zoe
Prerequisites: Graduate standing required.
Description: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and diarrheal disease are the four biggest contributors to the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa and represent a serious constraint on economic growth. They kill nearly 4 million African adults and children annually. Readings from the public health, economic and medical literature will focus on the main debates surrounding policy interventions to combat these diseases. The class will examine and evaluate the evidence on the nature of these diseases and the effectiveness of current interventions in Africa and other parts of the developing world. Through class discussion, small group exercises and writing assignments, students will hone their skills in policy and economic analysis. For the final project, students will develop policy recommendations for governments of developing countries on a global health issue of their choice.
Course Goals: The goal of this course is to introduce students to some major challenges in health policy to address infectious disease in developing countries and provide them with analytical and economic tools to gather evidence, interpret evidence, devise policy recommendations and communicate clearly.
Competencies: Domain A: Measurement and Analysis Measurement: A.1 Identify appropriate sources and gather information, effectively and efficiently. A.2 Appraise literature and data critically. Analysis: A.5 Statistical analysis: Understand and apply basic statistical methods relevant to public health practice. A.6 Policy analysis: Understand the policy-making process and the role of politics; assess a problem and identify and compare potential policy solutions; and understand and critically assess methods to evaluate policy impact. A.7 Economic analysis: Use basic microeconomic theory to understand how the incentives of consumers, providers, and payers affect behaviors, costs, and other outcomes; understand and apply basic econometric tools for the empirical study of issues in health economics. Domain B: Communication B.1 Convey: Speak and write in a clear, logical, and grammatical manner in formal and informal situations; prepare cogent business presentations; facilitate an effective group process.* B.2 Listen: Receive, process, and respond appropriately to information conveyed by others. B.3 Interact: Perceive and respond appropriately to the spoken, unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others.* Domain C: Leadership C.6 Impact and Influence: Persuade and convince others, both individuals and groups, to support a point of view, position, or recommendation.*

HMP625 COMPARATIVE HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Greer, Scott
Description: This course is about the health policies and debates of the rich democracies. It should (1) furnish students with the basic language and toolkit of comparative health policy analysis and (2) introduce students to the comparative analysis of issues in health policy and management.
Course Goals: It should (1) furnish students with the basic language and toolkit of comparative health policy analysis and (2) introduce students to the comparative analysis and different global experience of issues in health policy and management. See also competencies, below.
Competencies: The competencies from the class are reflected in this assessment system. Students should improve your measurement and analysis skills, as seen in the presentations' requirements that students (1) Identify appropriate sources and gather information, using efficient technology where possible and (2) Appraise literature and data critically as well as the requirements that for presentations, writing, and class participation students will have to show your ability to analyse (1) policy and (2) strategy. Communications skills are at the heart of this class. Presentations, writing, and class participation measure students' ability to (1) speak and write in a clear, logical, and grammatical manner in formal and informal situations, to prepare cogent business presentations, and to facilitate a group. (2) receive, process, and respond appropriately to information conveyed by others and (3) accurately hear and understand the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. Students' leadership skills should develop and manifest themselves in your need to collaborate in group projects as well as to show your ability to develop strategic analyses and analyse accountability in any of the assignments, where you are identifying what people are doing and why. Finally, the discussion of law and political institutions should illuminate the role of law in strategy and planning.

HMP626 Managing & Maximizing Difference and Diversity in Healthcare Organizations

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Myers, Valerie
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Description: "Managing & Maximizing Difference and Diversity in Healthcare," examines the confluence of socio-demographic diversity in the workforce and the population, the under representation of women and minorities in healthcare leadership and professional positions, and persistent racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. Students will use organizational behavior and organization theory as frameworks for examining relationships between diversity and disparities in healthcare quality. Conceptually, we will begin by exploring many kinds of "difference" that influence an organization's performance including individual, functional, demographic and ideological differences. We will also review the benefits and risks of difference, giving focused attention to issues of power, conflict, culture and stereotypes. From a practical standpoint, students will conduct self-evaluations, analyze cases, participate in exercises and complete assignments that build competencies for managing diversity. At the end of the course, students will have a repertoire of concrete steps to manage and maximize difference at multiple levels including organizational policies and infrastructure; management & leadership; within and across groups; and one's own minority status. This course is highly interactive and designed to promote growth and learning through personal reflection and interpersonal interactions, as well as from traditional didactic methods.

HMP629 Employer-Provided Health Benefits

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Bechel-Marriott, Diane
Prerequisites: HMP 600 and 601 or 602
Description: This survey and applied policy analysis class will provide students with an understanding of dynamics and key trends in employer-provided health care benefits. In addition to an overview of the topic, three areas merit special focus. First, pharmaceutical design will be explored. Though increasing technological innovation has brought a continuous cycle of new products to market, the lack of comprehensive effectiveness studies makes it difficult to ascertain optimal benefit. Interesting voluntary efforts will be highlighted that may lay a cornerstone for greater value. A second issue covered will be retiree benefit design. An aging population, stricter financial reporting requirements, and increased costs have prompted new ways to manage post-retirement health obligations. Several models, including Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Voluntary Employee Benefit Associations, and access-only platforms will be discussed. Finally, the important role of employer and community coalitions in better aligning incentives among patients, providers and employers will be explored. The focus of this seminar style course is on developing the knowledge, skills and methods necessary to better interact with employer groups. In-class work will involve class lectures, discussions, readings, speakers, activities, and assignments.

HMP630 Business of Biology

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description:
This course is cross-listed with BA 518 in the Business Administration department.

HMP631 Health Insurance and Payment Systems

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Grazier, Kyle
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HMP 600, HMP 602, HMP 606, HMP 661 or Perm Instr
Description: This course examines the conceptual and management frameworks for financing health care services through insurance, contracting and managed care. It analyzes past and current research on the formulation of payment techniques and the impact of reimbursement methods on consumers, providers, payers and society. The course explores the theories on which health care pricing, payment and reimbursement systems are based and the administrative and financial mechanisms through which they operate. Lectures, cases, readings.

HMP633 Health Insurance in America. How Did We Get Into This Mess? How Do We Get Out?

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Udow-Phillips, Marianne
Prerequisites: HMP 600
Description: This course explores the history, structure and likely future trends of health insurance in the U.S. The course includes policy analyses of health insurance related issues focusing on potential solution alternatives to political and practical problems. It provides in depth overview of basic features of private and public health insurance.
Course Goals: The major objective of the course is to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of how the United States public/private health insurance system functions. It will provide future health services leaders with a working knowledge of the interrelationships between public programs and private insurance and approaches to cost control using risk management, provider reimbursement, benefit design and other approaches.
Competencies: 1. Improvement in writing, presentation and analytic skills, focused on framing issues and developing logical approaches to the resolution of issues. 2. Practical understanding of how the private insurance market functions, including how the market is segmented and the competencies required for each segment. 3. Understanding of the impact of risk on private insurance and techniques that are utilized to manage and mitigate the influence of risk selection. 4. Identification of the different international models for health care financing and coverage and the unique aspects of the American system. 5. Appreciation of the distinction between lowering costs to improve competitive advantage and lowering overall health care costs and the tactics and strategies that could be developed for each approach. 6. Understanding of the challenges that confront the future viability of public health insurance programs, including assessment of the options that will be considered, and the strengths and weaknesses of centralized versus decentralized administrative models. 7. Improved skills in working with groups to evaluate and craft potential solutions to policy issues. 8. Recognize the challenges inherent in balancing affordability, access and quality in public and private health insurance programs and the tradeoffs that are required to achieve a mix that meets purchaser and political requirements.

HMP635 Case Analysis & Competition Presentation

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mendez, David
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HMP 600, HMP 615
Description: This class is designed for students willing to represent the department at the next NAHSE intercollegiate team competition. The course will develop skills at analyzing strategically oriented cases in healthcare management. In addition, students learn presentation skills in a supportive environment with feedback from peers, faculty and alumni. Students selected to compete at NAHSE and other students selected based on performance in the initial term will be invited to be facilitators in the following winter term.

HMP636 Risk Management and Policy

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Vinsel, Lee
Prerequisites: none
Description: Modern societies are dealing with a growing array of risks, including environmental pollution, communicable diseases, new technologies, and complex financial systems. Students will learn how governments try to manage risks through policymaking. How do they protect citizens and maintain their legitimacy and credibility without unduly restricting freedoms or stifling innovation?
Course Goals: To teach students: 1) theoretical approaches to risk and governance. 2) to introduce students to different ways that governments deal with risk and society; to help students understand policy controversies related to risk. 3) to discuss alternative possibilities for policy related to risk.
Competencies: There are no required prerequisites for the course but an understanding of the policy process is recommended. Students will develop their political and policy analysis and oral/written communication skills in the course.
This course is cross-listed with PubPol 659 in the department.

HMP640 Program Evaluation in Public Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Norton, Edward
Prerequisites: grad status
Description: The Purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the fundamentals of evaluation and research as applied to public health programs, policies and other types of interventions. The course covers impact, outcomes, process and participatory evaluation, and a number of research designs common in public health evaluation research, Students will gain skills in framing evaluation questions. In addition, students will gain skills needed to understand and critique published evaluation literature, and skills in measurement/data collection strategies. Class format includes lecture, discussion articles, and small group exercises. For final project, students will design and write and evaluation plan in the format of a proposal for funding.
Syllabus for HMP640 (PDF, 57767 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, August 31, 2010)

HMP643 Managing People in Health Organizations

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lee, Daniel
Prerequisites: grad status
Description: This course provides the knowledge and skills for understanding and effectively managing individuals and groups within health care organizations. We consider a wide variety of motivations that draw individuals to their jobs and keep them productive. We also consider why organizations form small groups and the dynamics of these groups over time. Students learn techniques for persuasive communication and conflict management, develop strategies for dealing with interpersonal problems in an organizational setting, and processes for handling work teams. Common organizational problems that students solve include choosing the right person through the hiring process, evaluating employee performance, and negotiating contracts.

HMP644 Strategic Planning and Marketing in Health Care

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Banaszak-Holl, Jane
Prerequisites: HMP 600, HMP 601 or HMP 602 or PI
Description: Covers general concepts of strategic planning for business development and marketing as applied to health care settings. Topics include: assessing and understanding the needs of key customer groups; health consumer behavior; market segmentation and targeting; clinical staff needs and relations; forecasting service demand; new product development; product pricing and distribution; advertising and public relations; analysis of collaborative and competitive environments, and strategy formulation. Potential conflicts between an organization's business objectives and its participation with competitors in collaborative community benefit programs are also explored. In the 3 credit hour version of the course, extra emphasis is placed on experiential learning methodologies for developing health services strategic plans and the exploration of topics key to successful strategic positioning, business development, and marketing in the management of health care services.

HMP645 Seminar in Leadership for Changing American Healthcare

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Warden, Gail
Prerequisites: completion of first year requirements for HMP MPH or MHSA, or permission of instructor
Description: This course will use four current, important topics on the national agenda to develop students' insights into how such topics evolve and are guided by professional managers and policy makers. Student teams will be formed around profession interests (e.g. provider management, insurance, government agencies). Each team will prepare two papers on each topic: (1) a background based on prior coursework and surveys of library and web resources, outlining the key issues, political positions of major stakeholders, technical issues, and actions proposed by others (2) a plan of action for a specific agency or organization, with agenda, timeline, types of participation, goals, and achievement issues. These papers will be submitted in writing for grading, and presented to classmates for discussion. A national leader concerned with the issue will join the seminar for the third session on each topic.

HMP646 Leadership Development

Fall, Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lemak, Christy; Wyszewianski, Leon
Prerequisites: 2nd year graduate standing
Description: Reviews theoretical foundations and models of leadership. Fosters students' insight into their leadership potential, experiences, and skills. Uses self-assessment exercises, guest speakers, role-plays, and other activities to stimulate student learning. Students are expected to have developed their own comprehensive leadership and career development plan by the end of the course.

HMP647 Thinking 'Informatically' about Health

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Friedman, Charles
Not offered 2012-2013
Description: Explores what makes health informatics distinctive. What are the characteristic ways in which "informaticians" approach problems? Following two introductory sessions examining the general concepts that shape informatics, we will explore specific examples of how informatics thinking has been applied to health care, consumer health, public health, and biomedical research.
Course Goals: The overall goal of the seminar is to establish for the participants a conceptual basis through which to understand informatics as a distinctive field.
Competencies: Specific course objectives will enable students to: 1. Explain to someone outside the field what makes informatics unique, and specifically be able to answer the question "Why is someone formally trained in informatics better situated to solve real-world health-related problems than someone more deeply trained in computational science, or a health-related profes-sion, alone--or someone separately trained in both areas?" 2. Describe the classes of problems addressed by the different sub-fields of health informatics directed to health care practice, consumers, public health, and biomedical research. 3. Given a health-related problem, describe how an informatician would organize the approach to solve the problem, with emphasis on articulation of goals and the human and other resources that would be as-sembled for the project.
This course is cross-listed with Will be cross-listed with the School of Information. SI has not yet assigned a number. in the department.

HMP648 Empirical Methods for Health informatics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Friedman, Charles
Prerequisites: none
Description: This course examines health informatics as an empirical science. The course will focus on formal studies of applications of information technology applied to health care, population health, and personal health. These studies can be conducted while an information resource is under development and after a resource is in routine service.
Course Goals: After completing this course students will be able to: i. Select and utilize the appropriate research / evaluation method for their health informatics questions ii. Evaluate the empirical literature of the field; iii. Design and conduct studies appropriate to problems in the field.
Competencies: A.1 Identify appropriate sources and gather information, effectively and efficiently. A.2 Appraise literature and data critically. A.3 Develop, understand and use data from performance, surveillance or monitoring systems. A.5 Statistical Analysis: Understand and apply basic statistical methods relevant to public health practice. A.8 Operational Analysis: Analyze, design, or improve an organizational process, including the use of quality management, process improvement, marketing and information technology principles and tools. B.2 Listen: Receive, process, and respond appropriately to information conveyed by others. B.3 Interact: Perceive and respond appropriately to the spoken, unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others. C.7 Organizational Awareness: Understand and learn from governance structures, formal and informal decision-making structures, and power relationships in an organization, industry, or community.
This course is cross-listed with Cross-listed in SI; no SI number yet assigned. in the department.

HMP649 Critical Policy Issues in Health IT

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Adler-Milstein, Julia
Description: This course uses a policy analysis lens to critically examine issues related to the use of IT in healthcare. It will examine key policies in three areas: clinical informatics, consumer informatics, and population health informatics. The primary focus will be on the U.S. but international approaches will also be discussed.
Course Goals: Students completing the course will (1) understand the policies and government-led efforts that impact (both directly and indirectly) health informatics; and (2) be able to critically analyze these policies in order to understand how they will shape the health informatics landscape as well as to make suggested improvements that are practically and politically feasible. There are specific learning objectives for each session in the syllabus.
Competencies: (1) To understand key regulations and policies that relate to health IT (e.g., the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, HIPAA, Stark). (2) To understand the key stakeholders involved in and impacted by the key regulations and policies. (3) To understand and be able to apply a policy analysis framework (4) To develop policy-relevant writing skills
This course is cross-listed with SI654 in the department.

HMP652 Health Law

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jacobson, Peter
Prerequisites: HMP 600, 601
Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce public health students, especially those interested in health administration and management, to the legal issues they are likely to face in managing a health care organization. The goals of the course are for students to understand generally: the functions of and interaction between courts, legislatures, regulators; the role of the courts in health policy and health care delivery; how to recognize legal issues and communicate with attorneys; how law will affect students as strategic thinkers in health care positions; how to apply basic tort and contract principles; and how to apply basic corporate law and antitrust principles. Specific topics will vary, but will usually include: liability; health care institutions as corporations; antitrust; tax exemption; privacy and confidentiality; regulatory oversight of health care systems, including quality of care; legal requirements for access to health care; nondiscrimination; and general employment issues. This class can be taken as an elective or in fulfillment of the law/politics requirement.
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HMP653 Law and Public Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jacobson, Peter; Bowman, Diana
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: The purposes of this course are to examine the legal context of the relationship between the individual and the community, and to understand public health regulation in the context of a market-driven system. The goals of the course are for students to understand generally: constitutional authority and limits on governmental intervention in public health (i.e., individual rights vs. society's rights); the functions of and interactions between courts, legislatures, and regulators; how law will affect students as strategic thinkers in public health positions; how to recognize legal issues and communicate with attorneys; and the process of public health regulation and potential legal barriers to public health intervention strategies. Specific topics will vary, but will usually include: the nature and scope of public health authority; constitutional constraints on public health initiatives; tobacco control; youth violence; injury prevention; the spread of communicable disease; and regulating environmental risk. This class can be taken as an elective, in fulfillment of the law/politics requirement, or as a BIC requirement.
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HMP654 Operations Research and Control Systems

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mendez, David
Prerequisites: Biostat 503 or Biostat 553 or equiv and Grad Status
Description: Provides rational framework for decision making for both operating and control systems in the hospital environment. Emphasizes basic modeling techniques and examples of actual hospital applications. Aims at thorough understanding of concepts of total value analysis, objective function formation, and exception reporting. Students become familiar with operations research techniques of inventory modeling, queuing, computer simulation, PERT/CPM, mathematical programming, and quality control. Presentation emphasizes objectives, constraints, and required assumptions of each of these techniques as applied to specific hospital examples.
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HMP655 Decision Making Models in Health Care

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mendez, David
Prerequisites: HMP654
Description: Application of computer models for decision making in the health care sector. The students will be exposed to Monte Carlo Simulation, Process Simulation, Multiple Regression analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Project Management, Inventory Control, Integer Linear Programming, and Multi-Criteria Optimization. Use of computers and spreadsheet modeling will be emphasized throughout the class.
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HMP657 Mastering Ethical Frontiers in Health Care

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Griffith, John R
Prerequisites: Second Year standing, any UM graduate professional degree
Description: This course will systematically explore important ethical frontiers of healthcareplaces where our usual ethical assumptions do not give a clear answer, or give an answer that a significant number of people might disagree with. It will address between 15 and 20 frontiers. The intent is to develop student insight and comprehension into the processes by which individuals reach ethical decisions and communities reach a stable degree of consensus. A brief case drawn from practice in healthcare or related businesses will introduce each frontier issue. The class will debate and reach a conclusion on (1) What are the best positions/actions for an organization or individual facing the case situation to take? Working from that conclusion, the class will discuss: (2) What are the underlying ethical issues? How completely do our usual ethical assumptions address these issues? What is it that makes the issue frontier? Are there ways to revise the assumptions that might strengthen the specific solution?
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HMP659 Health Care Regulation

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Jacobson, Peter
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HMP 601 or PI
Description: This is a seminar on regulating the health care system. Initial sessions will cover administrative law and regulation of the health care industry, implementation of regulations, the economics of regulations, and the politics of regulations. After the introductory sessions, each student will select a particular topic for class discussion. The student, in conjunction with the instructors, will select the reading materials and will lead the class discussion, Topics will vary based on student interest. Previous topics have included: fraud and abuse; ERISA reform and patients? rights; research integrity and IRB issues; medical record privacy; pharmaceutical regulation; and the future of public health.

HMP660 Economics of Health Management and Policy I

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Hirth, Richard
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: This course covers the principles of microeconomic theory and the fundamental concepts of the field of health economics. The focus is on individual behavior (demand), firm behavior (supply), and how these forces interact to yield market outcomes (prices and quantities) in health and health care. No previous background in economics is assumed. The purpose of the course is not to train you to be health care economists, rather it is to give you experience analyzing health management and health policy issues using economic tools. The basic framework of economics will be used to analyze the behavior of consumers, insurers, physicians, and hospitals. The tools of economics will be applied to both managerial issues such as pricing decisions and policy issues such as the medically uninsured. Additionally, these economic tools will be used to predict how various parties might respond to changes in the health care system.

HMP662 Topics in Health Economics

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): McLaughlin, Catherine G
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HMP 660 or Perm. Instr.
Description: The focus of this seminar is the use of economic principles to evaluate federal and state health reform proposals and projects. Students read articles, participate in in-class debates, and write several short papers on a variety of topics, including health insurance reform, comparative effectiveness, bending the cost curve, and consumer choice and the role of information.

HMP663 Economics of Health Management and Policy II

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): McLaren, Zoe
Prerequisites: HMP 600 and HMP 660
Description: This course gives students experience analyzing health management and health policy issues using economic tools. The basic framework of economics is used to analyze the behavior of consumers, insurers, physicians, and hospitals. The tools of economics are applied to both managerial issues such as pricing decisions and policy issues such as the medically uninsured.

HMP664 Applied Health Policy Analysis

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Eisenberg, Daniel
Prerequisites: HMP 615 or Perm Instr
Description: Policy makers and executive leaders consider a wide variety of information and issues when they make decisions, allocate resources and form policy at the organization, institution, community, state or Federal level. The primary focus of HMP 664 is on the role of integrative policy analysis in health policy formation, policy advising and executive/managerial decision making. The course enhances the applied analytical and communication skills of students as they investigate important public health and health care policy issues through political, sociological, financial, managerial, epidemiological, evaluation and ethical lenses. Using case studies and experiential learning, students conduct several analyses and present the results in different professional formats.
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HMP667 Advanced Seminar in Health Care Financial Management

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Grazier, Kyle
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: HMP Student or Perm of Instr. and HMP 607
Description: This course builds on the language, theories and methods of finance and accounting through the study of financial transactions involving health care and other industries. Topics include financing alternatives, valuations, financial forecasting, risk management, entreprenuership and sustainable growth. Among the transactions studied are corporate lending, venture capital acquisition, and public offerings. Cases, readings, lectures.

HMP668 Introduction to Health Informatics

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zheng, Kai; Friedman, Charles
Prerequisites: Graduate status
Description: This course introduces students to the concepts and practices of health informatics. Topics include: a) an introduction to the health informatics field; b) major applications and commercial vendors; c) decision support methods and technologies; d) analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of healthcare information systems; and e) new opportunities and emerging trends. A semester-long group project provides students with hands-on experience in planning and building healthcare information systems; associated ethical and legal topics, software engineering and human-computer interaction issues, and user adoption and outcome evaluation methodologies will also be addressed.
This course is cross-listed with SI542, BI668 in the School of Information, School of Medicine (tentative), and Bioinformatics Graduate Program at Center for Computational Medicine and Biology (tentative) department.
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HMP669 Database Systems and Internet Applications in Health Care

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zheng, Kai; Mendez, David
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: Grad status
Description: This course covers relation database theory and database-web systems with applications to health care. The students are expected to develop a working knowledge of design, implementation, administration and maintenance of small to medium relational database systems. The students will also be exposed to current technology for deployment, use and administration of relational databases through the Internet.
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HMP670 Evidence-Based Health Information Practice

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Veinot, Tiffany
Description: Health care organizations and industries have a growing need for information professionals who are capable of leading efforts to integrate health sciences research into clinical decision making. Health professional education programs also have an expanded interest in training both new students and seasoned practitioners in evidence based health care practice. In this course, students learn how their professional work can support evidence based health care and knowledge translation initiatives in diverse settings such as academic health science libraries, teaching hospitals, government agencies and health care industries. Students learn how to search health sciences research literature using a range of reference, bibliographic and pre-filtered ("evidence-based") sources. They also learn to apply evidence assessment techniques, including the basics of critical appraisal methods, to the health sciences literature. Students learn to apply skills needed to train and support health professionals/students in effectively using key health sciences resources. Students also learn how to develop and organize health sciences collections and will have the opportunity to explore approaches to the provision of information services for clinicians.
Course Goals: See Learning Objectives
Competencies: 1. Students learn how to search health sciences research literature using a range of reference, bibliographic and pre-filtered ("evidence-based") sources. 2. Students learn to apply evidence assessment techniques, including the basics of critical appraisal methods, to the health sciences literature. 3. Students learn to apply skills needed to train and support health professionals/students in effectively using key health sciences resources. 4. Students learn how to develop and organize health sciences collections. 5. Students will have the opportunity to explore approaches to the provision of information services for clinicians.
This course is cross-listed with SI 653: Evidence-Based Health Information Practice in the School of Information department.

HMP671 Cross-national Comparisons of Aging and Health

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Liang, Jersey
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course examines aging and health within a global context. The focus will be placed primarily on old age support systems in the United States and several other developed nations (e.g., Canada, Germany, Japan, and United Kingdom). Specifically, comparisons across these nations will be made in: (a) population aging and health, (b) acute care, (c) long-term care, and (d) family-based support, and (e) financial security in old age. Population aging and health in developing nations (e.g., China, India) will be reviewed in light of the lessons learned in the developed countries.

HMP673 Health Program Management and Evaluation in Resource Poor Countries

Winter term(s)
2 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Page, Oliver
Not offered 2012-2013
Prerequisites: EPID554
Description: This course will introduce future leaders to the skills and techniques required in order to become effective program managers of health projects in resource poor countries. The course covers a diverse set of topics within the context of health programs in resource poor countries that include: project and process management; project sustainability and quality assurance; proposal/grant writing; human resource management; project and process management software and technology; and financial budget development and monitoring. Each session of two hours will consist of a one hour seminar followed by one hour of practical exercises through group discussion and application of skills/techniques to real world scenarios. The course will primarily rely on case study analysis, readings from a variety of management, global health other social science journals and personal experiences of invited SPH faculty/guest speakers.
Course Goals: The overall goal of the course is to introduce students to the fundamental skills and techniques required in order to become effective program managers of health projects in resource poor countries. Other course objectives are for students to: 1) develop an understanding of health program management and monitoring in resource poor countries through real world case study analyses; and 2) identify any technical, financial, political and human resource factors required to implement and sustain successful health projects with particular reference to resource-constrained environments.
Competencies: Students will gain competencies in 1) applying program management and evaluation tools/techniques to health programs in resource poor countries; 2) applying project and process management software; 3) understanding the fundamental principles of successful proposal preparation/grant writing techniques; and 4) improve knowledge, ability and skills levels in health program management in a resource poor country context.

HMP677 Health Care Organization: An International Perspective

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Liang, Jersey
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: The American pursuit in making its health care system more equitable, effective, and efficient has largely been based on domestic health services research and policy analysis. Although the health care system in each nation is somewhat unique to its culture and history, the issues each faces are remarkably similar. Nations can learn a lot from one another in meeting these challenges. This course examines health care systems in approximately eight developed and developing nations (e.g., United States, Germany, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, China, Mexico, and Kenya). In particular, comparisons will be made across these nations in the following areas: (a) population health, (b) health care financing and control, (c) health professionals and their patients, (d) health care organization, and (e) health system performance and reform strategies. Understanding how health care is delivered around the world will lead to a better appreciation of the relative merits and limitations of various systems, and will yield many useful insights in management and policy decision making. At the completion of this course, students will be expected to: 1. Describe the global burden of disease and health disparities, 2. Understand how health care is organized and financed in selected developed nations, 3. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of these systems, 4. Know the recent health care reforms enacted in these countries and their results, and 5. Apply the knowledge of international systems to the analysis of current issues in health policy and management. The course will be taught by a combination of lectures, in-class exercises, roundtable discussions, and site visits. Effective interventions in health care and related management and policy issues will be emphasized.

HMP680 Special Topics in Health Management and Policy

Fall, Winter term(s)
1-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: none
Description: Lecture, seminars and readings selected on a current or emerging topic or theme in health, management and policy. The specific material and format will vary by semester and instructor.
Course Goals: Will vary by topic and instructor.
Competencies: Will vary by topic and instructor.

HMP682 Case Studies in Health Services Administration

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Grazier, Kyle
Prerequisites: Second year HMP masters candidate or Perm Instr
Description: Analysis of cases dealing with administrative and policy issues in health services, offered as one of two integrative capstone course for persons completing the MHSA or MPH in the Department of Health Management and Policy. The course addresses primarily issues of healthcare delivery, from the perspective of corporate strategy. Emphasis is on student solutions to ill-defined, multi-faceted problems taken from actual situations. Specific competencies developed by the course address both process team work and collaboration to analyze complex issues, presentation skills and contents identifying key business success factors and strategic alternatives for provider organizations and health insurers in various settings.

HMP683 Quality of Care

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Wyszewianski, Leon
Prerequisites: HMP 601 or HMP 602
Description: Focuses on the concepts and practices of quality of care assessment, control, and improvement in health care delivery settings. Designed to provide an in-depth understanding of basic concepts and frameworks and of their applicability and relevance in specific situations. Covers major approaches to quality of care assessment, improvement, and control currently in use in the health care field.

HMP684 The Politics of Health Services Policy

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Greer, Scott
Prerequisites: MHSA student or PI
Description: Understanding politics is crucial for understanding a health care organization's environment and determining its strategy. Whether through payment structures, coverage plans, safety regulation or simple zoning conflicts, governments shape health care delivery. This course equips students to understand and influence American politics. It presents the basic institutions and political strategies of contemporary health policymaking, focusing on the politics of coverage expansion at the state and federal levels and other current political developments. Major topics will include analyzing the structure and lessons of various federal coverage programs and student-led research into the politics of state health coverage schemes. Students will leave the class with an understanding of the political context in which health care executives operate and the importance of engaging in the political process. Since health care policy is often unpredictably influenced by the broader flow of politics, the course will frame health care delivery in the United States in the context of current American politics. This class can be taken as an elective or in fulfillment of the law/politics requirement.

HMP685 The politics of Public Health Policy

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Greer, Scott
Prerequisites: Grad Standing
Description: Policy requires politics: behind every positive or negative decision governments make, there are elected politicians, politically skilled officials, journalists, and other stakeholders. Understanding the world of politics is crucial to influencing and implementing policies for public health. Indeed, it is impossible to understand public health policy outside of its political context. This class presents the basic institutions and politics of contemporary public health policymaking through studies of institutions and contemporary policy debates. Through analysis of case studies including obesity, state health plans, smoking and pharmaceutical regulation, students will explore the influence of politics on the definitions and decisions of public health issues. They will leave the class with an understanding of how politics explains current public health policymaking debates and an improved ability to understand the politics of major public health policy issues. This class can be taken as an elective, as a BIC requirement, or in fulfillment of the HMP law/politics requirement.

HMP687 Health Care Negotiation

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Golden, Deirdre
Description: Changes in health care require collaboration between disciplines and professionals. Negotiation, a fundamental of organized behavior, is especially challenging in health care because of the large number of stakeholders and the sensitivity around care itself. Conflict management can be achieved through the use of negotiating techniques, with significant economic savings.

HMP689 Seminar on Issues of Long-Term Care Policy and Administration

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Fries, Brant E
Prerequisites: HMP 600 or equiv - second year preferred
Description: This is a seminar evaluating programs that care for the elderly and chronically ill, in both institutional and non-institutional settings. The goal will be to identify patterns of excellence that can serve as models for 21st century care delivery, even beyond long-term care. Using quantitative tools to evaluate existing models and proposed solutions, students will develop managerial skills and critical insights into a variety of current multifaceted issues, many of which have no simple, single solution. The exact topics to be discussed will be determined collaboratively by faculty and students. Students are expected to bring some familiarity with the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in the United States, as well as a basic understanding of organizational design, health policy and financing, strategic planning, and program operations. Students with backgrounds in the clinical professions and gerontology, or with an interest in a specific service such as nursing homes or home care agencies, are particularly welcome.
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HMP690 Readings in Health Management and Policy

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: Grad Status and Perm Instr
Description: Directed readings or research on selected topics and problems relevant to health management and policy. May be elected more than once.

HMP693 Mental Health Policy in the United States

Winter term(s)
2-3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Eisenberg, Daniel
Prerequisites: Grad Status
Description: Students in this course will analyze mental health policies in the U.S. The class will meet once a week and have an interactive seminar format. We will approach various topics from both descriptive and analytical perspectives. Examples of topics include mental health insurance parity, the integration of mental health services and other health services, delivery of services in schools, delivery of services in prisons, and incentives influencing the balance between medication and therapy.
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HMP694 MS-HSR Thesis Analysis and Presentation

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: MS-HSR second year degree status
Description: The student will produce a thesis, based on independent research (with guidance and mentoring from HMP faculty), to be completed in the second year. The thesis must present original research, as opposed to a literature review or some sort of "thought piece" or opinion statement. The research can involve analysis of primary or secondary data, and the analysis involved can be either qualitative or quantitative. The only requirement is that the thesis involve some sort of data analysis to answer one or more research questions of interest to health services or health policy research.

HMP696 Concepts in Health Informatics

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Zheng, Kai; Adler-Milstein, Julia
Prerequisites: Graduate status
Description: This course provides students a formal framework in which to discuss contemporary topics in health informatics. Topics include: architecture, interoperability, usability, public policy, outreach and patient-centric care and technology-enhanced computation.
Course Goals: To provide students an overview of key concepts and methodologies in biomedical (health) informatics research.
Competencies: Information seeking; Critical thinking; Qualitative & quantitative analysis; Communication.
This course is cross-listed with BIOINF555 in the Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, The University of Michigan Medical School. department.
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HMP803 Doctoral Seminar in Health Services and Systems Research I

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lee, Daniel; Liang, Jersey
Description: The health services research module will provide an introduction to the philosophy, history, and approaches of health services research and a sample of research topics that have been approached by health services systems researchers.
Course Goals: The health services research module will provide an introduction to the philosophy, history, and approaches of health services research and a sample of research topics that have been approached by health services systems researchers.
Competencies: This course will contribute to basic knowledge competencies in understanding the field of health services research and its applications, as well as conceptual competencies regarding the framing of useful and answerable questions within this field.

HMP804 Doctoral Seminar in Health Services and Systems Research II

Fall term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Mendez, David; Hutton, David; Prosser, Lisa
Description: HMP804/Medical Sociology and Organizational Theory Module consists of six 2.5-hour weekly sessions, and it will be conducted as a seminar. Before each session, all students are expected to complete the required reading assignments in preparation for a lively and informed discussion in class. In addition, each student is expected to submit a study log, which should include one's reactions, reflections, and questions for discussion. At each session, there will be a division of labor among students in summarizing the assigned readings and leading a discussion of them. The discussion will center on conceptual, analytical, and applied issues, whereas the instructor will serve as the moderator and a sounding board.
Course Goals: Within the HSOP curriculum, students studying sociology can choose to focus on either medical sociology or organizational studies. This module provides all HSOP students to an overview of the theory and methods of each of these sub-fields. Sociology provides a unique set of lenses in defining, understanding, and interpreting issues related to health and health care. The HMP 804 aims to provide an initial overview of medical sociology and organizational studies. In addition, it offers several illustrations of how selected sociological perspectives (i.e., social stratification, life course, and theories of how organizations respond to their environments) can be applied to research in public health and analysis of health policy issues. Finally, a session will allow an in depth discussion of medical sociology and organizational studies as applied to research and policy analysis related to obesity.
Competencies: To receive credit for the module, students are expected to attend all sessions, read the assigned articles, and provide feedback that demonstrates an understanding of the key points of the readings and discussion.
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HMP805 Doctoral Seminar in Health Services and Systems Research III

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Greer, Scott
Description: HMP805 Political Science consists of six 2.5-hour weekly sessions, and it will be conducted as a seminar. Before each session, all students are expected to complete the required reading assignments in preparation for a lively and informed discussion in class. In addition, each student is expected to submit short response papers, which should include one's reactions, reflections, and questions for discussion. At each session, there will be a division of labor among students in summarizing the assigned readings and leading a discussion of them. The discussion will center on conceptual, analytical, and applied issues, whereas the instructor will serve as the moderator and a sounding board.
Course Goals: Political Science explains policies by investigating the political systems that produce them, spanning topics such as federalism, party politics, public opinion, and interest groups in different countries. The course will exemplify key relevant political science approaches to health politics, furnishing students with understanding of political science methods and key findings. Finally, a session will allow an in-depth discussion of political science as applied to research and policy analysis related to a chosen topic shared across the modules.
Competencies: To receive credit for the module, students are expected to attend all sessions, read the assigned articles, and provide feedback that demonstrates an understanding of the key points of the readings and discussion. The module is graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

HMP806 Doctoral Seminar in Health Services and Systems Research IV

Winter term(s)
1 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Hirth, Richard; Eisenberg, Daniel
Description: The economics module will provide an introduction to economic reasoning and methods and a sample of research topics that have been approached by economists working on health and health care. Readings will be a mix of classic papers and recent papers that illustrate this approach yet are accessible to both economists and students training in other disciplines.
Course Goals: To provide students with a familiarity with the theoretical and empirical approaches taken by economists working on health and health care, and with the types of questions that have received attention from the discipline, how those approaches and questions compare to those from other disciplines, and how to better understand, communicate with, and collaborate with members of other disciplines.
Competencies: This course will contribute to competencies in economic analysis and interdisciplinary analysis. How will students be evaluated, and how will grades be determined? 1) Have students lead presentations of papers. Each student not only leads discussion, but also prepares a short summary of the paper along with suggested questions for discussion. [50%] 2) Students identify a pair of papers, one in economics and the other in their own discipline (or for the economists, in the more general health services research literature). The papers should be paired by topic. The students would present the pair, and turn in a short, structured written assignment comparing the approaches of the two papers. [50%]
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HMP809 Logic and Methods of Medical Care Research(Psych 809)

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Lee, Daniel
Description: Principles of the scientific method and the logic of the research process. The logic and methodologies of problem formulation, development of hypotheses and objectives, research design, sampling, operationalism and measurement, coding and analysis strategies. Primarily for doctoral students in Health Services Organization and Policy.

HMP815 Readings in Medical Care

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Liang, Jersey
Prerequisites: Perm Instr
Description: Directed readings in special areas. May be elected more than once. Primarily for doctoral students in Health Services Organization and Policy.

HMP826 Applied Econometrics in Health Services Research

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Norton, Edward
Prerequisites: Econ571 or equivalent
Description: Application of advanced econometric methods to health services research. Focuses on categorical data analysis, simultaneous equations, nonlinear expenditure models, duration models, and specification tests. Students will apply these techniques in weekly problems sets and an empirical term paper.
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HMP827 Advanced Seminar in Health Care Economics

Fall term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Hirth, Richard
Prerequisites: Econ 501 and Perm Instr
Description: Analysis of the application of advanced economic theory to problems in the health services field. Focuses on several health economics issues, including topics of current policy interest as well as topics for which the application of economic theory has been more fully explored, Classes will include a general discussion of the appropriate economic theory and empirical evidence and a critical review of the relevant health economics literature. Students must read approximately 30-40 articles and write several short papers.

HMP833 Research Topics in Sociology and Health Care Organization

Fall, Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: HMP doctoral students or P.I.
Description: HSOP Program requirements. A topic in sociology and health care organization-policy is selected each term for detailed critical, theoretical, and methodological analysis leading to development, in class, of propositions aimed at advancing scientific status of the area of inquiry. Analysis and development of content follows logic of the research paradigm. Required of students with a sociology cognate in the doctoral program in Health Services Organization and Policy

HMP835 Research Practicum

Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer term(s)
3-6 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Prerequisites: HMP 809, Perm Instr
Description: The purpose of this course is to allow each student, early in his or her doctoral career, to gain experience in the actual performance of health services research. The experience will enable students to build sound research skills and to gain knowledge of the nature of inquiry in their discipline as well as in the field of health services research. Each student in the HSOP program is expected to elect a total of 6 credits in HMP 835.

HMP840 Integrative Seminar in Health Services Organization and Policy

Winter term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Hirth, Richard; Eisenberg, Daniel
Description: Conceptual and methodological problems in the study of health services organization. Use of the scientific method and statistical design to study the provision and utilization of health services. Development and use of models from the social sciences as conceptual sources. For doctoral students in Health Services Organization and Policy.
Syllabus for HMP840 (PDF, 38895 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, July 08, 2008)

HMP990 Dissertation/Precandidates

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
1-8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral students not yet admitted to status as candidate.

HMP995 Dissertation Research for Doctorate in Philosophy

Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s)
8 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Election for dissertation work by doctoral students admitted as candidates

PUBHLTH200 Health and Society: Introduction to Public Health

Fall term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Warner, Kenneth E
Description: This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the major issues of health and health care in the United States - what they are, what determines them, and how they can be altered. In so doing, the course surveys the field of public health.
Course Goals: The course should provide a broad overview for students wishing no more than an introduction to the field, as well as good grounding for students who wish to pursue additional coursework in the subject.
Competencies: The specific course objectives are expressed within the following competencies: 1. Students will be able to identify the principal determinants of health and disease, including the determinants of inequalities in the health of groups differentiated by race, ethnicity, and economic status. 2. Students will be able to explain what public health is, what distinguishes it from the other health sciences, and what unique contributions it has to make to the health of the public. 3. Students will understand when governments should intervene in matters pertaining to the health of the public and when they should not. They will be able to describe the major formal organizational structures within the United States responsible for monitoring and improving the public's health. 4. Students will be able to describe the basic approaches and purposes of the two major analytical methods of public health, epidemiology and biostatistics, without achieving mastery of the methods (i.e., this is not a methods course; that is the subject of other courses). 5. Students will be able to explain the biomedical basis of infectious and chronic diseases and congenital abnormalities, again without developing detailed expertise on these subjects. 6. Students will be able to identify the principal social and behavioral determinants of health and demonstrate how they come into influence the most important behavior-related health problems of the day. 7. Students will be able to identify the principal environmental determinants of health and describe the major environmental health issues of the present time. 8. Students will be able to explain the role of public health in medical care and identify the principal problems in the U.S. health care system. 9. Students will be able to itemize critical issues in global health, with a special focus on health in poor countries.
This course is cross-listed with in the HMP 200, Pubpol 210 department.

PUBHLTH600 Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Public Health Challenges

Winter term(s)
4 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s): Robins, Thomas; Jacobson, Peter; Strecher, Vic
Prerequisites: One term in SPH
Description: The course is designed to integrate material across HMP, HBHE, and EHS—to understand and address current challenges to the public's health. These challenges are increasingly complex and require students to understand and use integrative, cross-disciplinary strategies to examine relevant public health issues from disciplinary perspectives of the three departments.
Course Goals: Learning Objectives By the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of: •Core concepts and approaches used in the field of Health Management and Policy •Core concepts and approaches used in the field of Environmental Health Sciences •Core concepts and approaches used in the field of Health Behavior and Health Education •Interdisciplinary approaches to complex public health problems •Communication skills required for effective interdisciplinary collaboration and synergistic group productivity
Competencies: •Communication. Students will be expected to collect and organize data and present the information verbally and in writing •Program planning. Students will be expected to design and evaluate strategies through case studies. •Systems thinking. The core competency of the course is for students to recognize and examine the complexity of developing appropriate responses to public health threats Other competencies covered at a secondary level will be: •Diversity. In developing their strategies for the case studies, studies will be expected to take into account diverse communities to produce the intended population health outcome •Leadership. Students will be encouraged to demonstrate leadership through communicating a shared vision for group projects •Professionalism. Students will be expected to act ethically in considering their case study strategies

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