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BIOSTAT503

Introduction to Biostatistics

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff; Mukherjee, Bhramar

Offered every year

Prerequisites: Elementary algebra

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.

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BIOSTAT553

Applied Biostatistics

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kalbfleisch, Jack

Prerequisites: Calculus

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BIOSTAT560

Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Tsodikov, Alexander

Prerequisites: Biostat 523, EPID 503 or EPID 601

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, logical regression and survival analysis.

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BIOSTAT578

Practical Projects

Fall term

1-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: NONE

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

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kim, Sinae; Welch, Kathy

Prerequisites: Admission to a degree program in Biostatistics

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 Wednesday, February 01, 2006 )

BIOSTAT601

Probability and Distribution Theory

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Qin, Zhaohui; Staff

Prerequisites: Three terms of calculus

Fundamental probability and distribution theory needed for statistical inference. Probability, discrete and continuous distributions, expectation, generating functions, limit theorems, transformations, sampling theory.

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BIOSTAT605

Intro to SAS Statistical Programming

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: One course in introductory statistics; Co-requisite Biostat 601 or equivalent or Perm. Instr

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.

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BIOSTAT610

Readings in Biostatistics

Fall term

1-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: One of Biostat 503, Biostat 524, Biostat 553 or Biostat 601/Biostat 602

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

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Abecasis, Goncalo

Prerequisites: Biostat 601 or Perm. Instr.

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, 7623 bytes, last modified on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 )

BIOSTAT617

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

Fall term

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

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.

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BIOSTAT619

Clinical Trials

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Braun, Thomas

Prerequisites: Biostatistics 601 or equivalent or Perm. Instr. One course Introductory Statistics

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.

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BIOSTAT630

Statistical Methods in Biological Assay

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 650 and Co-requisite Biostat 651 or Perm. Instr.

Logic of biological assay; dosage response curves; quantitative and quantal responses; parallel line and slope-ratio assays; simplified estimators; sequential assays; problem of design.

BIOSTAT642

Introduction to Functional MRI

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

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.

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BIOSTAT645

Time Series Analysis with Biomedical Applications

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 602, Biostat 650 or Perm. Instr

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.

BIOSTAT650

Applied Statistics I: Linear Regression

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kim, Sinae

Prerequisites: BIOSTAT601

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, 34066 bytes, last modified on Thursday, September 04, 2008 )

BIOSTAT652

Design of Experiments

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 651

Planning of experiments, use of contrasts in analysis of complete and incomplete block designs. A unified approach to analysis of designs through use of eigen-values and eigenvectors of the association matrix. A-D-E optimality criteria factorial exponents; efficiency of a design, confounding, fractional replication, response-surface designs, rotability criterion, mixture designs, analysis of two-way designs, analysis when blocks are random, applications in biological and biomedical problems.

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BIOSTAT675

Survival Time Analysis

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Murray, Susan

Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and Biostat 650

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.

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BIOSTAT695

Analysis of Categorical Data

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Song, Peter Xuekun

Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and Biostat 660

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, 29132 bytes, last modified on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 )

BIOSTAT803

Biostatistics in Cancer Seminar

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Taylor, Jeremy

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

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

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Abecasis, Goncalo

Prerequisites: Biostat 601, Biostat 602 and Biostat 625 or equiv and proficiency in Fortran or C

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.

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BIOSTAT820

Readings in Biostatistics

Fall term

1-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

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 term

1-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Nan, Bin

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.

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BIOSTAT840

Advanced Topics in Data Analysis

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 650 and Biostat 651

Alternate methods of data analysis useful when data do not fulfill unusual assumptions of statistical tests. Using articles from the literature, students learn methods of data analysis more robust than usual methods and how to choose among them. Focuses on comparison of groups, ANOVA and regression.

BIOSTAT851

Linear Statistical Models (Stat 642)

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and Biostat 651 or Perm. Instr.

Theory of multivariate normal distribution, distribution of quadratic forms, Cochran's theorem, Gauss-Markov theorem, general linear hypothesis, experimental design models, Wishart distribution.

BIOSTAT855

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

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Elliot, Michael

Prerequisites: BIOSTAT617, BIOSTAT650, BIOSTAT651, or instructor permission

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.

This course is cross-listed with MPSM 895 in the Michigan Program for Survey Methodology/Institute for Social Research department.

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BIOSTAT866

Advanced Topics in Genetic Modeling

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Zoellner, Sebastian

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 601, Biostat 602, Biostat 666 or Perm. Instr.

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.

BIOSTAT880

Statistical Analysis With Missing Data

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Little, Roderick

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 602 and 651, and at least one of Biostat 690, Biostat 851, Biostat 890, or Biostat 895 or Perm Inst.

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ﾒ sampler, and multiple imputation.

BIOSTAT895

Analysis of Multivariate Categorical Data

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Biostat 651 and Biostat 695 or Perm. Instr.

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.

BIOSTAT990

Dissertation/Pre-Candidacy

Fall term

1-8 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: (1-8 Full term, 1-4 Half term)

Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted to status as a candidate.

BIOSTAT995

Dissertation Research for Doctorate in Philosophy

Fall term

1-8 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Admission to Doctoral Program(1-8 Full term, 1-4 Half term)

Election for dissertation work by doctoral student who has been admitted to status as a candidate.

EHS500

Principles of Environmental Health Sciences

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Hu, Howard

Prerequisites: Seniors with Perm. Instr.

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.

EHS503

Law and Policy in Environmental Health

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

This course is intended to familiarize students with the laws governing the administrative process by which science is translated into science policy by government in the form of regulations in the areas of environmental health, occupational health and toxicology. The course also illustrates the process by which costs are compared to benefits in choosing the final science policy. Case studies in the form of appellate and Supreme Court opinions are used to illustrate risk-cost-benefit evaluation, the law'ﾒs use of science, and other topics in law and policy. Syllabus cases illustrate environmental health policy in the areas of hazardous chemicals, clean air, clean water, drinking water, radioactive waste, occupational health, new drug approval, and food additives. The course is also intended to demonstrate how judges analyze issues in areas involving scientific information, that is, to illustrate legal reasoning.

EHS506

Principles of Toxicology

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Loch Caruso, Rita

Prerequisites: Biology, Organic Chemistry, Grad Standing or Perm. Instr.

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.

EHS507

Principles of Exposure Assessment

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Robins, Thomas

Prerequisites: BIOS 503, EPID 503, EPID 601, EHS 505 (concurrent enrollment is acceptable) or Perm. Instr.

This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to assess exposure to environmental agents. Topics include the selection of study populations; the conditions under which people or other target species could be exposed; identification and quantification of exposure pathways; the design of exposure assessment strategies; integration of exposure and population information; and the evaluation of historical (exposure reconstruction), current and prospective exposures. The course focuses on occupational and environmental settings and includes chemical, biological (bacteria, fungi, pathogen) and physical agents that may be air-, water-, food- or vector-borne.

EHS513

Pathologic Basis of Disease

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Philbert, Martin

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.

EHS547

Food Science

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry

An examination of food composition and the chemical and physical changes that result from food processing. 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

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Vincent, James

Prerequisites: Grad Status or Senior Standing

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.

EHS570

Water Quality Management

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Xi, Chuanwu

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

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Batterman, Stuart

Prerequisites: EHS 574, Grad Status

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

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Nriagu, Jerome

Prerequisites: College Chemistry including Organic Chemistry and Calculus

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.

EHS575

Population-Environmental Dynamics (SNRE 545)

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

This course examines the dynamics of the relationship between human populations and the global environment with a focus upon critical time periods in the evolution of societies. Population-environment dynamics are visualized as a family of transitions occurring across many sectors of society. Transitions examined include forestry, agriculture, demography, epidemiology, toxicity (air and water pollution, solid waste), urbanization, energy, transportation, and education.

EHS578

Practical Projects

Fall term

1-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: None

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.

EHS579

Environmental Risk Communication (SNRE 551)

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or Perm. Instr.

This course provides a brief introduction to environmental risk assessment and management and then focuses on environmental risk communication. With the help of case studies, students evaluate existing risk communication practices and formulate ways to change these practices such that they will lead to improved environmental risk decisions.

EHS580

Conservation of Biological Diversity (SNRE 517)

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: General Ecology (Bio 381), Grad Status or Perm. Instr.

Overview of historic and present-day causes of species extinction, and of biological principles central to species conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems.

EHS583

Radiation Biology

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Ljungman, Mats

Prerequisites: Biology

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.

EHS586

Introductory Seminar in Environmental Health Sciences

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Grad Standing

An overview of research and practice in the field of environmental health sciences. This weekly seminar is designed to introduce entering students to EHS faculty, to highlight topical issues, and to provide a common forum for EHS students. EHS faculty will introduce their specialty areas and present short seminars on their research. Approximately once per month (coinciding with OJ/OC weekends), outside speakers will present seminars addressing crosscutting issues in the environmental health sciences. The seminar is required for all first-year students.

EHS588

Environmental Law (SNRE 475)

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

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.

EHS600

Professional Perspectives in Environmental Health

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Jolliet, Olivier

Prerequisites: Grad Status, Completion of approved internship, research or practical experience

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.

EHS620

Mechanisms of Endocrine Toxicology and Hormone Metabolism

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Grad Status, Biochemistry, Physiology

Analysis and integration of scientific information to enhance understanding of molecular and cellular mechanisms of endocrine toxicity. Emphasis is on student discussion of theoretical and practical aspects of mechanistic studies based on assigned reading from the scientific literature.

EHS622

Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicology

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Harris, Craig

Prerequisites: Grad Status, Biochem 515 or equiv

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

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Loch Caruso, Rita

Prerequisites: Grad Status, Biochemistry, Physiology

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.

EHS630

Principles of Nutritional Science

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Gong, Tzy-Wen L

Prerequisites: Biochemistry

Integration of biochemical and physiological principles of nutrient utilization, nutrient interactions, and the control and regulation of metabolic processes in humans.

EHS636

Clinical Nutrition

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Han-Markey, Theresa

Prerequisites: EHS 630

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. Nutritional therapy in various diseases incorporates case study instructional modules. Diseases covered include malnutrition, starvation, metabolic stress, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and neoplasm.

EHS640

Nutritional Assessment

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Cole, Suzanne

Prerequisites: EHS 630, Nutrition Science

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

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Cole, Suzanne

Prerequisites: EHS 630

An analysis of community programs with primary attention on goals, objectives, implementation and evaluation. Individualﾒ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.

EHS645

Nutrition Education: Theory and Practice

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Grad Status

This advanced course in nutrition education combines both research and practice. The course will address: 1) theories from education, human development, psychology, and communications that guide nutrition education research and practice, 2) theoretical and pragmatic issues in the development and implementation of nutrition education programs, and 3) methods and techniques used to evaluate nutrition education programs.

EHS651

International Environmental Management System Standards (Bus School & SNRE)

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Grad Status or Perm. Instr.

This course provides a comprehensive framework for the understanding of international management standards as applied to environmental and occupational health, with a focus on the rapid globalization of the regulatory environment in response to international trade. Topics will be the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 series standards for production system quality management, the ISO 10000 series standards for quality management auditing, the ISO 14000 series standards for environmental management and environmental system auditing, and the proposed standards for occupational health and safety management systems. Auditing methods will be a primary focus of this course.

EHS652

Evaluation of Chemical Hazards

Fall term

3-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Zellers, Edward

Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in biostatistics course

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.

EHS656

Research Methods in Occupational Health

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Robins, Thomas

Not offered 2008-2009

This course provides an integrated approach to occupational health research design and methodology. Topics include: research problem formulation; choice of study design; source of data; data analysis and strategies; SMR and PMR studies; healthy worker effect; case-control studies of occupational cancer; occupational pulmonary and neurology morbidity studies.

EHS658

Physical Hazards

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Meeker, John

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or Perm. Instr.

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).

EHS672

Life cycle assessment: Human health and environmental impacts

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Jolliet, Olivier

Prerequisites: None

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.

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EHS687

Air Quality Seminar

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Keeler, Gerald

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

Advanced topics in air quality control and research will be presented by leading experts in the field and by students. Sample areas to be covered include urban air pollution, health effects of air pollutants, tropospheric ozone, acid deposition, global warming, indoor air quality, the Clean Air Act, hazardous pollutant deposition, global transport, and air-surface exchange of pollutants. The course will also emphasize current topics in the field that are of importance to policy makers and regulators. The course is offered both Fall and Winter terms and may be taken more than one.

EHS688

Topics in Environmental Health Sciences

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Hu, Howard

Seminars in contemporary environmental health topics and issues. Presentations by noted authorities from industry, labor organizations, governments, and academia.

EHS697

Readings

Fall term

1-3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr

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 term

1-6 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

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 term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm of Thesis Advisor

This course shall be elected by students enrolled in Masterﾒ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ﾒs thesis committee. The course grade will reflect the studentﾒs accomplishments relative to the thesis and its defense. The course is to be elected only once.

EHS728

Current Topics in Toxicology

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Research presentations at the advanced level focused on mechanisms of toxicity. May be elected more than once

EHS757

Occupational Health Aspects of Industrial Processes

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Vincent, James

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: EHS 550 or equiv and Perm. Instr.

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.

EHS869

Doctoral Seminar in Occupational and Environmental Health

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Loch Caruso, Rita

Prerequisites: EHS Doctoral Student Status

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 term

1-6 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

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 term

1-8 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Election for dissertation work by doctoral students not yet admitted to status as candidate.

EHS995

Dissertation Research for Doctorate in Philosophy

Fall term

8 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Election for dissertation work by doctoral students who have been admitted to status as candidate.

EPID460

Introduction to Bacterial Pathogenesis

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Marrs, Carl F

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 07

Prerequisites: Introductory Microbiology and Biochemistry or Perm. Instr.

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.

EPID506

Health of Nations: Introduction to International Health

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Monto, Arnold S

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Grad Status

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.

EPID511

Introduction to Public Health Genetics

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Richards, Julia; Marrs, Carl F

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Grad status or perm instructor

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.

EPID513

Applications in Public Health Genetics

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kardia, Sharon

Last offered Fall 2006

A forum for discussing applications of public health genetics and for integrating recent developments in human genetics into the breadth of public health genetics. Topics will be inclusive, from genetics and molecular biology, to assessment, policy development, screening for genetic susceptibility, and ethical, legal, and social issues as they apply to delivery of public health genetics.

EPID514

Social Epidemiology

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kaplan, George

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: EPID 503 (or equiv), Biostat 503 (or equiv)

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

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kardia, Sharon

Last offered Winter 2008

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr. or two undergraduate genetic courses.

This course is designed for students with a background in biology or genetics 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.

EPID520

Immunologic and Cellular Basis for Disease

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Rochford, Rosemary

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Grad Status and Perm. Instr.

This course will examine the cellular and molecular basis of disease with an emphasis on the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of both chronic and infectious disease. The course will cover techniques used in the study of pathogenesis, a review of fundamental immunology, and a discussion of the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of both chronic and infectious disease. The course will include both lectures and discussion of current research articles relevant to the course content. Designed for students with backgrounds in biology

EPID546

Advanced Virology

Fall term

2-6 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: EPID 543 and EPID 545

Advanced laboratory studies of viruses and virus diseases with emphasis upon the application of procedures to investigation. May be elected more than once.

EPID552

Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Sowers, MaryFran

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: EPID 600

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

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L

Last offered Fall 2007

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.

EPID556

Introduction to Microcomputers for Epidemiologists

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Introduction to computing skills for Epidemiologists: An introduction to important computer skills for Epidemiologists. Topics covered include basic SAS programming, Epi-Info, use of spreadsheets, and preparation of graphics.

EPID560

Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Marrs, Carl F

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Grad Status and Intro Microbiology and Biochemistry or Perm. Instr.

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.

EPID562

Advanced Bacteriology Laboratory

Fall term

2-6 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Last offered Fall 2006

Prerequisites: EPID 560 and EPID 561 or Perm. Instr.I

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 term

1-6 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Offered every year

Last offered Winter, 2008

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

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

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

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.

EPID595

Foundations of Dental Public Health

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Ismail, Amid

This course is the dental public health student's introduction to the discipline. It presents a social and historical context for dental public health, and provides a basis for the more detailed examination of other aspects of the discipline which are covered in other courses. Students will learn about the public agencies and professional organizations involved in dental public health activities, and will have the opportunity to compare and contrast the structure of public health dentistry in the U.S. with that in other countries. Recent activities, projects, and publications in dental public health will be discussed. Practitioners in dental public health need to be able to locate information efficiently, to appraise its value, and to use that information in writing and speaking. They need to be confident in their ability to write clearly and to speak assertively in public. This course aims to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge needed to locate information, judge its quality, present critical summaries using written and oral communication. The course also allows students to develop confidence in their writing and public speaking. Students will prepare several written projects and oral presentations. The final project will involve the preparation of a mini systematic literature review of a topic chosen by the student, and an oral presentation based on this review.

EPID600

Introduction to Epidemiology

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Galea, Sandro

Last offered Fall 2007

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

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Morgenstern, Hal

Last offered Winter 2008

Prerequisites: Previous or concurrent enrollment in Biostat 523 or equiv; Epid 600 or 503 is recommended but not required

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.

EPID604

Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Lisabeth, Lynda

Prerequisites: Concurrent or previous enrollment in Epid 600; limited to 2nd year MPH and PhD students

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.

EPID606

Advanced Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Koopman, James S

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Epid 605

This second course in infectious disease epidemiology will further prepare students to practice infectious disease epidemiology in health departments, NGOs, and academic settings. It addresses the processes and mechanisms which make infectious disease epidemiology differ from non-infectious disease epidemiology with regard to risk assessment and control program implementation. Focus will be on how risk factors, contact patterns, transmission dynamics, and pathogen evolution determine endemic and epidemic levels of infection. This in turn will serve as a basis upon which to discuss how a) vaccination, b) hygiene and sanitation, c) vector control, d) alteration of contact patterns, and e) treatment programs should be organized to minimize endemic and epidemic infection levels.

EPID610

Epidemiology and Prevention of Oral Diseases

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Taylor, George

Philosophy, principles, and methods of study in the epidemiology of oral conditions. Includes measurement techniques, risk factor identification, and disease distribution in populations. The scientific basis for procedures and programs to prevent oral diseases is examined, with emphasis on public health applications. Includes water fluoridation, other fluoride programs, pit-and-fissure sealant, diet, nutrition, oral hygiene, chemotherapeutics, and screening programs. Required for all students in dental public health.

EPID611

Administration in Dental Public Health

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Ismail, Amid

The planning, operation, and evaluation of dental public health programs, including quality assurance, budgeting, and legislative issues. Students prepare a research proposal and develop skills in oral presentations. Required for all students in dental public health.

EPID612

Collection and Analysis of Dental Data

Fall term

4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Ismail, Amid

Prerequisites: EPID 610 and Biostat 503

Conduct of a dental field survey and analysis of the data collected. Includes establishment of survey aims, survey organization, examination of subjects, processing and analysis of data, preparation and submission of report. Several otherwise free days are required for the field survey, which is usually conducted outside Ann Arbor. Both custom-written data-capture software and commercial statistical software are employed. Particular attention is paid to the special problems presented by dental data in analysis and interpretation. Extensive use of microcomputers is required. Required for all students in dental public health.

EPID613

Problem in Dental Public Health

Fall term

1-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Taylor, George; Ismail, Amid

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

Solutions to problems in dental public health can be pursued by students under the tutorial guidance of a faculty member. The problems can be in any aspect of research or administration. Students can also analyze data from existing research databases, 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

EPID615

Provision and Financing of Dental Care

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Analysis of organizational arrangements and patterns for provision of dental care services. Methods of financing dental care. Types of dental personnel and social, economic, and political factors determining their supply and deployment. Emphasis on the United States with some reference to other countries.

EPID624

Readings in Epidemiology

Fall term

1-2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Prerequisites: Perm. Instr.

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.

EPID651

Epidemiology and Public Health Management of Disasters

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Dean, Sienko

Last offered Fall 2007

This course will offer students an overview of natural and man-made diasters as an issue in public health practice and social policy. It will use the foundation of epidemiological principles to develop skills relevant to disaster preparedness, planning, initial response and subsequent relief/recovery efforts. Issues to be examined throught course activities include: the types of natural and man-made disaster events, their causes, physical and social impacts, and implications; the frequencies, magnitudes, and geographical/sociopolitical distributions of disaster events-along with the epidemiology of injury and disease in the aftermath of disaster; the potential impact of disasters upon community and public health infrastructures; methods to assess risk prior to and evaluate damage following disaster events; issues and considerations in disaster preparedness; interagency roles, responsibilities and coordination in disaster preparedness and management; the man-made disaster of complex emergency, and the health of displaced populations; and issues related to potential disasters from domestic and international terrorism. The course will also discuss contemporary issues such as the recent Tsunami in the South Pacific and the emerging concern about pandemic influenza.

EPID656

Applied Epidemiologic Data Analysis

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Erdmann, Christine

Prerequisites: Epid 600 or Epid 601; concurrent/previous enrollment in Biostat 560; or permission of the instructor. This course is intended for second year MPH students in the Dept. of Epidemiology and students in the Occupational and Environmental Epid. program

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. Students develop and execute a data analysis plan for their final project.

EPID658

Field Internship in Epidemiology II

Fall term

1 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Harlow, Sioban

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: INDI, Perm. Instr.

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 a confidential evaluation of their internship experience.

EPID659

Applications of Epidemiology

Fall term

2-4 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Offered every year

Prerequisites: EPID 601, EPID 655, Perm. Instr.

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

International Health Care Systems

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Staff

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: Grad Status

This course examines the effects of government and private health services on the health status of populations in developing countries. Other issues analyzed include the politics of health services, their cost-effectiveness and how they are financed. Emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary approach and on formal techniques of analysis, including the use of some basic statistical, epidemiological, economic and planning models. Prior election of EPID 666 is recommended.

EPID663

Health, Evidence, and Human Rights

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Harlow, Sioban

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

This course will consider how population research can contribute to developing evidence relevant to advancing human rights. The ability to generate and interpret evidence is critical to addressing human rights abuses both in the courts and through the development of national and multilateral policies. Though evidence takes a number of forms and demands a variety of fields of expertise, the skills unique to public health and health research expand the scope of inquiry greatly. Human rights are not an individual phenomenon. They are held at a largely individual level, but in reality, be it in the form of collective claims or as a result of their fundamental interdependence and interrelation, human rights succeed or fail to be realized on a social level, and so also require examination at the population level in order to explicate the complexities that define human rights in the context of community systems. In this central respect, the research capacities of epidemiology and the health professions potentially play an important role in the field of health and human rights. This course will systematically examine how to frame population research priorities from a human rights perspective and how population research methodologies can be applied to human rights questions. Case studies of emerging research in the field will be used to develop a conceptual framework for applying health research methodologies to evidentiary issues in human rights.

EPID677

Epidemiology of Aging

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Haan, Mary

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: EPID 600 OR EPID 503, BIOSTAT 503 or 553

This course will address the epidemiology of aging from a public health perspective with a specific focus on epidemiologic methods and their application to the study of function and disease in the elderly. These will include demography, biology of aging, models of aging, functional status, genetics of longevity, cognition and dementias, social factors, sensory changes. Group projects will involve small scale data collection on elderly individuals or analysis of existing data on aging. The project will emphasize understanding of some aspect of epidemiologic methods.

EPID680

Hospital Epidemiology

Fall term

2-3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Yang, Zhenhua

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Basic Epidemiology and Microbiology and Perm. Instr.

An integration of information from basic courses allows application of microbiologic, epidemiologic and statistical principles to problems of infections in hospitals. Surveillance, investigation and control of hospital infections described.

EPID802

Computer Simulation of Epidemiologic Processes

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Koopman, James S

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: EPID 503 or EPID 601 or equiv and Perm. Instr.

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ﾒ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.

EPID803

Topics in Social Epidemiology and Population Health

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kaplan, George

Not offered 2008-2009

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

EPID804

Population Health and its Determinants

Fall term

2-3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kaplan, George

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: permission of instructor

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.

EPID805

Research Seminar in Social Epidemiology and Population Health

Fall term

1-2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Kaplan, George

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor based on evidence of current research involvement in field

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.

EPID813

Advanced seminar on public health and aging

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Haan, Mary

Prerequisites: Doctoral standing at UM with training in research methods and statistics in relevant disciplines. Epid 677 is recommended.

This course will be a seminar for doctoral students at the University of Michigan who are interested in health and aging. Fellows/residents from geriatric medicine may also benefit from this course. The course will be most appropriate for students with a background in health, medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, sociology, behavioral sciences or a basic public health science. The course will address substantive areas in aging and health in the first term and methodological issues in geriatric research in the second term. It is also a training seminar for the T32 program in public health and aging.

EPID814

Topics in epidemiologic analysis

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Diez-Roux, Ana

Offered every year

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: EPID601 BIOS560

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

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Yang, Zhenhua

Last offered Fall 2006

Not offered 2008-2009

Prerequisites: EPID 605, 609 617 or any other infectious disease course.

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.

EPID819

Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Galea, Sandro

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Epid 601 or permission of instructor

This course offers an introduction to the epidemiology of mental health and mental illness. This course takes an explicit epidemiologic perspective and focuses on the study of the determinants of mental illness. A broad array of potential determinants will be discussed, including psychosocial, biologic, and genetic determinants. Students will learn about the epidemiology of specific diseases, but will also consider the methodologic challenges involved in the study of mental health and illness, the social consequences of mental illness, and the social and political contexts within which mental health and mental illness occur. This course will be divided into three primary sections. The first section will serve as an introduction to psychiatric epidemiology, considering the role of psychiatric epidemiology and the historic, political, and cultural context of mental illness. The second section will consider epidemiologic insights about some of the key psychiatric disorders, including affective, psychotic, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Each topic discussion will also consider the interrelationship between these disorders and the role of epidemiologic methods in studying these conditions. The third section will consider special topics in psychiatric epidemiology, including issues of Comorbidity, measurement (including case ascertainment and diagnostic methods), and issues that pertain to service delivery and its assessment.

EPID821

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar in Global Health Research

Fall term

2 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Harlow, Sioban

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Permission of the Instructor

The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Seminar in Global Health Research offers graduate students the opportunity to develop pre-dissertation proposals and dissertation prospectuses, together with their peers, in an interdisciplinary setting. Through critical readings and presentation and critique of dissertation research proposals, students will have an opportunity to develop their own research prospectus. Students will also develop a broader understanding of the role for multi-sectorial engagement in priority global health research. It is a required course for students receiving a UM-GHRT predissertation travel fellowship.

EPID822

Malaria and other important vector-borne diseases

Fall term

3 Credit Hour(s)

Instructor(s): Wilson, Mark L

Last offered Fall 2007

Prerequisites: Epid 602, Epid 605 or equivalent; EHS 513 or equivalent

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