This course will cover topics in neuroepidemiology as applied to populations, including application of epidemiologic methods and principles to common neurologic outcomes,specific outcomes such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, stroke, peripheral neuropathy, cognitive impairment, and etiology and prevention of common outcomes including current knowledge from observational and intervention studies. The use of/experience with neuroimaging in population-based studies will be addressed.
EPID677
Epidemiology of Aging
Fall
term(s)
3 Credit Hour(s)
Instructor(s):
Haan, Mary
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.
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