Principles of Epidemiology
X186 (2 semester units in Public Health)
30 hours CE credit: BRN
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of disease and health in human populations. This introductory course explains the basic principles of epidemiology, their application to specific public health situations, and criteria for critically evaluating epidemiology studies. In each class, epidemiological concepts and their application to sample problems are discussed. Topics include disease risk, methods of evaluating the causative factors of disease, and the assessment of epidemiological study designs and research activities.
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Mon. June 9, San Francisco
TRISHA HUE, M.P.H., is a nutritional epidemiologist with research interests in body composition, cancer, and osteoporosis outcomes. She has been a project director at the UC San Francisco's Coordinating Center for the past 9 years and has experience in the design and conduct of numerous industry and NIH-funded clinical trials and longitudinal studies.
- 10 meetings
- June 9 to Aug. 4: Mon., 6:30-9:30 pm (no meeting June 23); also
Aug. 9: Sat., 10 am-5 pm
- San Francisco: Room 801, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $375 (EDP 404871)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health
Author: Ann Aschengrau & George R. Seage III
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
ISBN: 0763725374
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
three times a year in early April, July and December.