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General Public Health
Evaluating Therapies in Observational Studies: HAART to Heart Lessons from HIV/AIDS
This lecture addresses the evaluation challenges posed by observational studies, paying particular attention to the cardiovascular implications raised by recent HAART research.
Dean's Lecture Series: 2007-2008
In these presentations, the lecturers address challenging public health issues of the day and report on lessons learned from their own research and experience in the field.
Dissertation Workshop
The workshop is intended for Doctoral students in the health and social sciences who are at the stage of developing a research proposal.
Ethical Issues in Public Health
Focuses on ethical theory and current ethical issues in public health and health policy, including resource allocation, the use of summary measures of health, the right to health care and conflicts between autonomy and health promotion efforts.
Ethics of Human Subject Research
Introduces students to the ethics of human subject research, including ethical theory and principles are introduced and followed by a brief history of research ethics.
Fundamentals of Epidemiology I
Fundamentals of Epidemiology I is the first half of a course that introduces the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems.
Fundamentals of Epidemiology II
Fundamentals of Epidemiology I and II introduce the basic concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied to public health problems.
History of Public Health
Examines the historical experience of health and illness from a population perspective.
MPH Capstone Honors Recipients 2008
MPH candidates are required to prepare capstone projects to complete their degree program. Each year, special honors were given to ten students for the best overall capstone projects. Presentations from three of the ten 2008 honors recipients are posted.
Principles of Drug Development
Presents principles underlying preclinical and clinical development of new therapeutic drugs and procedures.
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Problem Solving for Immunization Programs
This material will cover immunization basics and survey the public health, sociological, and economic literature, identifying and analyzing common problems using a standard problem-solving approach.
Problems in the Design of Epidemiologic Studies (Grant Writing)
Students participate in the preparation of a research protocol for a study in a human population.
Psychiatric Epidemiology
Psychiatric Epidemiology reviews descriptive and analytic epidemiology for major mental disorders of childhood, adulthood, and late adult life.
Public Health Practice 101
A series of presentations developed to introduce health department employees to the basic terms and concepts that they are likely to encounter in the field.
Qualitative Data Analysis
This course emphasizes the analysis of ethnographic and other forms of qualitative data in public health research.
Training Methods and Continuing Education for Health Workers
This course in Training Methods and Continuing Education for Health Workers identifies the role of training and continuing education as an important component of health service and personnel management.
