EPIB - Epidemiology and Biostatistics 1 EPIB622 Social Determinants of Health (3 Credits) EPIB - EPIDEMIOLOGY AND Overview of the major social variables that affect public health, including socioeconomic status, poverty, income distribution, race, social BIOSTATISTICS networks/support, community cohesion, psychological stress, gender, and work and neighborhood environment. EPIB400 Obesity: An Epidemiologic Perspective (3 Credits) Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in The epidemic of obesity, its causes and consequences, and issues related SPHL602; or EPIB610. to energy balance will be covered. Students will characterize the obesity EPIB623 Epidemiologic Methods in Health Disparities Research (3 epidemic both nationally and internationally, compare and contrast the Credits) metrics of obesity, understand the biological consequences of different An examination of the measurement, monitoring, analysis, and reporting obesity phenotypes, and describe characteristics of the obesogenic of health disparities in the U.S. Through in-depth examples and class environment. Throughout the course students will be introduced to the activities, students will learn about the state of health disparities, application of epidemiological methods to studies of obesity. epidemiologic methods for health disparity assessments, and best Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (EPIB301, practices for translating data on health disparities for policy makers. HLTH301). Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in EPIB463 Introduction to Biostatistical Programming (3 Credits) SPHL602; or EPIB610. An introduction to basic programming principles; data analysis tasks EPIB624 Genetic in Public Health (3 Credits) such as the calculation of summary statistics and the creation of graphs; Emerging role of genetics in public health; overview of basic tenets and the implementation of statistical analysis concepts such as T-tests, of human genetics; examination of how public health practices and ANOVA and correlation. Querying and managing data sets using SQL in research are influenced by genetics and ethical issues specific to SAS will also be covered. genetics. EPIB489 Special Topics in Epidemiology or Biostatistics (1-6 Credits) Prerequisite: EPIB610. Special topics in epidemiology or biostatistics. EPIB626 Epidemiology of Obesity (3 Credits) Repeatable to: 6 credits if content differs. Overview of the epidemiological, prevention, and treatment of obesity, EPIB610 Foundations of Epidemiology (3 Credits) its causes and consequences, and energy balance issues; application of Introduction to the discipline of epidemiology and its applications to epidemiologic methods to the study of obesity epidemiology. health issues and practices. Basic epidemiologic concepts and methods Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in will be covered. SPHL602; or EPIB610. Prerequisite: EPIB300; or equivalent undergraduate statistics or EPIB627 Epidemiologic Methods for Primary Research (3 Credits) biostatistics course with a grade of C- or higher; or a score of 70% or Students are provided with the knowledge and skills needed to design higher on EPIB300 placement exam. and implement epidemiological research studies and to collect primary Credit Only Granted for: EPIB610 or HLTH720. data. Presents an overview of types of research designs, sampling Formerly: HLTH720. methodologies, measurement issues, questionnaire design, and EPIB611 Intermediate Epidemiology (3 Credits) guidelines for recruiting and interacting with participants. This foundation Analysis of epidemiologic methods as applied to epidemiologic research, of knowledge is applied to group assignments, which apply the steps analysis of bias, confounding, effect modification issues, overview of involved in the primary data collection process. Goals include: (a) design, implementation, and analysis of epidemiologic studies. achieving competence in designing and implementing studies based on Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of B- from (SPHL602, scientifically sound epidemiological research methods; and (b) gaining EPIB610); or a minimum score of 70% on the SPHL602 or EPIB610 waiver the ability to critically evaluate health research and epidemiological exam. studies. EPIB612 Epidemiologic Study Design (3 Credits) Prerequisite: EPIB610; or permission of instructor. Application of epidemiologic study designs, analytic methods used Credit Only Granted for: EPIB600 or EPIB627. for analysis of cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, and clinical trials Formerly: EPIB660. research. EPIB630 Epidemiologic Methods in Sexual and Reproductive Health Prerequisite: EPIB611. Research (3 Credits) EPIB620 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 Credits) Examination of epidemiologic methods (quantitative and qualitative) for Overview of prevalence and risk factors for major chronic diseases. collecting and analyzing data on sexual and reproductive health. The Discussion of methodological issues unique to specific chronic disease. emphasis will be to introduce students to the appropriate methods used Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in for challenging and sensitive research topics such as sexual behavior, SPHL602; or EPIB610. HIV/STI, drug use, sexual abuse. Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in EPIB621 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 Credits) SPHL602; or EPIB610. Overview of the unique aspects of infectious diseases and the epidemiological methods used in their study, prevention, and control. Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in SPHL602; or EPIB610. 2 EPIB - Epidemiology and Biostatistics EPIB631 Cancer Epidemiology (3 Credits) EPIB650 Biostatistics I (3 Credits) This combines public health disciplines including epidemiological Basic statistical concepts and procedures for Public Health. Focuses methods, molecular biology, pathology, clinical and social/behavioral on applications, hands-on-experience, and interpretations of statistical sciences to explore modern cancer epidemiology, prevention and control findings. in the United States and internationally. Emphasis will be placed on those Prerequisite: EPIB300; or equivalent undergraduate statistics or cancers of high prevalence or unique biological characteristics that biostatistics course with a grade of C- or higher; or a score of 70% or illustrate interesting epidemiological or etiological characteristics. higher on EPIB placement exam. Prerequisite: EPIB610; or must have completed or be concurrently Credit Only Granted for: EPIB650, HLTH651, or HLTH688B. enrolled in SPHL602; or permission from instructor. Formerly: HLTH651 and HLTH688B. Additional Information: This course is being jointly offered with the EPIB651 Applied Regression Analysis (3 Credits) University of Maryland Baltimore and will be taught at the College Park An introduction to important statistical methods used in public health campus. research, including nonparametric hypothesis testing, ANOVA, simple EPIB633 Health Survey Design and Analysis (3 Credits) and multiple linear regression, logistic regression, and categorical data An overview of types of survey research designs, questionnaire design, analysis. measurement issues, and techniques for recruiting and interacting with Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of B- from (SPHL602, participants. Students will discuss and implement a variety of health EPIB650); or a minimum score of 70% on the SPHL602 or EPIB650 waiver survey analysis techniques, including how to utilize SAS statistical exam. software to estimate descriptive statistics and implement regression Recommended: EPIB697 or previous experience working with SAS is models, while accounting for complex survey designs. highly recommended. Prerequisite: SPHL602 or EPIB610; or permission of Instructor. EPIB652 Categorical Data Analysis (3 Credits) Recommended: EPIB697. Methods for analysis of categorical data as applied to public health EPIB634 Applied Data Analysis in Social Epidemiology and Behavioral research, including contingency tables, logistic regression, multicategory Health (3 Credits) logic models, loglinear models, and models for matched-pairs. Focuses on the application of factor analysis, mediation analysis Prerequisite: EPIB651. using path analytic model, and structural equation model in social Recommended: EPIB697 or previous experience working with SAS is epidemiology and behavioral health. Application of these analytical highly recommended. methods using SAS. EPIB653 Applied Survival Data Analysis (3 Credits) Prerequisite: EPIB610 and EPIB650; or permission of instructor. Overview of statistical methods for anlayzing censored survival data, EPIB635 Applied Multilevel Modeling of Health Data (3 Credits) including the Kaplan-Meier estimator, the log-rank test, Cox PH model. Provides an overview of multilevel models and their application to health Prerequisite: EPIB651. data. As a hybrid course, class time will be split between introducing EPIB654 Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis (3 Credits) concepts, group discussion of multilevel models in public health This course provides an introduction to the clinical trials design and literature, and working through hands-on exercises. Assignments and data analysis. Topics covered include: history/background and process examples will use SAS statistical software. for clinical trial, key concepts for good statistics practice (GSP)/good Prerequisite: SPHL602. Or EPIB610; and EPIB650. Or