Epidemiology: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective

This required course for GHP students focuses on the distribution and determinants of disease. Diverse methodological approaches for measuring health status, disease occurrence, and the association between risk factors and health outcomes will be presented via classic and contemporary studies of chronic and infectious illness. The core underlying ecological and evolutionary drivers of human health will be introduced. Emphasis on: causal inference, study design and sampling, bias and confounding, the generalizability of research, infectious disease dynamics, health policy and global health.