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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Bios 7431 - Statistical Issues In Drug Research And Development, Karl E. Peace
Bios 7431 - Statistical Issues In Drug Research And Development, Karl E. Peace
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
Numerous statistical issues attendant to providing biostatistical support to drug research and clinical development programs are identified and discussed. Real examples are used to illustrate and solidify how to address the issues.
Bios 7534 - Data Management For Biostatistics, Haresh Rochani
Bios 7534 - Data Management For Biostatistics, Haresh Rochani
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course emphasizes data management and software applications using the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software package. It will introduce the student to SAS codes for: inputting and outputting data, creating temporary and permanent data sets, creating formatted and labeled SAS data sets, merging and connecting SAS data sets, creating output using the TABULATE and REPORT procedures, debugging a SAS program that includes the TABULATE, REPORT and SQL procedures, using characteristic functions in SAS, using a random number generator, probability distributions, arrays, and date and time functions. Students will also write a simple and complex query using the SQL procedure; create, …
Bios 9131 - Advanced Statistical Theory For Biostatistics I, Hani Samawi
Bios 9131 - Advanced Statistical Theory For Biostatistics I, Hani Samawi
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides an advanced study of theoretical statistics. Topics include: an introduction probability and sample space, conditional probability and Bayes Theorem, probability distribution of a random variable, discrete and continuous random variables, functions of random variables, moments and moment generating functions, order statistics and their distributions, discrete distributions, continuous distributions, bivariate and multivariate normal distribution, modes of convergence, limiting moment generating functions, and the central limit theorems. 3 hours
Bios 9135 - Advanced Survival Analysis, Lili Yu
Bios 9135 - Advanced Survival Analysis, Lili Yu
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course will be placed on the theory on survival data. Counting processes and martingale method will be introduced. Emphasis will be place on the applications of the theory on the methodologies for survival data, such as Kaplan-Meier estimate, log-rank test, Cox model, etc. The students will learn how to use R language to setup survival dataset and perform analysis.
Bios 9231 - Bayesian Statistics I, Hani Samawi
Bios 9231 - Bayesian Statistics I, Hani Samawi
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides the student with an introduction Bayesian analysis and compares Bayesian methods to that of frequentists. The course includes selection of prior distributions, computing posterior distributions, and conjugate models such as the Beta-Binomial, Normal-Normal, and Gamma-Poisson models. Bayesian inference using point and interval estimation, Bayesian hierarchical models, and exchangeability will be explored. Topics including Empirical Bayes versus a fully Bayes approach, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods and model checking using Bayes factors and sensitivity analyses will be included. Prerequisite: A minimum grade of "B" in BIOS 9131, or permission from instructor.
Chbe 9335a - Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
Chbe 9335a - Global Health And Preparedness, Andrew Hansen
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course will focus on global public health and preparedness for domestic and global emergencies. Students will explore patterns of health and disease around the world, and compare them to public health issues in the United States. An ecological framework will be employed to illustrate the complex political, social, economic, and environmental determinants of global health inequity. Concepts from the social sciences, epidemiology, health systems, and policymaking will be incorporated. The course will emphasize issues related to humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters both globally and domestically, and the need to build public health infrastructure and preparedness to mitigate them.
Cohe 7232a - Health Promotion Planning, Andrew Hansen
Cohe 7232a - Health Promotion Planning, Andrew Hansen
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
Introduces the student to the theory and application of planning and evaluation principles. Planning and evaluation skills will be developed that can be utilized in a variety of health-related settings. Familiarizes students with theories and models from the social and behavioral sciences and health education used in behavior change interventions. Emphasizes the planning and implementing of community health interventions at multiple ecological levels.
Cohe 7234 - Community Health Analysis And Assessment, Moya L. Alfonso
Cohe 7234 - Community Health Analysis And Assessment, Moya L. Alfonso
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course familiarizes students with concepts and approaches for community health assessment and analysis. This includes discussion of social action, organizational development, policy advocacy, capacity building, community diagnosis (needs assessment), social networking and coalition formation to bring about health and quality of life improvement. Special focus will be placed on the application of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods methods and CBPR approaches for assessment.
Chbe 9130a - Research Methods In Community And Behavioral Health, Levi Ross
Chbe 9130a - Research Methods In Community And Behavioral Health, Levi Ross
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
General Course Description: This course introduces students to research methods in health science. Development and presentation of practicum and research proposals will be the focus of the course. Additional emphasis will be placed on writing skills that will contribute to research projects and grant applications.
Envh 7233 - Environmental Exposure And Impact Assessment, Atin Adhikari
Envh 7233 - Environmental Exposure And Impact Assessment, Atin Adhikari
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
Introduces students to appropriate design, implementation, and analysis of primary environmental exposures and how they are influenced by public health ethics, equity and disparities. Specific topics covered include designing risk profiles; evaluating dose-response relationships; assessing the contribution of public health ethics, equity and disparities to environmental exposures; and analyzing field exposures of toxins.
Envh 7234 - Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
Envh 7234 - Environmental Toxicology, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course introduces students to concepts associated with the lethal and sub-lethal effects of environmental and occupational stressors on humans and other living organisms.
Envh 7235 - Field Methods In Environmental Health, Marina E. Eremeeva
Envh 7235 - Field Methods In Environmental Health, Marina E. Eremeeva
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course introduces students to an overview of current and accepted field methods for environmental and occupational exposure monitoring.
Epid 7134 - Epidemiologic Methods Ii, Kelly L. Sullivan
Epid 7134 - Epidemiologic Methods Ii, Kelly L. Sullivan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides instruction and hands-on experience in the analysis and interpretation of data from epidemiologic studies. Topics to be covered include epidemiology research questions that can be addressed by case-control and cohort studies, the rationale underlying the major techniques used to analyze data from case-control and cohort studies, the conditions under which these methods are appropriate and their relative advantages and disadvantages. Attention will be given to how interactions, confounders and nonlinear relationships among variables can be addressed along with interpretation of statistical software output from epidemiologic studies employing these designs and analytical methods.
Hspm 7090a - Selected Topics In Health: Geographic Information Systems, Jeffery A. Jones
Hspm 7090a - Selected Topics In Health: Geographic Information Systems, Jeffery A. Jones
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course will introduce students to geographic information systems (GIS) to map and spatially analyze public health and demographic data. Students will learn the fundamentals of the ArcMap software system and ways to integrate cartography into biomedical informatics practice. Beyond use of GIS for cartography, this course will also examine ethical issues and methods of analyzing demographic and spatial health patterns using GIS and demography analysis methods. The versatility of GIS in a public health setting will be examined and will include exercises involving GIS applications in health marketing, demography, epidemiology, and health care systems. For example, we will look …
Hspm 7133a - Public Health Policy & Ethics, William A. Mase
Hspm 7133a - Public Health Policy & Ethics, William A. Mase
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
The course prepares learners to understand complex health and human service-related systems in order to inform effective practice-based ethical decision-making. The primary focus of the course relates to public health policy and practice. Major content areas include health policy institutions, the health policy process, ethical political considerations, social determinants of health, workforce, health care financing, medical technology, health care organizations, the public health system, primary care systems, and other health-related issues impacting the health of the public. Strategies of implementing change through policy making and the legislative process are covered.
Hspm 7137 - Healthcare Finance And Payment Systems, James H. Stephens
Hspm 7137 - Healthcare Finance And Payment Systems, James H. Stephens
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course examines the structure and functioning of the finance reimbursement components of the health care delivery system. Healthcare organizations including hospitals, long-term care, ambulatory care, managed care, private and public insurance, public health, integrated delivery systems, and other health care providers will be discussed within the context of the financial environment that includes financial management, managerial accounting and revenue and reimbursement cycle management. The course also examines key financial tools and analyses for financially related decision making within the principles of strategic management applied to healthcare organizations amid a dynamic/changing environment.
Hspm 7332 - Population Health, Bettye A. Apenteng
Hspm 7332 - Population Health, Bettye A. Apenteng
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
Delivering care to meet the needs of the population of the communities, a health organization service requires a strategic approach and an organizational culture that attends to those healthcare needs. This course is designed to familiarize students with the current applications of social and behavioral sciences. It is an overview of healthcare and public health management and administration, managerial decision making and the practical knowledge, tools, processes and strategies required to operate successfully with a population health focus by the healthcare organization.
Hspm 7335 - Healthcare Operations Management, Linda Kimsey
Hspm 7335 - Healthcare Operations Management, Linda Kimsey
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course examines operational issues in health care management. Topics include systems analysis, continuous quality improvement and re-engineering, demand forecasting, facility location and design models, decision analysis techniques, linear programming, queuing and waiting models, inventory control models, and statistical quality control. The goal is to instill an understanding of the language, applications, and limitations of quantitative models with regard to decision-making and problem solving in health care organizations.
Hspm 7336 - The Healthcare Supply Chain, David E. Schott
Hspm 7336 - The Healthcare Supply Chain, David E. Schott
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
The healthcare supply chain is a vital core business component of the health organization with the mission of delivering the technological elements of the patient care process to the providers of care. From strategic sourcing and purchasing, acquisition, logistics, inventory management, to point of use applications, this course provides understanding, knowledge and evaluation models to operate and manage an organization’s enterprise resource planning and management system, specifically with regard to the supply chain system and the management of that system as evaluated from a strategic, operations management and financial perspective.
Hspm 7338 - Contemporary Issues In Healthcare, James H. Stephens
Hspm 7338 - Contemporary Issues In Healthcare, James H. Stephens
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
Course examines operational issues in health care management. Topics include underlying of the U.S health system, systems analysis and continuous quality improvement [Lean Theory]. The goal is to instill an understanding of knowledge of accreditation bodies, professional societies and professional development. The goal is to instill an understanding of the language, applications, limitations with regarding to decision making and problem solving in healthcare organizations.
Bios 8130 – Advanced Topics In Biostatistics, Robert L. Vogel
Bios 8130 – Advanced Topics In Biostatistics, Robert L. Vogel
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides an overview of advanced biostatistical descriptive and inferential methods including multiple regression, logistic regression, longitudinal data, survival analysis, and repeated measures with applications to public health and biomedical studies. Emphasis will be placed on developing statistical reasoning and critical thinking skills in addition to programming skills using statistical software (SAS) to analyze public health and biomedical data.
Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood
Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health, Stacy W. Smallwood
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course is designed to familiarize students with the history and current applications of social and behavioral sciences as they are applied to public health practice and research. It explores social and behavioral science models, theories, and approaches that inform public health, and their philosophical roots. The course also examines social and behavioral determinants of health equity across the ecological spectrum. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills to help students synthesize and utilize information in research and practice. An important contribution of this course is the emphasis on recognizing the contributions of social and behavioral science research and practice …
Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health (Online), Stacy W. Smallwood
Pubh 6535 - Theoretical Perspectives Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences In Public Health (Online), Stacy W. Smallwood
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course is designed to familiarize students with the history and current applications of social and behavioral sciences as they are applied to public health practice and research. It explores social and behavioral science models, theories, and approaches that inform public health, and their philosophical roots. The course also examines social and behavioral determinants of health equity across the ecological spectrum. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills to help students synthesize and utilize information in research and practice. An important contribution of this course is the emphasis on recognizing the contributions of social and behavioral science research and practice …
Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Bettye A. Apenteng
Pubh 6534 - Health Policy And Management, Bettye A. Apenteng
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
The course provides a comprehensive introduction and overview to public health management and administration. The course context is based on managerial decision making and the practical knowledge, tools, processes and strategies required by organizational management. This course overviews the basics of administration, including public health law, human resources management, budgeting and financing, health information management, performance measurement and improvement, ethics, leadership, communication, media relations, and legislative relations in public health; introduced as processes are strategic planning, program development and evaluation, budget preparation, and constituency building for collaboration. Emerging areas of public health policy and management are also discussed as contexts …
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Isaac Chun-Hai Fung
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides an introduction to many important topics in epidemiology for public health practice, including but not limited to the evolution of the discipline, causal concepts in the natural history of disease, critical features of infectious and chronic diseases, elements of public health screening, basic measures used in epidemiology, design of epidemiologic investigations, consideration of random error and systematic bias, calculation and interpretation of confidence intervals and p values, discussion of confounding and interaction, criteria for evaluation of cause and effect relationships and the implications for ethical public health practice. Students are expected to gain a foundation in epidemiologic …
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Claire Robb
Pubh 6533 - Epidemiology, Claire Robb
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course provides an introduction to many important topics in epidemiology for public health practice, including but not limited to the evolution of the discipline, causal concepts in the natural history of disease, critical features of infectious and chronic diseases, elements of public health screening, basic measures used in epidemiology, design of epidemiologic investigations, consideration of random error and systematic bias, calculation and interpretation of confidence intervals and p values, discussion of confounding and interaction, criteria for evaluation of cause and effect relationships and the implications for ethical public health practice. Students are expected to gain a foundation in epidemiologic …
Pubh 6532a - Environmental Health, Asli Aslan
Pubh 6532a - Environmental Health, Asli Aslan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course is designed for graduate students and provides students with an introduction and overview of the key areas of environmental health. Students will gain an understanding of the interaction of individuals and communities with the environment. Impact of environmental agents on human and ecosystem health will be analyzed. This course will also introduce current topics in global environmental health and challenges faced under the changing climate and socio-economic needs and examine recent case studies and their outcomes related to environmental policy and management.
Pubh 6532f - Environmental Health, Asli Aslan
Pubh 6532f - Environmental Health, Asli Aslan
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course is designed for graduate students and provides students with an introduction and overview of the key areas of environmental health. Students will gain an understanding of the interaction of individuals and communities with the environment. Impact of environmental agents on human and ecosystem health will be analyzed. This course will also introduce current topics in global environmental health and challenges faced under the changing climate and socio-economic needs and examine recent case studies and their outcomes related to environmental policy and management.
Pubh 5520 - Introduction To Public Health, Katie M. Mercer
Pubh 5520 - Introduction To Public Health, Katie M. Mercer
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course is designed to give students a foundation in the core functions of the population-based public health (assessment, policy development and assurance). In addition, this course will examine the 10 essential services of public health within these core functions. Defining effective public health practice and providing knowledge about the technical, social, and political parameters related to public health research and practice are goals for this class. Students will gain an understanding of public health as a broad area of work that applies the benefits of current biomedical, environmental, social, and behavioral knowledge in ways that maximize the health status …
Epid 9231 - Epidemiology Of Chronic Disease, Jian Zhang
Epid 9231 - Epidemiology Of Chronic Disease, Jian Zhang
College of Public Health: Faculty Syllabi (2014-2021)
This course is designed to introduce the student to the ever-expanding area of chronic disease epidemiology. Students will be introduced to the current status of chronic disease and control programs, methods used in chronic disease surveillance, intervention methods, and modifiable risk factors. Some of the major chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes and arthritis will be discussed in detail. Pathophysiology and clinical features of common chronic conditions will also be presented.