Pharmacoepidemiology

Catalog description

This introductory course in pharmacoepidemiology is intended for graduate-level students of medicine or public health and provides foundational theoretical and practical knowledge and skills. This course is one of the core components of the public health graduate program and is appropriate for any students intending to fulfill degree requirements. It is also appropriate as an elective for students of medicine or other related fields. This course introduce students to most important issues and career options in pharmacoepidemiology; emphasize how non-experimental studies on drugs can draw from standard epidemiologic techniques and explore the ways in which drugs present unique research challenges and opportunities including drug approval process, post marketing surveillance, medication adherence and drug safety systems.