Designing population-based research

Catalog description

The objective of this course is to introduce graduate students to the design of contemporary population-based research, defined broadly as research involving populations including epidemiological, clinical, and outcomes-based studies. Students will be introduced to basic concepts necessary to design and conduct population-based research, as well as, emergent technologies and concepts in the field of population health. Students will gain practice by creating a protocol for a research study addressing a relevant research question in their specific area of interest.