Cancer Epidemiology.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered online, face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. Prerequisites: EPID 571 and BIOS 543 , both with a minimum grade of B. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Ph.D. in Epidemiology or the Master of Public Health programs. Students review the epidemiology of major cancers by anatomic site and discuss seminal studies and current issues in cancer epidemiological research, including methodology, cancer surveillance, international studies, observational studies and intervention trials. The course will include an overview of basic concepts pertinent to cancer epidemiology research and prevention including biology, descriptive statistics, risk factors and genetics. Selected publications from epidemiological literature provide examples for student-faculty discussion.