PHTH 6202 — Intermediate Epidemiology
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: ThBostonTraditional
Offers an intermediate-level course covering key principles, concepts, and methods of population-based epidemiologic research. Topics include observational study designs, measures of disease occurrence and association, validity and bias, confounding, effect modification, multivariate analysis for stratification and adjustment, critical appraisal and meta-analysis, mediation analysis, missing data analysis, and concepts and methods for strengthening causal inference. Offers graduate students unique opportunities to engage in practical applications, including critical reviews of published epidemiologic journal articles, and to conduct hands-on analyses of empirical datasets using SAS statistical software. Designed to serve as a foundation for further advanced training in specialized branches of epidemiology, quantitative methods, and epidemiologic research.
Prerequisites
- PHTH 5202 (min B-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 30% | 14.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 44% | 14.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 28% | 18.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
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Common patterns: R (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Farzad Noubary (100% of students) · reviews
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