Design and Conduct of Cohort Studies

SPH EP 857

Graduate Prerequisites: (SPHBS 723 & SPHBS 730) AND SPHEP 770 or SPHEP 813 or SPHEP 854. - This is a third-level epidemiologic methods course intended for advanced Masters and Doctoral students who desire to build depth and nuance in their understanding of cohort study design and conduct, including how to develop novel questions in existing cohort studies. This course defines cohort broadly, covering well-established cohort studies and novel cohort data sources. For each topic, methodologic readings will be linked back to concrete examples of cohort study design, with special emphasis on practicality.

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