Develop the skills to collect and analyze data to identify the physical, social, behavioral, economic, and political factors contributing to the causation and spread of infectious diseases, and use that information to develop sustainable prevention and control strategies.
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Collect and analyze data to describe agent, host, and environmental factors contributing to the causation and spread of infectious diseases.
Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate methodologies to study infectious diseases including diagnostic and environmental testing, surveillance systems, and epidemiologic study designs.
Discuss key public health prevention and control activities for major categories of diseases including diarrheal diseases, respiratory diseases, vector-borne diseases, foodborne and waterborne diseases, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Design resource setting and socio-culturally appropriate interventions for infectious disease prevention and control; effectively communicate recommendations in both technical and non-technical terms.
Critically assess the infectious disease academic literature, analyzing the strength and validity of the hypothesis, study design and methods, results, conclusions, and public health significance of primary research studies.
Sample Course Titles
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Water Quality and Public Health
Global AIDS Epidemic: Social and Economic Determinants, Impact, and Responses
Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Microbes and Methods: Selected Topics in Outbreak Investigation
Controversies in Global Control & Eradication of Infectious Diseases
Analysis of Emerging Infections Using the One Health Approach
Sample Practicum
Develop a methodology to collect information on appropriate antibiotic use for the World Health Organization (WHO)
Surveillance for arboviruses, including West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis virus, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Epidemiological assessment and tool development for primary care screening for tuberculosis in Boston’s Homeless Population, Boston University School of Medicine
Research association between HIV-infected adults with current substance dependence or ever injection drug use, Boston University School of Medicine
Enhance surveillance of chickenpox hospitalizations in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Analyze and rewrite emergency infectious disease preparedness plan for pandemic outbreaks, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center