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Epidemiologic Methods I Epidemiologic Methods I
Fall 2019 Fall 2019
EPI201/202 Sequence
EPI201
□ Exchangeability
□ Measures of Disease Frequency, Association and Effect
□ Directed Acyclic Graphs
□ Study Design
□ Confounding and Effect Measure Modification
Course Overview □ Causal Inference
EPI202
□ Statistical Inference in Epidemiology
□ Crude and Stratified Tabular Analysis
□ Matching in Design and Analysis
□ Maximum Bias Attributable to Uncontrolled Confounding
Epidemiologic Methods 1 □ Misclassification and Measurement Error
Murray A. Mittleman □ Introduction to Regression Models
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health □ Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting / Standardization
Students enrolled in EPI201 are expected to enroll in EPI202
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Course Staff Contact Information Course Content
Murray Mittleman mmittlem@hsph.harvard.edu
Ilkania Chowdhury‐Paulino ipaulino@g.harvard.edu Focus on
Jack Cordes jcordes@hsph.harvard.edu □ Terminology
Christina Fennell cfennell@hsph.harvard.edu □ Theory
Nazleen Khan nak316@mail.harvard.edu □ Design, analysis and interpretation
Nishant Kishore nkishore@g.harvard.edu □ Critical thinking
Michael Leung michael_leung@g.harvard.edu
Chelsea Messinger chelsea_messinger@g.harvard.edu This course does not cover
Jenny Sun jennysun@g.harvard.edu □ History of epidemiology
Alejandro Szmulewicz aszmulewicz@hsph.harvard.edu □ Substantive topics in epidemiologic research
Zifan Wang zwang@hsph.harvard.edu □ Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials
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Texts and Readings Assignments
5 Homework Assignments (30%)
Modern Epidemiology □ Discuss together
Rothman KJ, Greenland S, Lash TL. Modern Epidemiology, 3rd ed. □ Submit your own work online by Thursday at 9:30 AM
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 (ISBN‐10: 0781755646) □ Review and discuss in lab
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn‐3:hul.ebook:OVID_0781755646
5 Online Quizzes (10%)
Causal Inference □ Open book/notes…
Hernán MA, Robins JM. Causal Inference. Chapman and Hall, 2019.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/miguel‐hernan/causal‐inference‐book/ □ Work alone
□ Due Monday nights at 11:45PM
Optional
Rothman KJ. Epidemiology: An Introduction (2nd ed.) New York, NY: Midterm Exam (25%)
Oxford University Press, 2012 (ISBN‐10 0199754551)
□ October 3, 2019
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Policies and Expectations Logistics
Academic Integrity Lecture
□ Media Services usually posts video immediately
□ Collaboration is encouraged □ Lecture slides
□ Submit your own work • Class notes: available from the course’s web site
□ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/student‐handbook/academic‐support/academic‐integrity/ □ Poll Everywhere interactive learning
• Access via browser now: http://pollev.com/EPI2019
Ask questions! Lab
□ Lecture □ One weekly 90‐minute session on Thursday or Friday
□ Lab Office Hours
□ Office Hours □ Attend any and as many as you find helpful
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Question…
Epidemiologic Methods 1
Murray A. Mittleman
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
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Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
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