Advisory Prerequisites: Encouraged to have some introductory knowledge of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
Description: This public health oriented course will provide students the opportunity to advance their knowledge in nutrition and health research from a population perspective and help them to better interpret epidemiologic studies on nutrition
This course is cross-listed with EPID625/NUTR626 in the Epidemiology and Nutritional Sciences department.
Description: This is a methodology course which focuses on the historical evolution of methods (e.g., study designs) and concepts (e.g., confounding, bias, interaction and causal inference) that constitute today's epidemiology. The course will also include a brief history of Public Health and history of the Department of Epidemiology at Michigan.
Advisory Prerequisites: Encouraged to have some introductory knowledge of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
Description: This public health oriented course will provide students the opportunity to advance their knowledge in nutrition and health research from a population perspective and help them to better interpret epidemiologic studies on nutrition
This course is cross-listed with EPID625/NUTR626 in the Epidemiology and Nutritional Sciences department.
Description: This course will introduce research methods to 1st year MS and PhD students. Students will develop their own research proposals, engage in the process of peer review, and present their final proposals to the class. Students will also learn data cleaning and management skills and write a data analysis plan.
Learning Objectives: 1. Develop a framework for understanding nutrition and public health research
2. Critically evaluate nutrition research
3. Formulate a scientific research question and relevant hypotheses for a given topic
4. Conduct a review of the literature
5. Understand the components of a research manuscript and styles of scientific writing
6. Practice the art of peer review and providing constructive feedback
7. Develop the major components of a research proposal
8. Develop a data analysis plan
9. Apply data cleaning and management skills to large datasets
Prerequisites: Any introductory epidemiology and biostatistics course
Description: The course will review methodological issues involved in the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of studies investigating the relationship between diet and disease.
