UNC - Department of Epidemiology EPID600 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
Course schedule, Classroom edition, Spring 2008
Date	Day	Time	Activity		Topic   Skip past Spring Break
1/15	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Orientation and introduction [objectives] [instructions] [slides]
1/15	Tue	5:00pm	Lecture		Studying populations (remain in Rosenau Auditorium)
1/20	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Demographic concepts due
1/22	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
1/22	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Demographic concepts
1/24	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Demographic concepts due
1/27	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe due
1/29	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Disease natural history; population screening [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
1/29	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe
1/31	Thu		Webform		Group answers for HIV and behavior change in Zimbabwe due
2/3	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Mammography in Asia due
2/5	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  intervention studies [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/5	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Mammography in Asia
2/7	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Mammography in Asia due
2/10	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for In-home drinking water filtration due
2/12	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/12	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		In-home drinking water filtration
2/14	Thu		Webform		Group answers for In-home drinking water filtration due
2/15	Fri		Webform		Please submit 1st Peer Evaluation
2/15	Fri		Webform		Please submit 1st TA Evaluation
2/15	Fri	Night	Blackboard		1st Examination available
2/19	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  cohort studies [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/19	Tue	5:00pm	No lab		Work on Exam 1
2/22	Fri	Anytime	Webform		1st Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
2/24	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Angry temperament and coronary heart disease due
2/26	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Study designs:  case-control studies [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
2/26	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Angry temperament and coronary heart disease
2/28	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Angry temperament and coronary heart disease due
3/2	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Lung cancer in nonsmoking women due
3/4	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Error:  Selection bias [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
3/4	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Lung cancer in nonsmoking women
3/6	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Lung cancer in nonsmoking women due
3/11	Tue		No class - Spring Break
3/11	Tue		No class - Spring Break
3/17	Mon	Anytime	Webform		Individual answers for Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk due
3/17	Mon	Night	Blackboard		2nd Examination available
3/18	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Error:  Information bias [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
3/18	Tue	5:00pm	No lab		Work on Exam 2
3/24	Mon	Anytime	Webform		2nd Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
3/25	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Multicausality: Confounding [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
3/25	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk
3/27	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Erectile dysfunction and CVD risk due
4/1	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Bibliographic searches (by Mellanye Lackey) and Film: The Cancer Detectives for case study
4/1	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Critical review of epidemiologic studies
4/6	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian due
4/8	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
4/8	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian
4/10	Thu		Webform		Group answers for Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian due
4/13	Sun	3:00pm	Webform		Individual answers for HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia due
4/15	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
4/15	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
4/17	Thu		Webform		Group answers for HPV and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia due
4/18	Fri	Anytime	Webform		3rd Examination DUE (your choice of time zone)
4/22	Tue	3:30pm	Lecture		Role of epidemiology in public health [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]
4/22	Tue	5:00pm	Labs		Outbreak investigation exercise (on-line, in lab)
4/25	Fri		Submit		Submit 2nd Peer Evaluation webform
4/25	Fri		Webform		Please submit course evaluation
University Registrar Calendar EPID600 home page rev. 1/4,8,10/2008