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Course Requirements EPIDEMIOLOGY Epidemiologic Methods I & II Principles and methods of epidemiology. Covers measures of disease frequency, measures of effect, causal inferences, descriptive epidemiology, study types, misclassification, and effect modification. Considers how designs of epidemiologic studies may be constructed to maximize etiologic inferences. Covers confounding, randomized trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, and selected topics. ECONOMICS Microeconomic Analysis Analysis of decisions by individuals and by firms and of outcomes in factor and product markets. Policy issues and applications. Application of calculus to microeconomics. Development of comparative statistics used in production and consumption theory, including derivation of the Slutsky equation and duality results. Microeconomic Policy Analysis Ways in which microeconomic analysis can contribute to the analysis of public sector issues. Supply and demand, consumer and firm behavior, competitive and monopoly markets, income distribution, market failure, government intervention. Policy applications of theory. Prerequisite: elementary economics. BIOSTATISTICS Medical Biometry I, II & III The principles and methods of data description and elementary parametric and nonparametric statistical analysis drawn from examples in the medical literature. Multiple regression, analysis of covariance, and an introduction to one-way and two-way analyses of variance: including assumptions, transformations, outlier detection, dummy variables, and variable selection procedures. Examples drawn from the biomedical literature with computer assignments using standard statistical computer packages. Analysis of categorical data including two sample methods, sets of 2 x 2 tables, R x C tables, and logistic regression. Classification and discrimination techniques. Survival analysis including product limit estimates and the Cox proportional hazards model. PHARMACY Pharmacoepidemiology Overview of pharmacoepidemiology including drug development and approval; application of epidemiologic methods to study drug safety and effectiveness; exploration of the interplay between research and public policy; introduction to resources for information about drugs; introduction to pharmacology principles pertinent to pharmacoepidemiology. Cost and Outcomes in Health & Medicine I & II Concepts and methods for evaluating cost and outcomes of health and medical interventions with a focus on cost-effectiveness analysis, pharmacoeconomics, health and quality of life assessment, resource allocation, and medical decision-making. Methods in Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis Introduction to the tools used in and the framework and dominant contexts for pharmaceuticals policy development and analysis. Methods reviewed in a series of sessions presenting a specific method and case analyses involving pharmaceuticals development. Proposed Quarterly Curriculum PhD Grid Thirty (30) credits of elective courses are required for graduation from the PhD program. Sixteen (16) of these electives must be in the student’s area of specialization. The areas of specialization may be chosen from:
Below are a selection of available electives appropriate for the areas of specialization.
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