Health Studies Offering 3 New Courses
HSTD 30040
Developing Health: Transitions in Global Health & Development
Course Instructor: Josh Garoon
Offered: 2011-2012; Spring; T/Th 10:30-11:50am
PQ: Graduate student standing or consent of instructor.
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This course examines the critical and changing relationships between global health and development, drawing on key concepts from public health and employing concrete examples from around the world. Improvements in public health have frequently been attributed to achievements in economic development, yet questions of exactly how development might lead to better health outcomes remain as open as they are crucial. We will use health transition theory as a point of departure for interdisciplinary investigations of key historical and contemporary attempts to describe and predict the linkages between global health and development, and how they inform public health research and practice.
HSTD 31831
Genetic & Molecular Epidemiology
Course Instructor: Brandon Pierce
Offered: 2011-2012; Spring; T/Th 9:00-10:20am
PQ: HSTD 30700 or HSTD 30900 (or introductory epidemiology) AND HGEN 47000 or consent of instructor.
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This course is designed for students with strong research interests related to identifying and characterizing the role of genetic and molecular features in human disease. Students will be introduced to the key concepts and methodological issues encountered in epidemiological studies that utilize genetic and molecular data. This course will train students on the theoretical and practical aspects of study design and data generation, and also provide the relevant hands-on training for quality control, management, and analysis of large-scale genomic/molecular data. Students are expected to have taken prior coursework in epidemiology, biostatistics, and genetics.
HSTD 33500
Statistical Applications
Course Instructor: Robert Gibbons
Offered: 2011-2012; Spring; T/Th 12:00-1:20pm
PQ: HSTD 32700/STAT 22700 or STAT 34700 or consent of instructor.
ID: STAT 35800
This course provides a transition between statistical theory and practice. The course will cover statistical applications in medicine, mental health, environmental science, analytical chemistry, and public policy. Lectures are oriented around specific examples from a variety of content areas. Opportunities for the class to work on interesting applied problems presented by U of C faculty will be provided. Although an overview of relevant statistical theory will be presented, emphasis is on the development of statistical solutions to interesting applied problems.
Maria Argos and Brisa Aschebrook-Kilfoy Join DHS
Health Studies welcomes Maria Argos and Brisa Aschebrook-Kilfoy, who join us as Research Associates (Assistant Professors).
Dr. Argos will continue to her research in environmental and molecular epidemiology. She has initiated research in reproductive health outcomes in the context of ongoing observational cohort and chemoprevention trials in Bangladesh.
Dr. Aschebrook-Kilfoy comes from the National Cancer Institute and will continue her research in environmental and molecular epidemiology of cancer.
Habib Ahsan Named Louis Block Professor
Dr. Habibul Ahsan has been named the Louis Block Professor in the Department of Health Studies. The Block Professorships are highly prestigious, and recognize the many scientific contributions that Habib has made, as well as his many contributions to the department, the BSD, and the University.
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The Department of Health Studies is the home within the Division of Biological Sciences for the fields of biostatistics, epidemiology and health services research. Our faculty, staff, and students draw on the disciplines of statistics, epidemiology, psychology, sociology, demography and economics in the study of health, health care and biomedical science from a population perspective.
Ronald A. Thisted, PhD, Chairman
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