Service Courses

BIST 501 Introductory Biostatistics. This course is designed for introductory biostatistical theory and application for students pursuing a master’s degree in fields outside of the Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics.

BIST 502/TBIO502 Applied Biostatistics. This course is designed for a more advanced introductory biostatistical theory and application for students pursuing a Ph.D. in fields outside of the Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics.

BIST 505 Epidemiology and Public Health . Epidemiology is the scientific discipline of public health. It therefore plays a central role in the identification, characterization, and control of risk factors for human diseases. The course will begin with an overview of the history of epidemiology, followed by consideration of chronic and acute disease rates by time, place, and person, and how the major types of epidemiological study designs (cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, and randomized trials) address these public health concerns. The course will provide information on the basic methods of analysis associated with the study design, with an emphasis on critically reading and evaluating the epidemiological literature. Special topics, such as screening studies, cancer epidemiology and prevention, and infectious diseases will also be introduced. This course includes lectures and discussion sessions.