QBS 133 Modern Clinical Epidemiology: Causal Inference
Evidence-based medicine is the cornerstone of contemporary clinical practice. One aspect of clinical epidemiology involves quantitatively evaluating medical interventions and technology to advance prediction and decision support tools for medical practice. The principles, tools and statistical approaches of clinical epidemiology are widely applicable in academic research, healthcare, and industry settings. In this course, students will learn to design and analyze both randomized and observational studies evaluating the efficacy of medical interventions, therapies, devices, screening programs and tests in order to understand therapeutic efficacy, therapeutic safety, and disease prognosis. The course will provide a formal causal framework for students to be able to analyze different study designs and estimate causal effects.
(1 unit)
Instructor
Dr. Sarah Robertson
Cross Listed Courses
HSE 133
Prerequisite
HSE/
QBS 130 Foundations of Epidemiology