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🔬🦠Introduction to Epidemiology🦠🔬

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This series ended on May 15, 2024. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

In this series, we will be going into the study of the patterns, causes, and effects of diseases and health!
🔎We will go over concepts such as disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and statistical analysis as we uncover the principles and methods that real-life 'Disease Detectives' use!🔎
🌟 This will be a 10-session course (which will on average take about an 1hr to 1hr 30 minutes depending on the size of the unit being covered)
🌟 All slides used will be entered in the chat after every lesson
🌟 Office hours are open every weekday after 7 PM CST




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Sessions

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You are free to attend whichever sessions you want however please message the host beforehand. (If requested Office hours are always open)

SESSION 1

5

May

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Sun 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM UTCMay 5, 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM UTC

1. 🦠Introduction to Epidemiology🦠
We will discuss the historical context and major milestones in epidemiological research, as well as define epidemiology and its importance.
SESSION 2

5

May

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Sun 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTCMay 5, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTC

2. 🦠Basic Concepts in Epidemiology🦠
We will be talking about population sampling and sampling techniques—as well as measures of disease frequency and measures of association
SESSION 3

6

May

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Mon 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTCMay 6, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTC

3.🦠Study Designs in Epidemiology🦠
We will be going over the different advantages and disadvantages of Cross-sectional studies, Case-control studies, Cohort studies, and Experimental designs
SESSION 4

7

May

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Tue 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTCMay 7, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTC

4.🦠Causation in Epidemiology🦠
We will be going over the different types of criteria and effect modifications that are used to determine the association of causation.
SESSION 5

8

May

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Wed 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTCMay 8, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTC

5.🦠Data Collection and Management🦠
We will be going over the sources of epidemiological data, as well as the collection methods, and data validation.
SESSION 6

9

May

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Thu 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTCMay 9, 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM UTC

6.🦠Data Analysis in Epidemiology🦠
We will be going into the types of statistics needed for research as well as learning about regression analysis.

SESSION 7

13

May

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Mon 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTCMay 13, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTC

8. 🦠Disease Surveillance🦠
We will be learning about the types of surveillance systems and their roles in public health decision-making.
SESSION 8

14

May

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Tue 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTCMay 14, 9:00 PM - 10:15 PM UTC

9. 🦠Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases🦠
We will be learning about the modes of transmission as well as the infectious disease dynamics.
SESSION 9

15

May

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Wed 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM UTCMay 15, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM UTC

10. 🦠Epidemiology in Public Health Practice🦠
We will learn about the role of epidemiology in policy development and evaluation.
As well as the ethical considerations in epidemiological research.


Public Discussion

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May 5 - May 15

2 weeks

60 - 75 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Mondays

9:00PM

Tuesdays

9:00PM