CRES 750 Epidemiology
This course covers the fundamental skills to interpret and critically evaluate epidemiological literature relevant for clinical research (observational, non-experimental study methods). Topics include measures of disease (health state) frequency and association, epidemiologic (observational) study designs, sources of confounding, bias, and error. The course will compare experimental and observational approaches in the evaluation of causation and causal claims utilizing causal models as a foundation.