Prerequisites: PUBHLTH 500 or PUBHLTH 512 or EPID 600 or equivalent
Description: This course focuses on the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation
of epidemiologic studies addressing diet, human health and disease.
The course will review methodological issues in quantitative
epidemiological studies, including dietary assessment methods, sources
of variation in the diet, energy intake, measurement error,
anthropometry and body composition, biomarkers of dietary intake,
dietary patterns analysis, and gene-diet interactions. Students will
advance their knowledge in nutrition research from a population
perspective and gain experience in the collection, analysis, and
interpretation of dietary intake data. Didactic lectures, active
participation by students, computer exercises, and homework are
utilized to allow students to gain hands-on experience on nutritional
epidemiologic data analyses. Intended for second year graduate
students (Masters and Ph.D.); knowledge in nutrition is highly desirable
although not required.