Courses Taught by Marie O'Neill
EHS668: Interprofessional Perspectives In Occupational Health And Safety
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Marie O'Neill (Residential);
- Offered Every winter semester
- Last offered Winter 2026
- Prerequisites: n/a
- Advisory Prerequisites: n/a
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: Occupational health and safety (OHS) will be introduced using interprofessional perspectives. Knowledge and competencies will be built via case studies, discussion and lectures emphasizing contributions from nursing, engineering, industrial hygiene, epidemiology. Topics include OHS in settings such as healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, and mining; laboratory safety; and OHS regulation and policy.
- Syllabus for EHS668
EPID506: Health of Nations: Introduction to International Health
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Marie O'Neill (Residential);
- Offered every year
- Prerequisites: Grad Status
- Description: This course presents an overview of mortality and disease occurrence in terms of geographic, cultural, nutritional and environmental factors. Reviews health indicators such as infant mortality and economic factors associated with development. Discusses health problems of developing countries and describes programs and organizations involved in addressing them. This course is required for students in the International Health track in Epidemiology but can also be taken by non International Health students.
- Syllabus for EPID506
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | EPID | Global Health Epidemiology | MPH | Explain the history and key initiatives of global health, how health and development strategies interact, and the role of cross-sector organizations in global health governance and practice | EPID506 | EPID | Global Health Epidemiology | MPH | Utilize health data from low- and middle-income countries to assess the global burden of disease, associated risk factors and health trends, and scope and limitations of available data | EPID506 | EPID | Global Health Epidemiology | MPH | Apply the steps in developing research infrastructure for population health studies in low- and middle-income countries, including consideration of local ethics and IRB review | EPID506, EPID664 | EPID | Global Health Epidemiology | MPH | Demonstrate contextual expertise in at least one country/region including knowledge of the structure of health systems and the public health infrastructure, as well as major public health intervention programs | EPID665, EPID506 |
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EPID604: Applications Of Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s) for residential students;
- 1-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Ella August, James Buskiewicz, Sara Adar, Matthew Boulton, Andrew Brouwer, Melissa Beck, Kelly Bakulski, Miatta Buxton, Joseph Eisenberg, Marisa Eisenberg, Nancy Fleischer, Betsy Foxman, Aubree Gordon, Alexis Handal, Jennifer Head, Jihyoun Jeon, Spruha Joshi, Sharon Kardia, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Lindsay Kobayashi, Peter Larson, Aleda Leis, Elizabeth Levin-Sparenberg, Lynda Lisabeth, Juan Marquez, Emily Martin, Briana Mezuk, Alison Mondul, Lewis Morgenstern, Belinda Needham, Marie O'Neill, Sung Kyun Park, C. Leigh Pearce, Laura Power, Alex Rickard, Jennifer Smith, Eduardo Villamor, Abram Wagner, Xin Wang, Douglas Wiebe, Zhenhua Yang, Jonathan Zelner, (Residential);
- Prerequisites: Instructor Permission
- Description: Application of epidemiological methods and concepts to analysis of data from epidemiological, clinical or laboratory studies. Introduction to independent research and scientific writing under faculty guidance.
- This course is cross-listed with .
- Syllabus for EPID604
EPID698: Ms Capstone In Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1-3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Howard Stein, Evan Snitkin, Jennifer Smith, Aruna Sarma, Alex Rickard, Julia Richards, Paul Resnick, Sarah Reeves, Meza Rafael, Laura Power, Patricia A Peyser, C. Leigh Pearce, Sung Kyun Park, Gilbert Omenn, Marie O'Neill, Duane Newton, Belinda Needham, Hal Morgenstern, Lewis Morgenstern, Arnold S Monto, Alison Mondul, Eve Mokotoff, Briana Mezuk, Dan McConnell, Emily Martin, Juan Marquez, Lynda Lisabeth, Elizabeth Levin-Sparenberg, Aleda Leis, Paul Lephart, Peter Larson, Lindsay Kobayashi, Devon Keen, Mark Katz, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Sharon Kardia, Spruha Joshi, Jihyoun Jeon, Tyler James, Kirsten Herold, William Herman, Jennifer Head, Michael Hayashi, Sioban Harlow, Alexis Handal, Aubree Gordon, Betsy Foxman, Nancy Fleischer, Marisa Eisenberg, Joseph Eisenberg, Philippa Clarke, Carol Chenoweth, Miatta Buxton, James Buskiewicz, Andrew Brouwer, Matthew Boulton, Melissa Beck, Kelly Bakulski, Ella August, Sara Adar, Michael Swain, Eduardo Villamor, Abram Wagner, Xin Wang, Douglas Wiebe, Mark L Wilson, Zhenhua Yang, Jonathan Zelner, (Residential);
- Prerequisites: Enrolled in Epidemiology MS programs
- Description: This capstone research project course is designed for Epidemiology MS students (30-credit or 48-credit CESM programs). Working with their mentor, students are expected to develop an original research project to address public health problems using epidemiologic methods. Students will have the opportunity to apply what they learned in their coursework to important public health questions. Students will work with a faculty mentor to conduct a literature review, develop a research project, develop and implement an analysis plan, write up the results and discuss the implications of the findings, and present their work in the annual Epidemiology Poster Day. Students are expected to begin their capstone project in their first term and complete it in the second term of their final year (or only, for one-year programs) of training (three credits per term, for a total of six credits). The Epidemiology Master’s committee will help students find an appropriate mentor. Details regarding the structure of capstone writing products and evaluation guidelines will be provided in the MS Student Handbook.
- Learning Objectives: The learning objectives of and skills employed in this course are determined by the specific research project. The list below (which is not exhaustive) provides examples of learning objectives for this course: 1. Assess knowledge gaps in the scientific literature; 2. Develop a scientific research question designed to address a gap in the scientific literature 3. Identify appropriate data sources to address a research question; 4. Better understand the role of data in understanding public health problems; 5. Create a data collection instrument and/or collect data; 6. Analyze data (quantitative or mixed data – including both quantitative and qualitative) to test research hypotheses relevant to public health in a manner that reflects principles of epidemiology (e.g., study design, measurement, confounding, etc); 7. Generate appropriate data visualizations and/or presentations; 8. Communicate the significance, approach, and implications of epidemiological research in a written format appropriate for the target audience; 9. Complete research ethics training through the Program for the Education and Evaluation of Responsible Research and Scholarship (PEERRS). Two modules are required: Human Subjects Research Protections and Responsible Conduct of Research and Scholarship (RCRS).
- Syllabus for EPID698
