Courses Taught by Zhenhua Yang
EPID513: Vaccine in Public Health
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Zhenhua Yang (Residential);
- Prerequisites: PUBHLTH370 or EPID512
- Description: This course introduces essential vaccinology, covering pre-clinical vaccine development, clinical trials, new vaccine licensing, immunization program design and evaluation. It also introduces population transmission dynamics concepts, and the impact of pathogen and human population diversity on vaccination. Recent advancements in major types of non-infectious vaccines will also be discussed.
- This course is cross-listed with in the PUBHLTH413 department.
- Syllabus for EPID513

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








































EPID680: Hospital Epidemiology I
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Zhenhua Yang (Residential);
- Offered Every Winter
- Prerequisites: None
- Description: The course provides an overview and essential knowledge in hospital epidemiology. It covers healthcare associated infection surveillance, prevention, and control, healthcare outcome assessment, and healthcare employee health promotion. The course also discusses important emerging issues in healthcare settings, which include antibiotics resistance, emerging infectious diseases, and biological disaster preparedness.

| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | EPID | Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology | MPH | Apply epidemiologic principles to the design and implementation of interventions in a healthcare setting | EPID680 | EPID | Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology | MPH | Apply principles of antibiotic stewardship | EPID680 |
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