Welcome to Fundamentals of Epidemiology, a core course at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Fundamentals of Epidemiology provides an introduction to the basic concepts of biostatistics and epidemiology as applied to public health problems. Emphasis is placed on descriptive statistics, probability concepts, population sampling, and methodology used in the conduct of epidemiologic studies. The framework for inferential statistics based on probability and sampling is introduced. Various epidemiologic study designs used to investigate associations between risk factors and disease outcomes are presented, culminating with criteria for causal inferences.

Take a few minutes to meet the course faculty and get a brief introduction to the course with this video introduction.

Course Instructors:

• Marie Diener-West, Department of Biostatistics
• Sukon Kanchanaraksa, Department of Epidemiology

Teaching Assistants:

• Katherine Bowers
• Renee Gindi
• Emily Henkle

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