Schedule

This course is divided into 2 main sections:

  1. Tools for survival analysis
  2. Causal inference

with time at the beginning and end of the course to put these tools into the context of asking and answering important public health questions.

This page provides quick links to the readings , lecture materials , and exercises .

Introduction Content Reading Exercise
Jan 19 & 21 Questions and time in epidemiologic studies
Tools for Survival Analysis Content Reading Exercise
Jan 26 & 28 Nonparametric estimators of risk
Feb 2 & 4 Parametric estimtors of risk
Feb 9 & 11 Generalizability
Feb 16 Wellness day
Feb 18 Snow day
Feb 23 & 25 (Out) Selection Bias
Mar 2 & 4 Competing Events
Mar 9 Cox models (lecture)
Mar 11 Wellness day
Mar 16 Cox models (discussion)
Mar 18 Recap Part 1
Mar 19-23 Midterm Exam
Mar 25 Exam Postmortem
Causal Inference Content Reading Exercise
Mar 30 & Apr 1 Estimating causal effects (1)
Apr 6 & 8 Estimating causal effects (2)
Apr 13 & 15 Simple time-varying exposures
Apr 20 & 22 Knowledge Synthesis
Apr 27 Population Impact
Wrap-up Content Reading Exercise
Apr 29 Course Wrap-up
May 4 EPID 722 Symposium: Asking better questions