In addition to the Department of Epidemiology core requirements for completion of graduate degrees, the CVD Epidemiology program includes three required and several highly recommended courses.

Required courses:

EPID 735 - Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology (required): A review of the major issues in cardiovascular disease epidemiology, summarization of relevant pathology and analyses of population determinants and startegies for prevention.

EPID 737 - Advanced Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology (required): Contemporary findings, methodologic issues and research recommendations. Topics include risk factors, trends, interventions and health care. Critique of research and participation in field research are included.

EPID 897 - Cardiovascular Epidemiology Seminar (required): Weekly seminar with presentations by invited speakers and by students.

Highly recommended courses:

EPID 733 - Clinical Trials in Epidemiology: Systematic overview of principles in design, implementation, and analysis of clinical trials with emphasis on chronic disease and in-depth discussion of cardiovascular disease case examples.

EPID 743 - Genetic Epidemiology - Methods and Applications: Concepts and methods of genetic epidemiology relevant to the study of complex human diseases.

EPID 745 - Molecular Epidemiology Techniques: Application of molecular and genetic techniques in the understanding of environmental and genetic factors which may contribute to the development of complex diseases in population.

EPID 813 - Nutritional Epidemiology: Critical evaluation of the nutritional epidemiologic literature

EPID 814 - Obesity Epidemiology: Examination of the epidemiologic research on the causes, consequences and prevention of obesity.

BIOS 764 - Advanced Survey Sampling Methods