The course covers basic principles in epidemiology and risk management, including the tools of epidemiology, methods involved in measuring disease frequency, causes, morbidity, and mortality of diseases. Additionally, the course is designed to help students to apply the epidemiological knowledge to the real case studies and to find solution for the disease control and public policy. Finally, the course will prepare students to critically evaluate published epidemiological studies and communicate the scientific findings with science community, government policymakers, and general population in community.

CILO-1: Explain the role of epidemiology in the field of public health. CILO-2: Describe and calculate epidemiological measures used to define and quantify health problems in and across defined populations. CILO-3: Describe the range of epidemiologic study designs used to examine the health status of a population and to evaluate the strengths and limitations of each. CILO-4: Identify and describe the impact of bias and confounding in epidemiologic studies. CILO-5: Discuss the concepts of screening and testing in a range of health and other settings. CILO-6: Discuss current literature to critique the contemporary issues in epidemiology. CILO-7: Conduct epidemiological and other scientific investigations on key ethical issues. CILO-8: Evaluate different epidemiological methods and solutions to select the best strategy for the health policy for public health and crisis management. CILO-9: Formulate and test a new hypothesis about public health through empirical epidemiological studies. CILO-10: Prepare scientific journals and written communications to policymakers and the community using the research findings.