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Program Requirements
This program provides in-depth training for graduate students on pharmacoepidemiologic methods and the application of these methods to study the population effects (benefits and harm) of pharmaceutical products. Students will develop knowledge and capacity to critically evaluate pharmacoepidemiologic studies, learn how to apply specific methods and understand how to apply research results for knowledge translation or policy purpose. Career opportunities for graduates are multiple and include work in industry, government, or academia. Students will be required to participate in the Pharmacoepidemiology Journal Club. Research topics must be related to pharmacoepidemiology and approved by the program coordinating committee.
Research (12 credits)
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EPIB 691 Research Project in Epidemiology (12 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Students will critically assess research and summarize the findings in a research paper on a health related topic from an epidemiologic perspective. Topic to be approved by faculty member who will direct student and evaluate the paper.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction(s): Limited to non-thesis M.Sc. students who have completed requirements.
Required Courses (25 credits)
Students exempted from any of the courses listed below must replace them with additional complementary course credits at the 500 level or higher.
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EPIB 601 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (4 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : This course aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to epidemiologic concepts and corresponding terms. After an introduction to the history, definition, and purposes of epidemiology, "core" concepts that are relevant in several areas of investigation (e.g., etiologic research, health care research, and community medicine practice) will be presented.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Levis, Brooke; Richardson, Robin; Yang, Seungmi (Fall)
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EPIB 603 Intermediate Epidemiology (4 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Concepts and methods for epidemiology at the intermediate level, including causation, measures of disease occurrence and effect, study designs, biases in epidemiologic research, interaction, and data analysis for categorical and survival data using statistical software.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Brophy, James (Winter)
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EPIB 605 Critical Appraisal in Epidemiology (1 credit)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : This course provides the opportunity to develop skills to critically evaluate evidence presented in the biomedical and health sciences literature, based on the concepts acquired in the epidemiology introductory courses.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Sewitch, Maida; Foster, Bethany Joy; Rahme, Elham (Winter)
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EPIB 607 Inferential Statistics (4 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Introduction to the basic principles of statistical inference used in clinical and epidemiologic research. Topics include variability; methods of processing and describing data; sampling and sampling distributions; inferences regarding means and proportions, non-parametric methods, regression and correlation.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Saha Chaudhuri, Paramita (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): A first year course in undergraduate differential and integral calculus.
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EPIB 613 Introduction to Statistical Software (1 credit)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Introduction to statistical software and data management; including basics of entering, manipulating data and elementary statistical analysis, SAS software, with reference to other packages of potential interest to students (R, Stata, SPSS).
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Yang, Seungmi (Fall)
Prerequisite: Enrolment in Epidemiology stream program or permission of instructor.
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EPIB 614 Basics of Measurement in Epidemiology (1 credit)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : The course will review principles that can be applied to measuring a wide range of exposures, as well as outcomes. Accurate measurement is essential to the validity of epidemiological research.Topics to be covered include measurement error, and the design, analysis, and interpretation of validity and reliability studies.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Paradis, Gilles (Winter)
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EPIB 621 Data Analysis in Health Sciences (4 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques for continuous categorical and survival data. Topics include generalized linear models, multiple linear and logistic regression, introductory survival analysis, model selection. Maximum likelihood and Bayesean approaches will be presented.
Terms: Winter 2017
Instructors: Schmidt, Alexandra (Winter)
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EPIB 631 Pharmacoepidemiology 2 (2 credits)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : An advanced course on the methodology to be used when confronted with an alleged adverse or beneficial event related to a drug, a vaccine or a biological product. It includes four parts: i) designs for etiological research; ii) surveillance (modelling, statistical appraisal); iii) hazard functions in pharmacoepidemiology; iv) exposure assessment.
Terms: Summer 2017
Instructors: Azoulay, Laurent; Filion, Kristian (Summer)
Offered only in Summer term.
Prerequisites: EPIB 633, or instructor's permission, and basic knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics
Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the second lecture day.
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EPIB 662 Pharmacological Basis of Pharmacoepidemiology (1 credit)
Overview
Epidemiology & Biostatistics : The objective of this course is to provide students with an indepth review of the principles of pharmacology which are essential for the design, analysis and critical appraisal of studies in pharmacoepidemiology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): EPIB 633, or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
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PPHS 602 Foundations of Population Health (3 credits)
Overview
PPHS : Introduction to global population health, including causes of morbidity and mortality, surveillance systems and vital statistics, and trends over time. Overviews of epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular, infectious, environmental, psychiatric and nutritional diseases. Fundamentals and methods for studying burden of disease in populations, and how these differ across time, space, groups.
Terms: Fall 2016
Instructors: Paradis, Gilles; Weichenthal, Scott Andrew (Fall)
Not open to students who have taken EPIB 602.
Complementary Courses (11 credits)
11 credits of coursework, at the 500 level or higher, chosen in consultation with the student's academic adviser or supervisor. Courses must be approved by the program's academic adviser.
Faculty of Medicine—2016-2017 (last updated Aug. 26, 2016) (disclaimer)