Courses Taught by Briana Mezuk
EPID604: Applications Of Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s) for residential students;
- 1-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Ella August, James Buskiewicz, Sara Adar, Matthew Boulton, Andrew Brouwer, Melissa Beck, Kelly Bakulski, Miatta Buxton, Joseph Eisenberg, Marisa Eisenberg, Nancy Fleischer, Betsy Foxman, Aubree Gordon, Alexis Handal, Jennifer Head, Jihyoun Jeon, Spruha Joshi, Sharon Kardia, Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez, Lindsay Kobayashi, Peter Larson, Aleda Leis, Elizabeth Levin-Sparenberg, Lynda Lisabeth, Juan Marquez, Emily Martin, Briana Mezuk, Alison Mondul, Lewis Morgenstern, Belinda Needham, Marie O'Neill, Sung Kyun Park, C. Leigh Pearce, Laura Power, Alex Rickard, Jennifer Smith, Eduardo Villamor, Abram Wagner, Xin Wang, Douglas Wiebe, Zhenhua Yang, Jonathan Zelner, (Residential);
- Prerequisites: Instructor Permission
- Description: Application of epidemiological methods and concepts to analysis of data from epidemiological, clinical or laboratory studies. Introduction to independent research and scientific writing under faculty guidance.
- This course is cross-listed with .
- Syllabus for EPID604
EPID679: Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Briana Mezuk (Residential);
- Offered Every Winter
- Prerequisites: None
- Advisory Prerequisites: None
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: Introduces the epidemiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders. Addresses conceptual and methodological considerations in psychiatric research, descriptive and analytic epidemiology of common psychiatric and substance use disorders, and issues of classification and measurement for epidemiologic research. Students analyze epidemiologic data pertaining to psychiatric and substance use disorders.
- Learning Objectives: Upon completing this course students will be able to: -Describe the epidemiology of the major psychiatric and substance use disorders of childhood, adulthood, and late adulthood -Understand epidemiologic methods used to assess psychiatric and substance use disorders in the community -Demonstrate the ability to critically assess epidemiologic data and scientific articles pertaining to psychiatric and substance use disorders -Demonstrate ability to obtain and analyze various epidemiologic data sources with information pertaining to psychiatric and substance use disorders -Prepare a scientific paper pertaining to epidemiology of psychiatric or substance use disorders -Improve public communication skills through class presentations and discussions
- Syllabus for EPID679