《流行病学证书》将使潜在的和当前的学生在流行病学分析的高级方面胜任，例如评估人群和确定其优先的健康问题，在公共卫生合作中增强和动员人群。阐明流行病学在告知健康问题方面的关键作用适当地选择和使用信息技术来识别，定位和访问与健康有关的数据，准确地评估数据的完整性并识别数据中的差距从标准统计程序解释回归模型的输出并提出研究论文和项目报告中的结果。
The Epidemiology Certificate will allow prospective and current students to become competent in advanced aspects of epidemiological analysis such as assessing population groups and determining their priority health problems, empowering and mobilizing populations in a collaborative public health effort. The certificate competencies are:Articulate key role of epidemiology for informing health issues and in preserving and improving public health.Appropriately select and use information technology to identify, locate and access health-related data; accurately evaluate the integrity of the data and identify gaps in data.Analyze data arising from epidemiologic studies using appropriate software.Interpret the output of regression models from standard statistical programs and present the results in research papers and project reports.Evaluate outcome-based research on public health interventions for its potential use in public health practice.Develop skills in communicating community assessment and intervention findings to lay audiences.Total Credit Hours: 12