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CHS 678 - Cancer Epidemiology and Public Health

(3 units)
This course uses a combination of lecture, student discussion, and independent research to apply the fundamentals of cancer epidemiology, including classic descriptive cancer epidemiology, basic cancer biology, etiology of common and uncommon human cancers, major and minor risk factors for cancer, screening techniques for early detection, cancer biomarkers, and current research in cancer epidemiology. Students will conduct data analyses and report on a type of cancer of their choosing.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. describe each of the significant types of cancer for which a proven form of cancer control is available.
2. describe behavioral, environmental, occupational, and host-related risk factors and the cancers associated with each.
3. design, conduct, interpret, and clearly communicate the result of an epidemiological investigation focusing on a specific type of cancer of the student’s choice using SEER*Stat and culminating in a final project.
4. expand epidemiolocal investigation beyond SEER*Stat to include testing a hypothesis, including confounders, using regression methods, or implementing additional tools (i.e. moving averages, GIS, or ecological linkage to additional data.
5. expand the final project to include a discussion in epidemiological concepts investigated, including hypothesis testing, confounders, interaction terms, and future steps (beyond further research.)
6. research and create a presentation summarizing epidemiological and biological aspects of a cancer type of student’s choice. Present, summarize, and synthesize the presentation in front of the class.


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