Epidemiology in Public Health Practice Specialization

Overview:
This specialization is intended for people working or aspiring to work in the field of public health at the local, regional, and national level. Over five courses taught by faculty from the preeminent school of public health, you’ll learn to use the core epidemiologic tool-set to measure the health of populations, assess interventions, collect and analyze data, and investigate outbreaks and epidemics.

Learning Objectives:

• Become familiar with the epidemiologic toolset
  
• Measure the health of populations
• Collect and analyze public health surveillance data
• Investigate disease outbreaks and epidemics

Throughout the specialization, learners will perform a wide variety of project exercises, including reflection, analysis, calculation, application, mapping, and assessment, to solve authentic problems encountered by professional epidemiologists during the course of their work.

Certification: Johns Hopkins University Certificate Granted Upon Completion

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