BE.102 Macroepidemiology, Spring 2005
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Author(s)
Thilly, William G.
Alternative Title
Macroepidemiology
Date Issued
June 2005
Abstract
This course presents a unique and challenging perspective on the causes of human disease and mortality. The course focuses on analyses of major causes of mortality in the US since 1900: cancer cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, infectious diseases. Students create analytical models to derive estimates for historically variant population risk factors and physiological rate parameters, and conduct analyses of familial data to separately estimate inherited and environmental risks. The course evaluates the basic population genetics of dominant, recessive and non-deleterious inherited risk factors.
Subjects
Disease
mortality
cancer
cerebrovascular disease
diabetes
infectious disease
risk
inherited risk
environmental risk
population genetics
mutation
public health
malignancy
statistics
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
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