Training and Education

EPID P8488 – Methods in Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

This course introduces students to contemporary concepts and research methods in injury epidemiology and the science of prevention. Topics will include both unintentional and intentional injuries, such as road safety, falls, drug overdose, child abuse, violence, self-harm, and assault. Students apply research skills to injury cohorts and datasets to outline a first draft manuscript which faculty will mentor to completion as a possible journal submission.

EPID P8445 – Current and Emerging Issues in Injury and Violence

The multifaceted, cross-disciplinary nature of injury and violence prevention is illustrated to students in this course by applying epidemiology, health policy, behavioral science, law, medicine, and engineering principles. The class examines current approaches to translating injury science into effective population-level prevention using issues in surveillance, measurement, and evaluation as topics for experiential learning and in-class application.

EPID P8428 – Current Work in Injury Control and Prevention Fall Seminar

Students will learn from CCISP faculty about the Center and a wide range of advanced topics in the field of injury prevention research through interaction, role playing and modeling. As an example, for our Injury Seminar Course this fall students will roleplay blogging for a hypothetical journal of the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section of APHA as one example. Students will conduct interviews with a selected session’s speaker and then write a point-counterpoint blog post.

EPID P8429 – Current Work in Injury Control and Prevention Spring Seminar

Students will learn from a series of experts on four focused topics in the field of injury prevention and control. By the end of the semester, students will have improved their ability to interpret and critically appraise peer-reviewed research on current injury and violence research topics and will be prepared to go forward in asking important future scientific questions in the injury and violence research field.

EPID P8425 – Gun Violence and Public Health: Evidence and Action

This is a new course being co-directed by Dr. Branas and has its maximum 40 students already enrolled for Fall of 2018. This three-credit course will focus on the epidemiologic study of gun violence by reviewing both new and canonical research throughout the course, students will learn to apprise how diverse study designs—including surveys, case control studies, time-series, randomized control trials, social network analyses, quasi-experimental, and experimental approaches—are well-suited to shed light on different aspects of the subject of gun violence prevention and policy.