Aug 2, 2013 ... MMPH6167 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Semester 1). Coordinator: Dr J ...
An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling. Oxford Univ.
MMPH6167 Infectious disease epidemiology Coordinator: Dr J Wu
Course Description: This course covers the fundamental concepts of infectious disease epidemiology and current methods for infectious disease surveillance and control. Topics include epidemiologic triangle, transmissibility and severity of infectious diseases, outbreak investigations and responses, infectious disease surveillance, vaccination, molecular epidemiology, and epidemic modelling. Exemplary cases with focus on recent emerging infectious diseases (e.g., SARS, pandemic influenza A/H1N1, avian influenza A/H5N1, MERS) will be used to facilitate students’ learning. Pre-/Co-requisite: (i) MMPH6002 Introduction to biostatistics; (ii) Basic programming skills in R including the use of loops and functions. Students who have little or no experience at computer programming are expected to learn these skills via free online courses such as R Programming on Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/learn/r-programming). Term 2 (Wednesday)
TA(s)/ Tutor(s): Ms Lily Li
Date
Time
24 Jan 2018
6:30–9:30 pm
31 Jan 2018
6:30–9:30 pm
Lecture Topic
1. Introduction
Lecturer
Venue
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr T Lam
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
Dr J Wu
SR 6
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SR 6
2. Incubation period and severity Tutorial or Q&A 3. Disease transmission 6:30–9:30 pm
07 Feb 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 4. Vaccination 6:30–9:30 pm
28 Feb 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 5. Disease surveillance 6:30–9:30 pm
07 Mar 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 6. Evaluating evidence 6:30–9:30 pm
14 Mar 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 7. Infectious disease modeling 6:30–9:30 pm
28 Mar 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 8. Molecular epidemiology 6:30–9:30 pm
04 Apr 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 9. Sexually transmitted infections 6:30–9:30 pm
11 Apr 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 10. Vaccine safety and confidence 6:30–9:30 pm
18 Apr 2018
Tutorial or Q&A 6:30–8:30 pm
02 May 2018
Final Test
Course Assessment:
Coursework: 70% Final Test: 30%
Recommended Textbooks:
Giesecke J. Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Edward Arnold; 2001. ISBN: 0340764236.
SR 6:
Seminar Room 6, LG1/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Bldg., 21 Sassoon Road, HK
TA(s)/ Tutor(s):
Ms Lily Li, email:
[email protected], Tel: 391 76796. Updated: 11 Sep 2017
