Critical appraisal is the backbone of evidence-based practice, helping clinicians, researchers, and students separate trustworthy studies from flawed ones. From understanding epidemiological study ...

All faculty in the Department of Epidemiology have research backgrounds, and many have public health practice experience. Research and practice are done in all major areas of epidemiology, including ...

Current course names and descriptions are available below; please note they are subject to change. You can also search for current and past course offerings on UAB's Class Schedule Listing site.

Understanding epidemiological and clinical study designs is key to producing reliable health evidence. From descriptive reports to randomized trials, each design has unique strengths and limitations.

For those not familiar with the term, a “meta-analysis” is a quantitative, formal, epidemiological study design used to systematically assess the results of previous research to derive conclusions ...

Epidemiology is considered to be the cornerstone of public health, enabling the study of distribution patterns that assist with identifying the determinants of health and disease conditions. This ...