Welcome to Epidemiology - Basic Principles (2025)

Program: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (EB)

Description: 

This course deals with basic principles of epidemiology and will prepare the students for further courses in advanced epidemiology. The course will consist of lectures and group work based on scientific papers. 

The main themes are: 

• Prevalence and incidence measures and measures of associations 
• Observational design, including aggregated, cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control studies 
• Experimental studies (randomized controlled trials) 
• Sources of information for epidemiological studies with concepts of precision and validity 
• Systematic errors in epidemiology, including bias and confounding 
• Interactions 
• Applications of epidemiology in different areas, including clinical epidemiology

Prerequisites: 

None

Form of evaluation:

Participating in group discussions

Literature/Requirements:

TBA

Organizer: Henrik Bøggild, PhD, associate professor, Department of Health Science and Technology 

Lecturers: Henrik Bøggild, PhD, associate professor and others 

ECTS: 3

Place: 8., 9., 18. September room 11.02.046 and 19 September room 11.01.032c

Zip code: 9260

City: Gistrup

Maximal number of participants: 25

Deadline: 28 August 2025

Important information concerning PhD courses: 

There is a no-show fee of DKK 3,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before the start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start of the course.

We cannot ensure any seats before the deadline for enrolment, all participants will be informed after the deadline, approximately 3 weeks before the start of the course.

To attend courses at the Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology you must be enrolled as a PhD student.

For inquiries regarding registration, cancellation or waiting list, please contact the PhD administration at phdcourses@adm.aau.dk. When contacting us please state the course title and course period. Thank you.