2023 Fall

PBHLTH 155A 001 - LEC 001

Senior Research Seminar in Public Health

Hannah R Thompson, Defne Selin Yilmaz

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023

12:00 pm - 01:59 pm

Social Sciences Building 166

Class #:30166

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through School of Public Health

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 27

Enrolled: 38

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 65

Waitlist Max: 70

Open Reserved Seats:

27 reserved for Public Health Majors with 7 or more Terms in Attendance

Hours & Workload

2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 7 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Hannah R Thompson

This applied course will help students understand how to conduct and interpret research in human health and disease, building on knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics. The course will provide skills in: critically reading the literature related to public-health-related research, developing a research question and a testable hypothesis creating an analysis plan, applied statistical analysis of epidemiologic data, developing a research protocol for human subjects research, and case-based approaches to health issues.

Class Description

Students must have successfully completed PH 142 and PH 150A. This course is a senior (term 7-8) capstone option for Public Health majors. Public Health majors taking this course as a graduation requirement will be prioritized. If you are a Public Health major graduating early, please reach out to your advisors at sphug@berkeley.edu.