Teaching
This course will examine the major pathological processes of interest to practitioners of Public Health. Specifically, the physiological mechanisms of disease will be examined with a view to understanding the cellular, biochemical and molecular processes that underlie diseases of major public health impact. This course covers briefly the principal topics of a very broad field of knowledge; as such, this course should be viewed as a stepping-stone or foundation to the student’s current and future learning in public health and other health sciences. Taught during fall semester (2-credits). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Course details.
This course will introduce the R statistical programming language for epidemiologic data analysis. R is a freely available, versatile, and powerful program for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org). This course will focus on core basics of organizing, managing, and manipulating data; basic graphics in R; and descriptive methods and regression models widely used in epidemiology. Taught during winter semester (1-credit). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Course details.
PHYSIOL 541 "Mammalian Reproductive Physiology"
This course covers properties, regulation and action of protein and steroid hormones, neuroendocrine function and feedback regulation, gonads function and development, reproductive maturation (puberty) and senescence (menopause), sexual differentiation of the brain, developmental programming, epigenetics, stress responses, metabolic control, pheromones and sexual behavior, gender and sexuality, fertilization, embryogenesis, pregnancy and parturition, clinical issues of infertility and assisted reproduction. Taught during winter semester (4-credits). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Course details.
Previously taught courses
"Genomics for Social Scientists - Epigenetics"
The purpose of this NIA sponsored workshop on epigenetic research is to familiarize researchers with epigenetic data and to provide instruction on best practices for incorporating these data with social science analyses. The workshop focuses on providing reasonable, hands-on training for researchers wanting to analyze epigenetic data in social science research, using the newly released HRS epigenetic data (expected Nov. '20) as a model. Epigenetic data provide challenges and opportunities that are distinct from both genetic and social science data. The course uses a mix of prerecorded and live lectures and live labs and discussions. Labs will utilize file formats that are identical to the HRS epigenetic data formats so that students will be able to easily apply their lab work to HRS (and many other studies’) data. This workshop highlights the unique and powerful aspects of analyzing epigenetic data in combination with social science data and will offer opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration among attendees and with UM investigators.
Taught during the summer and winter. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Application information. Supported by NIA (R25 AG053227-04S1)
"Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke"
The Ten Day Seminar is a unique program for physicians, researchers, public health practitioners, nurses, and other health care professionals designed to provide training in new areas of investigation and application of new methods related to the promotion of cardiovascular health and prevention of heart disease and stroke, including descriptive epidemiology, quality of care and outcomes research, genetic epidemiology, policy, and environmental approaches to health.
The overall goal of the conference is to enhance the ability of participants to pursue successful careers related to the epidemiology and prevention of heart disease and stroke, and the promotion of cardiovascular health through development of competencies related to grant writing, manuscript development, teaching, and clinical and public health practice. A select faculty of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and prevention researchers will use interactive learning techniques; including lectures, small group discussions, and tutorial sessions illustrating basic principles of cardiovascular disease and stroke epidemiology, and prevention, and their applications. There will be extensive group participation.
Taught during the summer. Tahoe City, California. Application information. Supported by NHLBI (R13 HL144005)
This course will introduce the R statistical programming language for epidemiologic data analysis. R is a freely available, versatile, and powerful program for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org). This course will focus on core basics of organizing, managing, and manipulating data; basic graphics in R; and descriptive methods and regression models widely used in epidemiology. Taught during the Epidemiology Summer Session (1-credit). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
This course will describe the rationale for inclusion of epigenetic measurement in public health research. It will then describe molecular measurement options, design choices, and analytic approaches to such data in the study of environmental and genetic epidemiology. Taught during the Johns Hopkins Mental Health Summer Session (2015, 2016, 2020).
Offers hands-on computer lab experience analyzing epigenetics data using quality control and statistical association analyses presented in the course, 330.690 Applications and Analysis of Epigenetic Data in Public Health Research. Real and simulated data will be used to demonstrate software that will implement particular programs. Software applications will primarily use the R statistical environment and packages in BioConductor. Taught during the Johns Hopkins Mental Health Summer Session (2015, 2016, 2020).
