ePost Graduate Program in Epidemiology – Hygeia Global University

Course ID

HGU010

Campus

Hygeia

Level

Distance / E-Learning Programs

Semester

2020

Method

Online

Duration

1 Yr

Epidemiology is a cornerstone discipline in public health. It is the foundation on which public health decisions are made, implemented and evaluated. Epidemiology also serves as the tool for identifying the risks, determining the relationships, estimating the burden of disease, identifying and instituting appropriate prevention and control measures and finally evaluating the public health decisions.

This program aims to build a pool of trained public health professionals with a special focus on application of epidemiology in public health.

New addition! Epidemiological aspects of COVID-19, COVID-19 surveillance strategies, prevention, diagnosis and management related issues for COVID-19.

Entry Requirements

Graduate in relevant subject with 1 year experience.

Selection Process

Selection on the basis of their academic, personal, relevant graduation subjects and extracurricular abilities.

Course structure and modules

The curriculum would cover the broad content areas in epidemiology including basic principles of epidemiology and concepts involved in population research, basic statistical principles and statistical methods for epidemiological research, practical aspects of the design and conduct of an epidemiological study, epidemiological perspective on burden of communicable diseases and practical application of epidemiological methods for specific diseases, burden of non-communicable diseases with special emphasis on cardiovascular diseases and cancers, strategies for their prevention and control, skills of scientific paper writing, reviewing and critiquing.

Employment Sectors

Laboratories, Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Biomedical Companies, Health Centres, Biotechnology
Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, NGO, Public Health Sector, International Developmental Organisations