VP 554

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Credit: 4 hours.

(VP 454) Course provides an introduction to the methods and theory of molecular epidemiology. Its primary objective is to demonstrate how molecular genetic data are generated and used to make epidemiological inferences about infectious disease. Students will be introduced to laboratory and analytical techniques from molecular biology and population genetics that are commonly used to reconstruct the origin and spread of infectious agents. A substantial portion of the course will be devoted to discussions of phylogenetic methods of inference. Examples of uses of molecular data in actual epidemiological investigations will be critically evaluated. The overall goal of the course is to equip graduate students with the conceptual tools necessary to evaluate critically epidemiological studies that make use of molecular data and analyses. Prerequisite: VP 524 or equivalent, or VP 517 or equivalent, either or both of which may be taken concurrently; or consent of instructor.

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