Competencies and Learning Objectives for
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apply the theoretical foundations of probability theory and distribution theory | BIOSTAT601 |
| 2 | Derive the theoretical mathematics of statistical inferences | BIOSTAT602 |
| 3 | Perform linear regression model fitting and diagnosis | BIOSTAT650 |
| 4 | Perform generalized linear regression model fitting and diagnosis | BIOSTAT651 |
| 5 | Perform ANOVA analysis and longitudinal data analysis | BIOSTAT653 |
| 6 | Interpret the results of statistical analysis in a variety of health-related areas (e.g. public health, medicine, genetics, biology, psychology, economics, management and policy, nursing, or pharmacy) for the broad scientific community | BIOSTAT699 |
| 7 | Communicate statistical analysis through written scientific reporting for public health, medical, and basic scientists, and/or educated lay audiences | BIOSTAT699 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explain key components of research design and statistical analysis, including observational studies, clinical trials, and survey studies | BIOSTAT558 |
| 2 | Use statistical software to apply statistical methods and techniques | BIOSTAT511 |
| 3 | Perform statistical analysis using modern statistical methods | BIOSTAT524 |
| 4 | Interpret statistical analysis results in a health-related area (e.g. public health, medicine, genetics, biology, psychology, economics, management and policy, nursing, or pharmacy) for the broad scientific community | BIOSTAT590 |
| 5 | Address ethical and cost-utility issues in clinical research, including the psychosocial aspects of data sciences and the need to ensure validity of the data and analyses | HMP542, HBEHED531, HMP540 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understand the roles and principles when a biostatistician conducts the analysis of biomedical or public health data | BIOSTAT620 |
| 2 | Distinguish among the different measurement scales and data quality, as well as their implications for selection of statistical methods and algorithms to be used based on these distinctions | BIOSTAT620 |
| 3 | Apply quantitative techniques commonly used to summarize and display big public health data | BIOSTAT629 |
| 4 | Apply descriptive and inferential methodologies according to the type of study design or sampling technique for answering a particular public health question | BIOSTAT629 |
| 5 | Apply basic informatics and computational techniques in the analysis of big health data, and interpret results of statistical analysis | BIOSTAT625 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe sources and processes involved in the transport, behavior and fate of toxic chemicals in the environment and workplace | EHS652 |
| 2 | Recognize adverse health consequences of common environmental and occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological hazards | EHS603 |
| 3 | Interpret EHS info within the context of public health | EHS652 |
| 4 | Apply basic research techniques to investigate exposures to, or health effects resulting from, environmental health hazards | Thesis |
| 5 | Demonstrate oral and written presentation skills by communicating results of an investigational environmental health project or study to other professionals and the public | Thesis |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identify and describe the qualitative and quantitative aspect of hazardous workplace agents, factors, and stressors associated with defined sources and/or processes | EHS652 |
| 2 | Assess qualitative, quantitative, and statistical aspects of workplace hazards and exposures, and consequent health risks based on applicable pathways and modes of action | EHS652 |
| 3 | Explain the physiological, toxicological, and/or biomechanical interactions of physical, chemical, biological, mechanical, and ergonomic agents, factors, and/or stressors found in the workplace with the human body | EHS603, EHS556, EHS602 |
| 4 | Analyze, interpret, and apply statistical and epidemiological data | PUBHLTH512, EPID601, Thesis |
| 5 | Demonstrate the ability to formulate, design, and conduct a research investigation; analyze and interpret the data; and present the results and conclusions | Thesis |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explain basic principles of toxicology and their application to public health | EHS602 |
| 2 | Perform effectively in teams to design, conduct, and interpret studies that assess toxicological mechanisms and adverse responses resulting from defined exposures to chemicals | Thesis |
| 3 | Explain how molecular mechanisms, biological processes, and chemical reactivity influence possible toxicant targets at the molecular, cellular, organ, and physiological level | EHS616 |
| 4 | Apply toxicological knowledge and skills to the risk assessment of chemicals | EHS602 |
| 5 | Demonstrate oral and written presentation skills by communicating results of an investigational toxicology project or study to other professionals and the public | Thesis |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of study designs (e.g., cross-sectional, cohort, case-control, randomized experiments) and the appropriate measure of association for a given study design | EPID600 |
| 2 | Communicate clinical or translational research findings to a medical audience | INTMED605 |
| 3 | Analyze research data and interpret these results from a population health or clinical-translational perspective | EPID602, BIOSTAT522 |
| 4 | Demonstrate knowledge of regulatory requirements for clinical research | PHARM640, PHARM647 |
| 5 | Describe the causes of random and non-random error in research studies, including information bias, selection bias, and confounding | EPID600 |
| Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interpret key findings from advanced nutritional research | NUTR688, NUTR698/9 |
| 2 | Develop a discovery-based research study to evaluate some aspect of nutritional sciences | NUTR698/9 |
| 3 | Predict consequences that result from defects in specific metabolic pathways, including vitamin and macronutrient deficiencies or inborn errors of metabolism | NUTR630 |
| 4 | Deduce how specific micronutrient deficiencies relate to poor health including the mechanism(s) of action | NUTR631 |
| 5 | Analyze quantitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate | BIOSTAT521 |
| 6 | Apply the principles and methods of nutrition assessment to monitor nutritional status and trends, identify at-risk individuals & groups, and investigate diet and disease relationships | NUTR640 |