he goal of this course is to provide an overview of the major topics and issues in cardiovascular disease epidemiology including: 1) summarization of relevant pathophysiology, 2) epidemiology of CVD (incidence,prevalence, mortality and morbidity) overall and in special populations, 3) major and putative risk factors for CVD including genetic, social and economic determinants, 4) methodologic issues in CVD research including surveillance and measures of CVD endpoints and relevant exposures, 5) major population-based studies of CVD in the US and globally, 6) primary and secondary CVD prevention, target groups for prevention, and community-based intervention studies, 7) treatment of CVD and major CVD trials, 8) CVD-related research occurring within the Department of Epidemiology.
Epidemiology
流行病学是一门探讨影响人类群体健康及疾病的学问，是公共卫生及预防医学的基石。它被视为公共卫生研究的基础方法论， 同时在循证医学中做为辨别疾病因素和最佳临床治疗途径的科学理论。
