PHSR 722 ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY
The purpose of this course is to engage students in the techniques of pharmacoepidemiology through case studies and by working through an actual drug safety investigation. Drug safety is addressed in the context of science and the law through readings, debates, and discussions with invited guests. Using the FDA?s Adverse Event Reporting System database and the medical literature, students devise the epidemiological characteristics of a drug safety signal. Based on the characteristics of the signal, the team designs a pharmacoepidemiological study to further evaluate the safety signal. This course is cross-listed as PREV 722. Prerequisites: PREV 600, PREV 620, and PHSR 704 or permission of the instructor.