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Public Health Master’s Degrees in Epidemiology: What Questions to Ask

BU School of Public Health Blog

I asked a couple of our faculty program directors what they want prospective students to know about our epidemiology master’s programs here at Boston University School of Public Health: “The Master’s of Science (MS) Program in Epidemiology is ideal for students with strong analytic interests who are passionate about health equity.

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Public Health Master’s Degrees Programs: What To Look For

BU School of Public Health Blog

I asked a couple of our faculty program directors what they want prospective students to know about our epidemiology master’s programs here at Boston University School of Public Health: “The Master’s of Science (MS) Program in Epidemiology is ideal for students with strong analytic interests who are passionate about health equity.

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Overadjustment – an important bias hiding in plain sight

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Anita van Zwieten, Fiona M Blyth, Germaine Wong and Saman Khalatbari-Soltani Epidemiologists are generally well equipped to design and conduct studies that minimise various types of bias, so as to obtain the most accurate estimates possible and therefore high-quality evidence.