This course (formerly EP756) focuses on the research methods particular to the field of drug epidemiology. This course covers post-marketing drug safety research methods using observational data to detect adverse reactions of drugs as used in daily practice; it does not cover clinical trials. Students achieve sufficient familiarity with the field to be able to design an appropriate drug epidemiology study using the data resources referred to during the course. The role of spontaneous reporting of adverse reactions, the FDA, the drug industry, and academia are discussed. The class includes lectures by experts working in the field, critiques of literature, a project where students design a study to answer a question in the field of pharmacoepidemiology and a written final exam.

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