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Date
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Topics
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Activities
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Speaker
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25-Sep
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Introduction, expectations of the class; overview of
epidemiological inference
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Hand out FFQ
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Beresford
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27-Sep
|
Food Records; 24-hour recall; ASA24
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Pass around food booklets; discussion
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Boynton
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2-Oct
|
Biochemical indices/biomarkers
|
paper discussion
|
Lampe
|
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4-Oct
|
Dietary Indices in the Women's Health Initiative
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paper discussion
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Tinker
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9-Oct
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Food Frequency Questionnaire; FFQ metrics; Recall/proxies
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Collect FFQ; discussion
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Beresford
|
|
11-Oct
|
Variation in Diet;
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paper discussion
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Beresford
|
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16-Oct
|
Energy adjustment/measurement error
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paper discussion
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Beresford
|
|
18-Oct
|
Adjusting for measurement error
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Worked examples
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Beresford
|
|
23-Oct
|
Evaluating dietary methods using calibration studies: WHI-NBS
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paper discussion
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Neuhouser
|
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25-Oct
|
Diet-disease connections: Cohort studies
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hand out midterm; discussion
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White
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|
30-Oct
|
Diet-disease connections: Case-control studies
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paper discussion
|
LeMaitre
|
|
1-Nov
|
The epidemiology of obesity
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Collect completed midterm
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Beresford
|
|
6-Nov
|
Dietary assessment in developing countries
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paper discussion
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Gorstein
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8-Nov
|
Molecular mechanisms elucidated via feeding studies
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paper discussion
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Lampe
|
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13-Nov
|
Glycemic Index
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Graded midterm returned; discussion
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Neuhouser
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15-Nov
|
Controversy about fat
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Discussion and critique
|
Kratz
|
|
20-Nov
|
Dietary indices and Group randomized trials
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paper discussion
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Beresford
|
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22-Nov
|
***Thanksgiving Holiday***
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27-Nov
|
Area level influences on dietary choices/dietary intake
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Paper discussion
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Barrington
|
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29-Nov
|
General Q&A session; Go over mid-term. (optional)
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Last date to have topic approved;
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Beresford
|
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4-Dec
|
Student Presentations
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Short Research Proposal due
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6-Dec
|
Student Presentations
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