2013/2014 Preventive Veterinary Medicine Curriculum
Summer Session II: August 5 – September 13, 2013
MPM 402: Medical Statistics I, 4.0 units. Course leader: Thomas Farver. Course Description: Statistics in
clinical, laboratory and population medicine: graphical and tabular presentation of data; probability;
binomial; Poisson, normal, t-, F-, and Chi-square distributions; elementary nonparametric methods;
simple linear regression and correlation; life tables. Microcomputer applications of statistical procedures
for population medicine.
MPM 405L: Introduction to Information Management, 3 units. Course leader: Terry Lehenbauer.
Course Description: A practical application of epidemiological methods using the microcomputer as a
tool to solve problems. Utilizes spreadsheets and databases as tools to organize and analyze data.
Fall Quarter: September 24 – December 14, 2013
MPM 403: Medical Statistics II, 4.0 units Course leader: Thomas Farver. Course Description:
Continuation of MPM 402. Analysis of variance in biomedical sciences; nonparametric methods; multiple
regression; biomedical applications of statistical methods. Microcomputer applications to reinforce
principles that are taught in lecture.
Epi 205: Principles of Epidemiology, 4.0 units Course leader: Kass + Schmidt
Course Description: Basic epidemiologic concepts and approaches to epidemiologic research, with
examples from veterinary and human medicine, including outbreak investigation, infectious disease
epidemiology, properties of tests, and an introduction to epidemiologic study design and surveillance.
MPM 408a: Applied Research Methods: Veterinary Research: Planning and Reporting, 2.0 units Course
leader: Janet Foley. Course Description: Planning, critical analysis, ethics, and oral communication of
veterinary research.
MPM 410: Advanced Animal/human Health Leadership: Policy and Risk Communication, 1.0 units
Course leader: Jonna Mazet. Course Description: International, national and state policy issues affecting
veterinary medicine, how policy is made, organizational cultures, the role of science in policy-making,
ten best practices in risk/crisis communication, message-mapping for the public and policy-makers, and
effective meeting management.
VME 201 Emerging issues at the Interface of Animal, Human, and Ecosystem Health. 3 units. Course
Leader: Christine Kreuder-Johnson. Course description: Principles of one health with emphasis on the
relationships and interdependence of environmental, animal and human health. Exploration of critical
data gaps needed to achieve sustainability in ecosystems and disease prevention
Winter Quarter: January 4 – March 23, 2014
MPM 404: Medical Statistics III, 4.0 units Course leader: Thomas Farver. Course Description: Analysis of
time dependent variation and trends, analysis of multi-way frequency tables; logistic regression; survival
analysis selecting the best regression equation; biomedical applications.
EPI 206: Epidemiologic Study Design, 4.0 units. Course leader: E. Robert Atwill. Course Description: Build
on concepts presented in EPI 205. Concepts of epidemiologic study design clinical trials, observational
cohort studies, case control studies—introduced in EPI 205 are covered in more depth, using a problembased format. Discussion on published epidemiological studies.
MPM 408b: Applied Research Methods: Scientific writing, 1.0 unit Course leader: Mary Christopher.
Course Description: Planning, critical analysis, ethics, and written and oral communication of veterinary
research.
Spring Quarter: March 28 – June 13, 2014
PHR 266: Applied Analytical Epidemiology, 3.0 units Course leader: Phil Kass.
Course Description: Principles and applications in analysis of epidemiologic data. Methods of analyzing
stratified and matched data, logistic regression for cohort and case-control studies, Poisson regression,
survival-time methods.
B. Electives: (9 units)
Students choose electives reflecting their personal interests/selected track. The MPVM program
provides a quarterly list of available electives. Students may select appropriate courses not on the
electives list and have them approved by their Graduate Adviser. Electives must be upper-division
undergraduate-level or graduate-level courses.
Fall
ENT 214 Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases. Course leaders: Gregory Lanzaro and William Reisen (2 units).
Winter
PHR420: Zoonoses of non-human primates (even years). 2 units. Course leader: Bruno Chomel
PHR212: Epidemiology of the Zoonoses. 3 units. Course leader: Bruno Chomel
PHR 210 Epidemiological Approaches to Waterborne Zoonotic Diseases. 1 unit. Course leader: E. Robert
Atwill
VME 158/258: Disease ecology. 3 units. Course leader: Janet Foley
Spring
PHR298: Mathematical Models in Epidemiology. 3.0 units. Course leader: Sharif Aly.
PHR 298- Food and Water Borne Diseases. 2.0 units. Course leader: Bart Weimer.
PHR 452 On-Farm Food Safety/Veterinary Public Health. 2.0 units. Course Leader: James Cullor
C. Applied Epidemiology research project (8 units): to be started during Winter quarter and completed
by Summer session II of year 2. (correspond to 240 hours of effort)