Advanced Biostatistics and Epidemiology

EHESP School of Public Health, Rennes, France (57 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the year, students are able to:

  • Understand and draw appropriate inferences from health and public health data from a large variety of sources (surveillance, reimbursement, cohorts, experiments and clinical research, …), nd evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports.
  • Describe and analyse public health problems, determinants (risk and preventative factors) and health impact in terms of magnitude, person, time and place and calculate appropriate epidemiology measures.
  • Apply concepts and methods from epidemiology, biostatistics and related quantitative methods to evaluate and to produce valid evidence for public health decision making.
  • Design and conduct epidemiological studies, including data collection, analysis and reporting.
  • Identify and implement appropriate statistical methods for analysis of data from a variety of sources (surveillance, reimbursement, cohorts, experiments and clinical research, …)
  • Comprehend basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to health data and health research.

Place

EHESP School of Public Health

Please note that from the 2025-2026 academic year, the MPH at EHESP will be located on the main campus, in Rennes, France.

The “Advanced Biostatistics and Epidemiology » specialisation will therefore take place in Rennes”.

Teaching language

English

Course content

Mandatory Modules

  • Advanced module Epidemiology (3 ECTS)
  • Advanced module Biostatistics (3 ECTS)
  • Concepts, Methods and design in Epidemiology (3 ECTS)

1 Elective Advanced module (to be chosen from the following list) – (3 ECTS)

  • Fundamentals in environmental health and climate change(3 ECTS)
  • Advanced module – Prevention and Health Promotion (3 ECTS)
  • Advanced module – Health Policy and Management (3 ECTS)

5 Elective Advanced module (to be chosen from the following list) – (15 ECTS)

  • Introduction to R: computing, graphics for statistics & Epidemiology (3 ECTS)
  • Analysis in Epidemiology (I) (3 ECTS)
  • Analysis in Epidemiology (II) (3 ECTS)
  • Multidimensional & multivariate statistical methods (3 ECTS)
  • Multi-level Analysis (3 ECTS)
  • Modeling of infectious diseases (3 ECTS)
  • Spatial statistical analysis (3 ECTS)

1 Elective Advanced module – Applied Epidemiology (to be chosen from the following list) – (3 ECTS)

  • Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 ECTS)
  • Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 ECTS)
  • Perinatal & Pediatric Epidemiology (3 ECTS)

Supra optional modules (can be chosen among):

  • Electives B and C
  • Gis & Environmental Health
  • Advanced quantitative methods in Population Mental Health
  • Biostatistics upgrade

Dissertation and placement (4 to 6 months) – (27 ECTS)

Integration Module (3 ECTS)

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