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Genetic Epidemiology (POPH90111)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
The majority of chronic diseases share a common risk factor: the family history for that disease. Epidemiologists can use families to assess the role of the interrelated genetic and environmental risk factors. This subject provides an introduction to epidemiological methods that are used to determine the role of inherited factors on disease risk. Concepts, methodologies, and interpretation of familial risk factors for chronic diseases are the major topics in this subject. Topics covered include: how disease runs in families, how to identify genetic risk factors and how they can be used to estimate risk of disease, design of family studies, how to identify people at genetic risk and how to use genetics to reduce the burden of disease.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Understand that susceptibility to complex diseases is due to both genetic and environmental factors;
- Calculate and interpret the measures of familial aggregation;
- Calculate and interpret the heritability;
- Understand how to identify genetic factors associated with disease and how they can be used to estimate the risk of disease;
- Critically appraise the strengths and limitations of different study designs and analytic methods used in genetic epidemiology;
- Estimate penetrance for inherited genetic variants;
- Determine modifiers of penetrance for inherited genetic variants;
- Assess gene-environmental interactions in association with disease for people at genetic risk;
- How to use genetic factors to provide evidence of the causal association between a non-genetic risk factor and disease;
- How to screen people at genetic risk and how to screen people at risk of disease using genetics for precision prevention and early detection;
Generic skills
Genetic Epidemiology will allow students to develop skills in:
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Problem-solving
- Finding, evaluating and using relevant information
- Written communication
- Decision-making
- Persuasion and argumentation
- Using computers and statistical software
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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POPH90013 | Biostatistics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
OR
POPH90142 Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 1 POPH90143 Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 2
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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30-minute exam, held in week 3 of semester.
| Week 3 | 10% |
Individual written assignment. Due week 7 of semester
| Week 7 | 40% |
Individual written assignment. Due at the start of the first week of the University examination period
| During the examination period | 50% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Mark Jenkins Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Classroom: 2 hours per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 contact information
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: MSPGH Website
- Email: Enquiry Form
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
Recommended texts and other resources
None
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Science (Epidemiology) Course Master of Epidemiology Course Master of Public Health Informal specialisation Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024