Nutrition Epidemiology [EXC09]
Course highlights
EC points
0.9
Months
March
Course days
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (3 days)
Faculty
Professor Nita Forouhi, PhD, Soren Brage, PhD
Location
University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK
Level
Intermediate
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Detailed information about this course:
Description
The primary aim of the nutrition module is to describe the measurement and epidemiology of nutrition. The module will cover definitions, methods to assess nutrition, epidemiology of nutrition in relation to cancer, aspects of cardiovascular disease and malnourished populations. Methods to assess nutrition include questionnaires, biomarkers and food records.Debates by students on topics covered by the module will be included.
Debates by students on topics covered by the module willbe included.
Lecturers will introduce the topics. Teaching will becomprised of one-hour lectures and practical sessions. Students will work insmall groups in the practical sessions, which will take a variety of forms,including additional lectures, group work, discussions and data interpretationand calculation. Students are expected to read around topic areas.
Objectives
To gain an understanding of Nutritional epidemiologyincluding
- Characteristics of dietary exposures
- Dietary assessment & analysis issues
- Diet/disease association & interpretation
- Dietary public health
Participant profile
For a very limited number of NIHES students only.
Assessment
Attendance
Reduction on fees
PLEASE NOTE: This does not apply to the fee of the research master programmes (120 EC points)
No fees are charged for Erasmus MC PhD candidates, provided they have an account in Hora Finita, the Erasmus University PhD registration system. When submitting the application, you can state that someone else pays your tuition fee.
In case of cancellation or no show, the cancellation policy applies based on the full course fee.
25% reduction for all (international) PhD candidates without formal appointment at Erasmus MC
Upon receipt of your application you will receive a request to upload proof of enrollment as a PhD candidate.