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Infectious Disease Modeling & and Public Health Analytics Trainings

CORI has curated a collection of training resources that may be of interest to public health practitioners, epidemiologists, data analysts, informatics professionals, and decision-makers involved in disease surveillance, outbreak management, and public health analytics. 

*While most of these resources are freely available, some may require payment.

 

Resources

Infectious Disease Modeling and Decision-Making

Overview: 

Training Institution Description Time 
Infectious Disease Transmission Models for Decision-Makers Johns Hopkins University Course on infectious disease transmission models, covering forecasting, decision-making, and advanced analytics. 5 hours 
Infectious Disease Modeling 101 For Public Health CSTE Introductory course on general epidemiological modeling techniques for public health practitioners. Not specified 
Infectious Disease Modeling in Practice Johns Hopkins University Practical application of infectious disease modeling, focusing on general epidemiological modeling techniques. 4 hours 
Introduction to Infectious Disease Modeling Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health Introductory course on infectious disease modeling for public health practitioners. 5 hours 
Advanced Analytics

Overview: 

Training Institution Description Time 
Advanced GIS for Public Health Workshop: Using ArcGIS to Examine Clusters and Assess Health Disparities CSTE Workshop on using ArcGIS to examine spatial clusters and assess health disparities using forecasting and analytics. Not specified 

Advanced R Programming 

Johns Hopkins University 

Overview of advanced topics in R programming that are necessary for developing data science tools. 

18 hours 

Spatial Data Analysis in R* Data Camp Course on visualizing and analyzing geospatial data in R for advanced analytics in public health. 4 hours 

Time Series Analysis in Python* 

Data Camp 

 

4 hours 

Bayesian Statistics UC Santa Cruz Introductory course on Bayesian statistics. 11 hours 
TDH Regression Modeling in Public Health University of Memphis Course on regression modeling techniques specific to public health data analysis. 1 hour 
Public Health Informatics

Overview: 

Training Institution Description Time 
Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) Authoring Tool CSTE Training on using the RCKMS Authoring Tool for reportable conditions data management. 3 hours 

Electronic Case Reporting 

CSTE  

Overview of eCR and its support systems (AIMS and RCKMS) 

25 mins 

REDCap Instructional Videos REDCap Instructional videos on using REDCap, a tool for research data collection and management. 2.85 hours