HHS 199: Disease Detectives

HHS 199: Disease Detectives

Dive into the world of disease etiology and public health.

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4 credits
(No prereqs.)

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CRN Section # Campus Meets Type Max Enrl
39573 001 Corvallis TR 10-11:20a Lecture 20
39574 010 Corvallis M 10-11:50a Laboratory 10
39575 011 Corvallis W 10-11:50a Laboratory 10

HHS 199 examines how scientific inquiry can expose the true causes of human diseases, often hidden by insufficient or inappropriate analysis.

Discover how rigorous research methods can lead to better understanding and improved health outcomes.

This course

Characterizes human diseases and investigates possible etiological causes using the science of disease prevention in public health.

Examines how diseases' true causes can be hidden because of insufficient or inappropriate scientific inquiry and analysis, which can lead to culprits being unknown or misidentified.

Articulates how existing knowledge leads to hypotheses, measurement, data sources, exposures, disease outcomes, analyses, drawing conclusions, and communicating results to help uncover the truth about disease.