EPI at Brown University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate EPI coursework.

• EPI 2150Foundations in Modern Epidemiologic Methodsopens 3 courses (0.5 directly)
• PHP 2150Foundations in Epidemiologic Research Methodsopens 3 courses (0.5 directly)
• PHP 2511Applied Regression Analysisopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• EPI 0850Fundamentals of Epidemiologyopens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• PHP 0850Fundamentals of Epidemiologyopens 2 courses (0.3 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate EPI work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 25 EPI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 15 more EPI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in EPI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at EPI 2220B

  1. PHP 0320Introduction to Public Health
  2. EPI 0850Fundamentals of Epidemiology
  3. EPI 2220BMethods for Nutritional Epidemiology

• 3 courses deep, ending at EPI 2250

  1. PHP 2510Principles of Biostatistics and Data Analysis
  2. PHP 2511Applied Regression Analysis
  3. EPI 2250Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiologic Research

• 3 courses deep, ending at EPI 2490

  1. PHP 2507Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis I
  2. EPI 2150Foundations in Modern Epidemiologic Methods
  3. EPI 2490Methods in Pharmacoepidemiology

• 2 courses deep, ending at EPI 2180

  1. PHP 2200Intermediate Methods in Epidemiologic Research
  2. EPI 2180Interpretation and Application of Epidemiology

Grade medians

Teaching in Spring 2027

Instructors on EPI sections in Spring 2027, from the registrar's schedule.

• Allan Just
• Eric Loucks
• Erica Walker
• Hannah Ziobrowski
• Ilana Gareen
• Jennifer Nuzzo
• Kaley Hayes
• Marianthi Kioumourtzoglou
• Nina Joyce
• Shilo McBurney
• Tongzhang Zheng
• William Goedel

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under EPI yet.

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Department events

EPI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Brown campus feed.