HRP 28SI:
Alternative Spring Break: Prevention, Treatment, and Policy Perspectives on Alzheimer's Disease
Examines four aspects of Alzheimer's disease. Goal is to give participants a clearer sense of the struggle that patients actually feel and experience during the progression of the disease. Also explores difficulties and issues that many relatives face in assuming the responsibility of full-time caregiver for an Alzheirmers patient. Addresses ethical considerations on genetic testing, should these advances be embraced or should we be wary of the knowledge they may bring? Finally, explores the notion of service through engaged scholarship by exposing oneself to cutting-edge discoveries as researchers attempt to unravel the puzzle.
Last offered: Winter 2012
| Units: 1
HRP 89Q:
Introduction to Cross Cultural Issues in Medicine
Preference to sophomores. Introduction to social factors that impact health care delivery, such as ethnicity, immigration, language barriers, and patient service expectations. Focus is on developing a framework to understand culturally unique and non-English speaking populations in the health care system.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-AmerCul
HRP 199:
Undergraduate Research
Students undertake investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-18
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Baker, L. (PI);
Bhattacharya, J. (PI);
Bundorf, M. (PI);
Coram, M. (PI);
Corso, I. (PI);
Efron, B. (PI);
Friedman, G. (PI);
Goldstein, M. (PI);
Hastie, T. (PI);
Heidenreich, P. (PI);
Henderson, V. (PI);
Hlatky, M. (PI);
Ioannidis, J. (PI);
Johnstone, I. (PI);
Kessler, D. (PI);
King, A. (PI);
Kurian, A. (PI);
Lavori, P. (PI);
Lu, Y. (PI);
Macario, A. (PI);
Maldonado, Y. (PI);
Miller, G. (PI);
Nelson, L. (PI);
Olshen, R. (PI);
Owens, D. (PI);
Parsonnet, J. (PI);
Popat, R. (PI);
Rogosa, D. (PI);
Sabatti, C. (PI);
Sainani, K. (PI);
Shih, M. (PI);
Sieh, W. (PI);
Simard, J. (PI);
Tian, L. (PI);
Tibshirani, R. (PI);
West, D. (PI);
Whittemore, A. (PI);
Wise, P. (PI);
Wong, W. (PI)
HRP 201A:
Health Policy PhD Core Seminar I--First Year (MED 215A)
Seminar series is the core tutorial for first-year Health Policy and Health Services Research graduate students. Major themes in fields of study including health insurance, healthcare financing and delivery, health systems and reform and disparities in the US and globally, health and economic development, health law and policy, resource allocation, efficiency and equity, healthcare quality, measurement and the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions. Blocks of session led by Stanford expert faculty in particular fields of study.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
HRP 201B:
Health Policy PhD Core Seminar II--First Year (MED 215B)
Second in a three-quarter seminar series is the core tutorial for first-year Health Policy and Health Services Research graduate students. Major themes in fields of study including health insurance, healthcare financing and delivery, health systems and reform and disparities in the US and globally, health and economic development, health law and policy, resource allocation, efficiency and equity, healthcare quality, measurement and the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions. Blocks of session led by Stanford expert faculty in particular fields of study.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
HRP 201C:
Health Policy PhD Core Seminar III--First Year (MED 215C)
Third in a three-quarter seminar series is the core tutorial for first-year Health Policy and Health Services Research graduate students. Major themes in fields of study including health insurance, healthcare financing and delivery, health systems and reform and disparities in the US and globally, health and economic development, health law and policy, resource allocation, efficiency and equity, healthcare quality, measurement and the efficacy and effectiveness of interventions. Blocks of session led by Stanford expert faculty in particular fields of study.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
HRP 206:
Meta-research: Appraising Research Findings, Bias, and Meta-analysis (CHPR 206, MED 206, STATS 211)
Open to graduate, medical, and undergraduate students. Appraisal of the quality and credibility of research findings; evaluation of sources of bias. Meta-analysis as a quantitative (statistical) method for combining results of independent studies. Examples from medicine, epidemiology, genomics, ecology, social/behavioral sciences, education. Collaborative analyses. Project involving generation of a meta-research project or reworking and evaluation of an existing published meta-analysis. Prerequisite: knowledge of basic statistics.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 207:
Introduction to Concepts and Methods in Health Services and Policy Research I
Primarily for medical students in the Health Services and Policy Research scholarly concentration. Topics include health economics, statistics, decision analysis, study design, quality measurement, cost benefit and effectiveness analysis, and evidence based guidelines.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
HRP 208:
Introduction to Concepts and Methods in Health Services and Policy Research II
Primarily for medical students in the Health Services and Policy Research scholarly concentration; continuation of 207. Topics include health economics, statistics, decision analysis, study design, quality measurement, cost benefit and effectiveness analysis, and evidence based guidelines. Recommended: 207.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 209:
Health Law: The FDA
(Same as LAW 3003) Open to law and medical students; other graduate students by consent of instructor. The FDA's regulatory authority over drugs, biologics, medical devices, and dietary supplements. The nature of the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and nutritional supplement industries.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
HRP 210:
Health Law and Policy
(Same as Law 313) Open to law , medicine, business, and graduate students. Focus this term is on the physician/patient relationship, medical ethics, and public health law.
Last offered: Autumn 2009
| Units: 3
HRP 211:
Law and the Biosciences: Neuroscience
(Formerly LAW 368) Legal, social, and ethical issues arising from advances in neuroscience, including effects upon law and society through improvements in predicting illnesses and behaviors, reading minds through neuroimaging, understanding responsibility and consciousness, treating criminal behavior, and cognitive enhancement.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 3
HRP 212:
Cross Cultural Medicine
Developing interviewing and behavioral skills needed to facilitate culturally relevant health care across all population groups. Discussions focus on explicit and implicit cultural influences operating in formal and informal medical contexts.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
HRP 213:
Writing in the Sciences
Primarily for medical students in the Clinical Research Scholarly concentration; open to graduate students except Epidemiology graduate students. Development of research questions and plans for statistical analysis. Study design, sample size and power calculations, and statistical analysis of study data. Analytic methods to carry out statistical power and sample size calculations. Prerequisites: 225, and 258 or 259, or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
HRP 214:
Scientific Writing
Step-by-step through the process of writing and publishing a scientific manuscript. How to write effectively, concisely, and clearly. Preparation of an actual scientific manuscript. Students are encouraged to bring a manuscript on which they are currently working to develop and polish throughout the course.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 2-3
HRP 215:
Scientific Writing for Basic and Translational Scientists
Teaches students in the basic sciences how to write clearly, concisely, and effectively. Focuses on the process of writing and publishing a scientific manuscript. 3 unit option requires work on a manuscript. Not intended for epidemiology graduate students.
Last offered: Autumn 2011
| Units: 2-3
HRP 216:
Analytical and Practical Issues in the Conduct of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Topics include: advanced aspects of study design and data analyses; evaluating confounding and interaction; modeling continuous characteristics of exposure; building prediction models; methods of summarizing literature and quantifying effect sizes (meta-analysis); handling missing data; and propensity score methods. 3 units requires a data analysis project. Prerequisites: 258 or 261, or consent of instructor
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
HRP 218:
Methods for Health Care Delivery Innovation, Implementation and Evaluation (CHPR 212, MED 212)
Preference given to postgraduate fellows and graduate students. Focus is on implementation science and evaluation of health care delivery innovations. Topics include implementation science theory, frameworks, and measurement principles; qualitative and quantitative approaches to designing and evaluating new health care models; hybrid design trials that simultaneously evaluate implementation and effectiveness; distinction between quality improvement and research, and implications for regulatory requirements and publication; and grant-writing strategies for implementation science and evaluation. Students will develop a mock (or actual) grant proposal to conduct a needs assessment or evaluate a Stanford/VA/community intervention, incorporating concepts, frameworks, and methods discussed in class. Priority for enrollment for CHPR 212 will be given to CHPR master's students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
HRP 219:
Evaluating Technologies for Diagnosis, Prediction and Screening
New technologies designed to monitor and improve health outcomes are constantly emerging, but most fail in the clinic and in the marketplace because relatively few are supported by reliable, reproducible evidence that they produce a health benefit. This course covers the designs and methods that should be used to evaluate technologies to diagnose patients, predict prognosis or other health events, or screen for disease. These technologies can include devices, statistical prediction rules, biomarkers, gene panels, algorithms, imaging, or any information used to predict a future or a previously unknown health state. Specific topics to be covered include the phases of test development, how to frame a proper evaluation question, measures of test accuracy, Bayes theorem, internal and external validation, prediction evaluation criteria, decision analysis, net-utility, ROC curves, c-statistics, net reclassification index, decision curves and reporting standards. Examples of technology assessments and original methods papers are used. Software used in the course is R or Stata. Open to graduate students with a solid understanding of introductory biostatistics, epidemiologic and clinical research study design, and of medical conditions and related technologies required. Basic understanding of Stata or R is also required. Undergraduates may enroll with consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 220:
BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW AND POLICY
(Same as LAW 440) Open to all law or medical students; other graduate students by consent of the instructor. Focuses on the biotechnology industry, with some discussion of the "med tech" or medical device industry and the pharmaceutical industry. The life cycle of a biotech firm, from a good idea to a start-up company to FDA approval and beyond. Guest speakers. In addition to a final exam, students are required to participate in a group project during the term, making law and business recommendations about a biotech firm.
Last offered: Spring 2010
| Units: 3
HRP 221:
Law and the Biosciences: Genetics
(Same as LAW 3004) Open to all law or medical students; other graduate students by consent of the instructor. Focus is on ethical, legal, and social issues arising from advances in our knowledge of human genetics. Includes forensic uses of genetics, genetic testing, widespread whole genome sequencing, the consequences of genetics for human reproduction, and the ethics of genomic biobanks for research. Research paper required.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
HRP 222A:
Advising Congress on Health Policy
(Same as LAW 413L) Focus on conducting research on national health policy problems for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC. Students work in teams with lawyers and PhD economists from MedPAC, resident and fellow physicians from Stanford Hospital, and other students from throughout the University on exanding the healthcare workforce through reform of states' scope of practice regulation or designing antitrust policy to achieve the benefits of coordination and avoid the costs of consolidation. Application required.
Last offered: Autumn 2015
| Units: 1
HRP 223:
Introduction to Data Management and Analysis in SAS
Provides hands-on introduction to basic data management and analysis techniques using SAS. Data management topics include: Introduction to SAS and SAS syntax, importing data, creating and reading SAS datasets, data cleaning and validation, creating new variables, and combining data sets. Analysis techniques include: basic descriptive statistics (e.g., means, frequency) and bivariate procedures for continuous and categorical variables (e.g., t-tests, chi-squares).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
HRP 225:
Design and Conduct of Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies
Intermediate-level. The skills to design, carry out, and interpret epidemiologic studies, particularly of chronic diseases. Topics: epidemiologic concepts, sources of data, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, sampling, measures of association, estimating sample size, and sources of bias. Prerequisite: A basic/introductory course in statistics or consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
HRP 226:
Advanced Epidemiologic and Clinical Research Methods
The principles of measurement, measures of effect, confounding, effect modification, and strategies for minimizing bias in clinical and epidemiologic studies. Students enrolled for 4 units complete an additional assignment or paper. Prerequisite: 225 or consent of instructor.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
HRP 228:
Genetic Epidemiology
Provides framework for physicians, epidemiologists, and other scientists to interpret the literature and incorporate genetic information into human disease research. Topics include: common genetic measures, approaches to finding disease genes, study design and analysis issues, genome-wide association studies, meta-analysis of genetic studies, genetic risk prediction, and applications of new genomic technologies. Includes reading seminal papers in genetic epidemiology.
Last offered: Spring 2014
| Units: 2
HRP 229:
Spectrum Scholars Seminar
Preference to trainees awarded Stanford internal KL2, TL1 grants. Focus is on students and junior faculty who have received a Spectrum KL2 or TL1 Award. Discussions include progress and challenges involved in starting and conducting clinical research, current courses, time management and resources; support from peers; education and professional development. All scholars are required to attend a weekly seminar series meeting throughout the year that will cover an array of cross-cutting methodological topics with published examples of implementation. Prerequisite: Awarded a Spectrum KL2, TL1 Grant or Spectrum UL1
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
HRP 230:
Cancer Epidemiology
Descriptive epidemiology and sources of incidence/mortality data; the biological basis of carcinogenesis and its implications for epidemiologic research; methodological issues relevant to cancer research; causal inference; major environmental risk factors; genetic susceptibility; cancer control; examples of current research; and critique of the literature. 3 units requires paper or project. Prerequisite: 225, or consent of instructor.
Last offered: Winter 2012
| Units: 2-3
HRP 231:
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Principles of the transmission of the infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, rickettsiae, mycoplasma, fungi, and protozoan and helminth parasites). The role of vectors, reservoirs, and environmental factors. Pathogen and host characteristics that determine the spectrum of infection and disease. Endemicity, outbreaks, and epidemics of selected infectious diseases. Principles of control and surveillance.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 234:
Engineering Better Health Systems: modeling for public health (CHPR 254, HUMBIO 154A)
This course teaches engineering, operations research and modeling techniques to improve public health programs and systems. Students will engage in in-depth study of disease detection and control strategies from a "systems science" perspective, which involves the use of common engineering, operations research, and mathematical modeling techniques such as optimization, queuing theory, Markov and Kermack-McKendrick models, and microsimulation. Lectures and problem sets will focus on applying these techniques to classical public health dilemmas such as how to optimize screening programs, reduce waiting times for healthcare services, solve resource allocation problems, and compare macro-scale disease control strategies that cannot be easily evaluated through randomized trials. Readings will complement the lectures and problem sets by offering critical perspectives from the public health history, sociology, and epidemiology. In-depth case studies from non-governmental organizations, departments of public health, and international agencies will drive the course. Prerequisites: A course in introductory statistics, and a course in multivariable calculus including ordinarily differential equations. Open to upper-division undergraduate students and graduate students. Human Biology majors enroll in HUMBIO 154A.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
HRP 235:
Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems (AFRICAST 135, AFRICAST 235, EDUC 135, EDUC 335, HUMBIO 26, MED 235)
The excitement around social innovation and entrepreneurship has spawned numerous startups focused on tackling world problems, particularly in the fields of education and health. The best social ventures are launched with careful consideration paid to research, design, and efficacy. This course offers students insights into understanding how to effectively develop, evaluate, and scale social ventures. Using TeachAIDS (an award-winning nonprofit educational technology social venture used in 78 countries) as a primary case study, students will be given an in-depth look into how the entity was founded and scaled globally. Guest speakers will include world-class experts and entrepreneurs in Philanthropy, Medicine, Communications, Education, and Technology. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
HRP 236:
Epidemiology Research Seminar
Weekly forum for ongoing epidemiologic research by faculty, staff, guests, and students, emphasizing research issues relevant to disease causation, prevention, and treatment. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
HRP 237:
Practical Approaches to Global Health Research (IPS 290, MED 226)
How do you come up with an idea for health research overseas? How do you develop a research question, concept note, and get your project funded? How do you manage personnel in the field, difficult cultural situations, or unexpected problems? How do you create a sampling strategy, select a study design, and ensure ethical conduct with human subjects? This course takes students through the process of health research in under-resourced countries from the development of the initial research question and literature review to securing support and detailed planning for field work. Students progressively develop and receive weekly feedback on a concept note to support a funding proposal addressing a research question of their choosing. Aims at graduate students; undergraduates in their junior or senior year may enroll with instructor consent. This course is restricted to undergraduates unless they have completed 85 units or more.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 238:
Genes and Environment in Disease Causation: Implications for Medicine and Public Health (HUMBIO 159)
The historical, contemporary, and future research and practice among genetics, epidemiology, clinical medicine, and public health as a source of insight for medicine and public health. Genetic and environmental contributions to multifactorial diseases; multidisciplinary approach to enhancing detection and diagnosis. The impact of the Human Genome Project on analysis of cardiovascular and neurological diseases, and cancer. Ethical and social issues in the use of genetic information. Prerequisite: basic course in genetics; for undergraduates, Human Biology core or equivalent or consent of instructor. This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-3
HRP 239:
Statistical Methods for Group Comparisons and Causal Inference (EDUC 260A, STATS 209)
Critical examination of statistical methods in social science and life sciences applications, especially for cause and effect determinations. Topics: mediating and moderating variables, potential outcomes framework, encouragement designs, multilevel models, matching and propensity score methods, analysis of covariance, instrumental variables, compliance, path analysis and graphical models, group comparisons with longitudinal data. See http://rogosateaching.com/stat209/. Prerequisite: intermediate-level statistical methods.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 3
HRP 243:
Health Policy Seminar: Population Health
This seminar course is intended to introduce students to the role of policy in the delivery of healthcare in the United States. In addition to speakers from the law school, SIEPR, HRP, and School of Medicine, we will be bringing in speakers from outside organizations such as the Pacific Business Group on Health, managed care organizations, and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. There will be no assignments and lunch will be provided.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
HRP 244:
Developing Measurement Tools for Health Research
The focus of this course is on providing the skills necessary to develop, validate and administer both qualitative and quantitative measures and instruments. Topics will include creating valid measures, ensuring the measures used address and apply to the research questions, design and samples; determining when to use standardized measures or develop new ones; instrument validation techniques; factor analysis; and survey administration, including determining the most effective way of administering measures (e.g., online, paper-and-pencil, ACASI) ad the best way to design the survey.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
HRP 245:
Intensive Course in Clinical Research
The Intensive Course in Clinical Research (ICCR) is a one-week immersion course designed for new or aspiring clinical investigators, medical students, residents, graduate students, fellows and junior faculty interested in pursuing careers in clinical and transnational research. Students spend five days and four evenings immersed in all aspects of research study design and performance. The format combined didactic with intense group/team activities focused on practical issues in clinical research design - from selection of a researchable study question through actual writing of a research proposal. Lectures and panel discussions are presented by an accomplished faculty of Stanford clinical researchers and key leaders from the Stanford community. Every presentation includes a discussion of relevant issues. The course is supported by over 40 faculty and fellows from across the School of Medicine.
| Units: 2
HRP 247:
Epidemic Intelligence: How to Identify, Investigate and Interrupt Outbreaks of Disease (HUMBIO 57)
We will cover: the components of public health systems in the US; principles of outbreak investigation and disease surveillance; different types of study design for field investigation; visualization and interpretation of public health data, including identification and prevention of biases; and implementation of disease control by public health authorities. Students will meet with leaders of health departments of the state and the county and will be responsible for devising and conducting their own investigation of a health problem. HUMBIO students must enroll in HUMBIO 57. HRP students must enroll in HRP 247.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
HRP 249:
Topics in Health Economics I (ECON 249, MED 249)
Course will cover various topics in health economics, from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Topics will include public financing and public policy in health care and health insurance; demand and supply of health insurance and healthcare; physicians' incentives; patient decision-making; competition policy in healthcare markets, intellectual property in the context of pharmaceutical drugs and medical technology; other aspects of interaction between public and private sectors in healthcare and health insurance markets. Key emphasis on recent work and empirical methods and modelling. Prerequisites: Micro and Econometrics first year sequences (or equivalent).nCurricular prerequisites (if applicable): First year graduate Microeconomics and Econometrics sequences (or equivalent)
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-5
HRP 251:
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials
The rationale for phases 1-3 clinical trials, the recruitment of subjects, techniques for randomization, data collection and endpoints, interim monitoring, and reporting of results. Emphasis is on the theoretical underpinnings of clinical research and the practical aspects of conducting clinical trials.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
HRP 252:
Outcomes Analysis (BIOMEDIN 251, MED 252)
Methods of conducting empirical studies which use large existing medical, survey, and other databases to ask both clinical and policy questions. Econometric and statistical models used to conduct medical outcomes research. How research is conducted on medical and health economics questions when a randomized trial is impossible. Problem sets emphasize hands-on data analysis and application of methods, including re-analyses of well-known studies. Prerequisites: one or more courses in probability, and statistics or biostatistics.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
HRP 254:
Quality & Safety in U.S. Healthcare (SURG 255)
The course will provide an in-depth examination of the quality & patient safety movement in the US healthcare system, the array of quality measurement techniques and issues, and perspectives of quality and safety improvement efforts under the current policy landscape.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 255:
Observational Studies (STATS 355)
This course will cover statistical methods for the design and analysis of observational studies. Topics for the course will include the potential outcomes framework for causal inference; randomized experiments; methods for controlling for observed confounders in observational studies; sensitivity analysis for hidden bias; instrumental variables; tests of hidden bias; coherence; and design of observational studies.
| Units: 2-3
HRP 256:
Economics of Health and Medical Care (BIOMEDIN 156, BIOMEDIN 256, ECON 126)
Institutional, theoretical, and empirical analysis of the problems of health and medical care. Topics: demand for medical care and medical insurance; institutions in the health sector; economics of information applied to the market for health insurance and for health care; measurement and valuation of health; competition in health care delivery. Graduate students with research interests should take ECON 249. Prerequisites: ECON 50 and either ECON 102A or STATS 116 or the equivalent. Recommended: ECON 51.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
HRP 257:
Advanced Topics in the Economics of Health and Medical Care (MED 265)
Emphasis is on research studies in health economics. Seminar style course focuses on Health Economics. To be taken with HRP 256. Students will be expected to read and present papers to the group and discuss concepts with faculty. Restricted to second year PhD students in economics & economics-related disciplines.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
HRP 258:
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Clinical Research
Open to medical and graduate students; required of medical students in the Clinical Research Scholarly Concentration. Tools to evaluate medical literature. Topics include random variables, expectation, variance, probability distributions, the central limit theorem, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, correlation, regression, analysis of variance, and survival analysis.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
HRP 259:
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Epidemiology
Topics: random variables, expectation, variance, probability distributions, the central limit theorem, sampling theory, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals. Correlation, regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric tests. Introduction to least squares and maximum likelihood estimation. Emphasis is on medical applications. Differential between 3 and 4 units is the amount of out-of-class work required.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
HRP 261:
Intermediate Biostatistics: Analysis of Discrete Data (BIOMEDIN 233, STATS 261)
Methods for analyzing data from case-control and cross-sectional studies: the 2x2 table, chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, odds ratios, Mantel-Haenzel methods, stratification, tests for matched data, logistic regression, conditional logistic regression. Emphasis is on data analysis in SAS. Special topics: cross-fold validation and bootstrap inference.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 262:
Intermediate Biostatistics: Regression, Prediction, Survival Analysis (STATS 262)
Methods for analyzing longitudinal data. Topics include Kaplan-Meier methods, Cox regression, hazard ratios, time-dependent variables, longitudinal data structures, profile plots, missing data, modeling change, MANOVA, repeated-measures ANOVA, GEE, and mixed models. Emphasis is on practical applications. Prerequisites: basic ANOVA and linear regression.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
HRP 263:
Advanced Decision Science Methods and Modeling in Health (MED 263)
Advanced methods currently used in published model-based cost-effectiveness analyses in medicine and public health, both theory and technical applications. Topics include: Markov and microsimulation models, model calibration and evaluation, and probabilistic sensitivity analyses. Prerequisites: a course in probability, a course in statistics or biostatistics, a course on cost-effectiveness such as HRP 392, a course in economics, and familiarity with decision modeling software such as TreeAge.
Last offered: Winter 2016
| Units: 3
HRP 264:
Foundations of Statistical and Scientific Inference
The course will consist of readings and discussion of foundational papers and book sections in the domains of statistical and scientific inference. Topics to be covered include philosophy of science, interpretations of probability, Bayesian and frequentist approaches to statistical inference and current controversies about the proper use of p-values and research reproducibility. nnRecommended preparation: At least 2 quarters of biostatistics and one of epidemiology. Intended for second year Masters students, of PhD students with as least 1 year of preceding graduate training.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
HRP 265:
Methods for Network Meta-Analysis
The course will cover the area of network meta-analysis, a technique used to compare treatments that have not been compared directly to each other, but are included in a "network" of randomized trials that allows inferences to be made based on indirect comparisons. In traditional meta-analysis all included studies compare the same intervention with the same comparator. Network meta-analysis extends this concept by including multiple pair-wise comparisons across a range of interventions and provides estimates of relative treatment effects between all interventions in the network. This technique is being increasingly used in evidence-based medicine, health technology assessments and policy making. nnRecommended preparation: HEP 206, and at least 2 quarters of biostatistics and one of epidemiology, including clinical research design. Familiarity with logistic and linear regression modeling required.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2
HRP 267:
Life Course Epidemiology
The focus of this course is on understanding the evidence for how exposure at multiple levels and at multiple ages influences an individual's health at any given time. The course emphasizes the primary theories used to examine life course determinants of health and how these theories both facilitate and impede research. A secondary focus is on understanding the methodological challenges to studying health from a life course perspective, as well as how knowledge of life course determinants of health can inform interventions to improve health from a population perspective.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2
HRP 268:
Genetics and Reproductive Technologies
(Same as LAW 568) Examines the complex interrelationship among legal, political, ethical, and social issues shaping the intersection of genetics, reproductive technologies and reproductive rights. Issues discussed may included, but are not limited to: the commercialization and sale of reproductive materials like sperm, ovum, and surrogacy services; genetic technologies, prenatal genetic screening, and diagnostic testing of offspring; criminalization of reproductive decision-making such as sex-selection and genetic enhancement; stem cells, cloning, and abortion; DNA databanks and collection of genetic information; in vitro fertilization and other emerging reproductive technologies.
Last offered: Autumn 2011
| Units: 2
HRP 271:
Preparation and Practice: Scientific Communication and Media
Through tailored lecture, case study, and a practical final project, academic and professional leaders will help you gain insight into the science communications and media industry and the skills necessary to succeed within the various positions and levels available within it.nnAnticipated Learning Outcomes ¿nTo assist interdisciplinary graduate students, medical students, residents and fellows in all levels of training to develop and hone the communication skills necessary for post-training and internship success in a science communications/media field;nTo provide an understanding of the scope of career opportunities within the science communications sector, focusing on the development, organization, and management issues specific to it;nTo provide a forum for interacting with alumni, faculty, and other practitioners from a variety of fields and organizations who may assist candidates with defining and meeting their own professional goals;nTo increase awareness of industry terminology and theories, combined with hands-on experience with techniques and methodologies most useful for credential development on the job market;nTo develop and hone expertise in the areas of: publishing, editing, workflow, ethics, trends, principles of effective scholarly/news writing, interviewing techniques, and media/website management.
Terms: Sum
| Units: 1-2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
HRP 273:
Essentials of Clinical Research at Stanford
The course will consist of an introduction to the fundamentals of clinical research at Stanford, including the science of clinical research (design and analysis) and logistics (GCP, data management, regulatory). Material will be covered in approximately 4-6 3 hour sessions per quarter.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1
HRP 274:
Design for Service Innovation (BIOE 372, MED 274)
(Same as OIT 343/01) Open to graduate students from all schools and departments. An experiential project course in which students work in multidisciplinary teams to design new services to address the needs of medically patients. Project teams partner with "safety net" hospitals and clinics to find better ways to deliver care to the low income and uninsured patients these institutions serve. Students learn proven innovation processes from experienced GSB, d. school, and SoM faculty, interface with students from across the university, and have the opportunity to see their ideas translated into improvements in the quality and efficiency of healthcare in the real world. Prerequisite: admission to the course is by application only. Applications available at http://DesignForService.stanford.edu. Applications must be submitted by November 16, 2011.
Last offered: Winter 2012
| Units: 4
HRP 280:
Spanish for Medical Students (SPANLANG 121M)
First quarter of three-quarter series. Goal is a practical and culturally appropriate command of spoken Spanish. Emphasis is on taking the medical history. Topics include the human body, hospital procedures, diagnostics, food, and essential doctor-patient phrases when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients. Series can be taken independently, depending on the level of prior knowledge. Offered to undergraduates for 3 units(2 units for medical students).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 2-3
HRP 281:
Spanish for Medical Students (SPANLANG 122M)
Second quarter of three-quarter series.Goal is a practical and culturally appropriate command of spoken Spanish. Emphasis is on performing a physical examination. Topics include the human body, hospital procedures, diagnostics, food, and essential doctor-patient phrases when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients. Series can be taken independently, depending on the level of prior knowledge. Offered to undergraduates for 3 units(2 units for medical students).
Terms: Win
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 3 units total)
HRP 282:
Spanish for Medical Students (SPANLANG 123M)
Third quarter of three-quarter series. Goal is a practical and culturally appropriate command of spoken Spanish. Emphasis is on different specialties and medical conditions. Topics include the human body, hospital procedures, diagnostics, food, and essential doctor-patient phrases when dealing with Spanish-speaking patients. Series can be taken independently, depending on the level of prior knowledge. Offered to undergraduates for 3 units(2 units for medical students).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
HRP 283:
Health Services Research Core Seminar
Presentation of research in progress and tutorials in the field of health services research.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
for credit
HRP 290:
Advanced Medical Spanish Oral Communication
Enrollment limited to medical students. Designed to further develop linguistic skills, covering all medical specialties according to student needs. Sessions also include topics on patient education and diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, TB, and CVDs.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 2
| Repeatable
for credit
HRP 295:
Advanced Topics in Epidemiologic and Clinical Research
Topics include alternative study designs, causal inference methods, instrumental variables, time-varying confounding, registry-based research, missing data, and repeated events. Weekly readings and discussions will consider how these methods apply to numerous substantive areas including pharmacoepidemiology, reproductive and perinatal epidemiology, and many areas of chronic disease epidemiology. Prerequisite: HRP 225 and HRP 226 or permission of instructor.
Last offered: Spring 2015
| Units: 2
HRP 296:
Current Topics in Bioethics
(Same as LAW 596) Explores the ethical, legal, and public policy issues arising from recent advances in biomedicine and the biosciences. Approaches to bioethical reasoning including casuistry, social justice, resource allocation, and individual rights in areas such as refusal of treatment conception. Topics include: the use of forensic genetics in criminal law, neuroscience and national security, race and ethnicity in genetic research,k experimentation on human subjects and prisoners, privacy of medical and genetic information in the information age, synthetic biology, and do-it-yourself medical and genetic testing. No prior knowledge in science, medicine, philosophy or related disciplines is required.
Last offered: Spring 2011
| Units: 3
HRP 299:
Directed Reading in Health Research and Policy
Epidemiology, health services research, preventive medicine, medical genetics, public health, economics of medical care, occupational or environmental medicine, international health, or related fields. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-18
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Andrews, J. (PI);
Baker, L. (PI);
Bhattacharya, J. (PI);
Bundorf, M. (PI);
Coram, M. (PI);
Corso, I. (PI);
Efron, B. (PI);
Friedman, G. (PI);
Gesundheit, N. (PI);
Goldhaber-Fiebert, J. (PI);
Goldstein, M. (PI);
Hastie, T. (PI);
Heidenreich, P. (PI);
Henderson, V. (PI);
Hlatky, M. (PI);
Ioannidis, J. (PI);
Johnstone, I. (PI);
Kessler, D. (PI);
King, A. (PI);
Kurian, A. (PI);
Kurina, L. (PI);
Lavori, P. (PI);
Lu, Y. (PI);
Luby, S. (PI);
Macario, A. (PI);
Maldonado, Y. (PI);
Miller, G. (PI);
Nelson, L. (PI);
Olshen, R. (PI);
Owens, D. (PI);
Parsonnet, J. (PI);
Popat, R. (PI);
Rehkopf, D. (PI);
Rogosa, D. (PI);
Sabatti, C. (PI);
Sainani, K. (PI);
Shih, M. (PI);
Sieh, W. (PI);
Simard, J. (PI);
Tian, L. (PI);
Tibshirani, R. (PI);
West, D. (PI);
Whittemore, A. (PI);
Wise, P. (PI);
Wong, W. (PI)
HRP 370:
Medical Scholars Research
Provides an opportunity for student and faculty interaction, as well as academic credit and financial support, to medical students who undertake original research. Enrollment is limited to students with approved projects.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 4-18
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Alsan, M. (PI);
Baker, L. (PI);
Bhattacharya, J. (PI);
Bundorf, M. (PI);
Chan, D. (PI);
Coram, M. (PI);
Corso, I. (PI);
Efron, B. (PI);
Friedman, G. (PI);
Goldstein, M. (PI);
Haberland, C. (PI);
Hastie, T. (PI);
Heidenreich, P. (PI);
Henderson, V. (PI);
Hlatky, M. (PI);
Ioannidis, J. (PI);
Johnstone, I. (PI);
Kessler, D. (PI);
King, A. (PI);
Kurian, A. (PI);
Lavori, P. (PI);
Lu, Y. (PI);
Macario, A. (PI);
Maldonado, Y. (PI);
Miller, G. (PI);
Nelson, L. (PI);
Olshen, R. (PI);
Owens, D. (PI);
Parsonnet, J. (PI);
Polyakova, M. (PI);
Popat, R. (PI);
Rogosa, D. (PI);
Sabatti, C. (PI);
Sainani, K. (PI);
Shih, M. (PI);
Sieh, W. (PI);
Simard, J. (PI);
Studdert, D. (PI);
Tian, L. (PI);
Tibshirani, R. (PI);
West, D. (PI);
Whittemore, A. (PI);
Wise, P. (PI);
Wong, W. (PI)
HRP 391:
Health Law: Finance and Insurance (PUBLPOL 231)
(SAME AS LAW 3001, MGTECON 331) This course provides the legal, institutional, and economic background necessary to understand the financing and production of health services in the U.S. We will discuss the Affordable Care Act , health insurance (Medicare and Medicaid, employer-sponsored insurance, the uninsured), the approval process and IP protection for pharmaceuticals, and antitrust policy. We may discuss obesity and wellness, regulation of fraud and abuse, and medical malpractice. The syllabus for this course can be found at https://syllabus.stanford.edu. Elements used in grading: Participation, attendance, class presentation, and final exam.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
HRP 392:
Analysis of Costs, Risks, and Benefits of Health Care (BIOMEDIN 432)
(Same as MGTECON 332) For graduate students. How to do cost/benefit analysis when the output is difficult or impossible to measure. How do M.B.A. analytic tools apply in health services? Literature on the principles of cost/benefit analysis applied to health care. Critical review of actual studies. Emphasis is on the art of practical application.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
HRP 399:
Graduate Research
Investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-18
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Alsan, M. (PI);
Andrews, J. (PI);
Baker, L. (PI);
Bhattacharya, J. (PI);
Bundorf, M. (PI);
Chan, D. (PI);
Coram, M. (PI);
Corso, I. (PI);
Cullen, M. (PI);
Efron, B. (PI);
Friedman, G. (PI);
Garber, A. (PI);
Gesundheit, N. (PI);
Goldhaber-Fiebert, J. (PI);
Goldstein, M. (PI);
Goodman, S. (PI);
Hastie, T. (PI);
Heidenreich, P. (PI);
Henderson, V. (PI);
Hlatky, M. (PI);
Ioannidis, J. (PI);
Johnstone, I. (PI);
Kessler, D. (PI);
King, A. (PI);
Kurian, A. (PI);
LaBeaud, D. (PI);
Lavori, P. (PI);
Lee, J. (PI);
Lu, Y. (PI);
Luby, S. (PI);
Macario, A. (PI);
Maldonado, Y. (PI);
Miller, G. (PI);
Nelson, L. (PI);
Olshen, R. (PI);
Owens, D. (PI);
Parsonnet, J. (PI);
Popat, R. (PI);
Rogosa, D. (PI);
Sabatti, C. (PI);
Sainani, K. (PI);
Sanders, L. (PI);
Shih, M. (PI);
Sieh, W. (PI);
Simard, J. (PI);
Studdert, D. (PI);
Tian, L. (PI);
Tibshirani, R. (PI);
West, D. (PI);
Whittemore, A. (PI);
Wise, P. (PI);
Wong, W. (PI)
HRP 800:
Second Year Health Policy PHD Tutorial
The goal of the second year tutorial is to provide PHD students with advanced training in health policy research and to assist them in successfully developing research proposals.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
| Repeatable
6 times
(up to 18 units total)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Alsan, M. (PI);
Baker, L. (PI);
Bhattacharya, J. (PI);
Bundorf, M. (PI);
Chan, D. (PI);
Coram, M. (PI);
Corso, I. (PI);
Efron, B. (PI);
Friedman, G. (PI);
Goldhaber-Fiebert, J. (PI);
Goldstein, M. (PI);
Goodman, S. (PI);
Hastie, T. (PI);
Heidenreich, P. (PI);
Henderson, V. (PI);
Hlatky, M. (PI);
Ioannidis, J. (PI);
Johnstone, I. (PI);
Kessler, D. (PI);
King, A. (PI);
Kurian, A. (PI);
Lavori, P. (PI);
Lu, Y. (PI);
Macario, A. (PI);
Maldonado, Y. (PI);
Miller, G. (PI);
Nelson, L. (PI);
Olshen, R. (PI);
Owens, D. (PI);
Parsonnet, J. (PI);
Popat, R. (PI);
Rogosa, D. (PI);
Sabatti, C. (PI);
Sainani, K. (PI);
Shih, M. (PI);
Sieh, W. (PI);
Simard, J. (PI);
Studdert, D. (PI);
Tian, L. (PI);
Tibshirani, R. (PI);
West, D. (PI);
Whittemore, A. (PI);
Wise, P. (PI);
Wong, W. (PI)
HRP 802:
TGR Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors: ;
Baker, L. (PI);
Bhattacharya, J. (PI);
Bundorf, M. (PI);
Coram, M. (PI);
Corso, I. (PI);
Efron, B. (PI);
Friedman, G. (PI);
Goldstein, M. (PI);
Goodman, S. (PI);
Hastie, T. (PI);
Heidenreich, P. (PI);
Henderson, V. (PI);
Hlatky, M. (PI);
Ioannidis, J. (PI);
Johnstone, I. (PI);
Kessler, D. (PI);
King, A. (PI);
Kurian, A. (PI);
Lavori, P. (PI);
Lu, Y. (PI);
Macario, A. (PI);
Maldonado, Y. (PI);
Miller, G. (PI);
Nelson, L. (PI);
Olshen, R. (PI);
Owens, D. (PI);
Parsonnet, J. (PI);
Popat, R. (PI);
Rogosa, D. (PI);
Sabatti, C. (PI);
Sainani, K. (PI);
Shih, M. (PI);
Sieh, W. (PI);
Simard, J. (PI);
Tian, L. (PI);
Tibshirani, R. (PI);
West, D. (PI);
Whittemore, A. (PI);
Wise, P. (PI);
Wong, W. (PI)
