In this episode, we explore the different types of epidemiology, including infectious disease epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, and cancer epidemiology. This lesson is designed for beginners who want to understand what each category focuses on and why these areas are important in epidemiology. Each category is explained using simple examples to help you connect theory to practice.

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In this episode, we introduce SAS programming for public health, focusing on obesity data. You will learn how SAS is used in public health and explore simple SAS code for analyzing health outcomes. 

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Learn core biostatistics concepts used in public health. This episode explains parametric and non parametric data, confidence intervals, p values, and common statistical tests. You will see how to calculate a confidence interval, when to choose parametric versus non parametric tests, and a step by step example that walks through calculating and interpreting a p value. 

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Learn how to become an epidemiologist with this simple beginner-friendly roadmap. In this episode, you’ll discover the typical work environment, required education, job outlook, important skills, and the different areas epidemiologists specialize in. We also walk through a basic example of the data collection steps used in real public health research.

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Learn what public health analytics is and why it plays a crucial role in modern public health practice. In this beginner friendly episode, we break down what public health analysts do, the importance of data driven decision making, and how analytics connects to data science. We will also walk through a simple real world task that a public health analyst might complete on the job.

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This episode expands on the foundational descriptive statistics covered in the quantitative data episode. We take a deeper look at populations, samples, continuous and categorical variables, and how they are used throughout public health and biostatistics. You’ll also learn how measures like mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, and outliers support real-world public health decisions.

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Learn how predictive modeling is used in epidemiology and why it matters in modern public health decision making. In this episode, we break down three major programming languages used in data science and epidemiology — Python, R, and SAS — and show how each language supports analysis, prediction, and real world public health tasks.

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Learn the key infrastructure and management branches of data science—including big data analytics, data warehousing, and cloud computing—and see how they’re applied in real public health settings. This beginner-friendly lesson breaks down each branch in simple terms and walks through step-by-step examples to help you understand how public health organizations store, manage, and analyze data at scale.

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Learn the basics of quantitative statistics and how numerical data is used in research, public health, biostatistics, and data science. This episode breaks down key concepts in a simple way—perfect for beginners who want to understand variables, measures, and how quantitative data helps answer real-world questions.

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In this episode, we break down the meaning of surveillance in epidemiology—what it is, why it matters, and how it is used to protect communities and guide public health decisions. This beginner-friendly lesson walks you through the surveillance process, key functions of epidemiologic surveillance, and an easy step-by-step real-world example showing exactly how surveillance works from detection to public health action.

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