Launching a new course is an exciting endeavor, if a little nerve-wracking, for the faculty member introducing the content to its newest audience. Juan Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, jumped into the pool spring semester 2024 with Chapel Hill’s newest course for graduate MPH and PhD students: Introduction to Legal Epidemiology.
No matter how carefully the rest of a legal epidemiology study is designed and conducted, if the legal data are not transparent and rigorous, the study’s findings must be considered unreliable. Here are three important factors to consider when assessing legal data sources.
The Center for Public Health Law Research strives to provide ample resources for anyone wanting to learn more about legal epidemiology. Legal epidemiology is the scientific study of and deployment of law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and prevention of disease and injury in a population.
Are you interested in expanding your legal epidemiology and policy surveillance knowledge and skills this year? At the Center, we have many resources available to help you in exploring public health law research
Legal epidemiology is the scientific study of law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and prevention of disease and injury in a population.
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