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Video: Julie Buring's Epidemiology 101

If you need to understand and evaluate epidemiological studies as a journalist, you’ll want to watch Julie Buring’s Epidemiology 101. This content of this course is Day 1 of our popular Medical Evidence Boot Camp.

Buring begins with an overall explanation of epidemiology followed by discussions on study design strategies, interpreting data and the various ways of measuring data. Julie Buring is Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health and Principal Investigator of the Women’s Health Study. Scores of journalists have praised her ability to explain clinical studies and epidemiology clearly and engagingly.

Click links below to watch each segment.

part 1

part 2

part 3