Epidemiology is the cornerstone of Community Medicine where the disease distribution and its determinants in a specified population-time paradigm are studied to identify the priorities in public health. Having an understanding of various concepts of epidemiology is one thing, and ability to deliver the message across is another thing. This resourceful website helps to bridge this gap.

Epidemiology is the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations. In epidemiology, the patient is the community and individuals are viewed collectively. By definition, epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global). It is also the application of this study to the control of health problems

Produced at the WHO Collaborating Center, University of Pittsburgh, Supercourse Epidemiology has a noble aim of sharing the wisdom of the scientists and faculty of Public Health from across the world, thus creating a "library of lectures". Once we stumble upon this site, it is difficult not to get back to it time and again.

It is always useful to just browse through the site following the menu on the right side, "Topic Index" or "Keyword Index" will be a good beginning. One can use this resource for a lot of purposes. Say, before attending a introductory workshop on meta-analysis, one can just browse through some of the quality presentations on meta-analysis here, to get an overview of what to expect from the workshop. Say, you need to prepare for a seminar on Hypothesis Testing (in Bio-statistics), the Supercourse helps one to know how other faculty members teach the same topic elsewhere in the world, and take cues from them.