Lists of Courses & How to Enroll
Public Health Informatics and Technology (PHIT) Interest Form
Bachelor Level Students: Complete the following 4 courses (PHIT A - D)
Graduate Students: Only need to enroll in PHIT C and PHIT D
Note: Students who participate in PHIT-related courses are also eligible for a paid internship!
CCPHIT Courses
I. Fall 2024 (Bachelor's)
This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.
Course: HSC 260 01 (9557) (Or any section of HSC 201)
Modality: Asynchronous, Synchronous at CSU Long Beach
Date: M/W 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Instructor: Dr. Brian Kwan
Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.
Course: STAT/ PH 306
Modality: Synchronous at CSU East Bay
Date: M/W 6:30 PM-7:45PM
Instructor: Dr. Jack Newsom
Equivalent courses at CSULB: BME 440, CECS 456, IS 470, HCA 416, HSC 403, STAT 491
This course is to familiarize students with the principles, methods, & techniques necessary to apply GIS in public health settings. Weekly readings, discussions, case studies are presented to introduce the application of GIS technologies; maps for visualizing clusters, mobile phone-Apps for data collection, & spatial analyses such as proximity analysis or site suitability. The course includes assignments aimed & at acquiring experience on the use of GIS for infectious disease control, disease cluster detection, environmental justice, health services data mapping, & spatial risk assessment. Culminating project: Story Map where students use maps they’ve created as well as additional narrative text images & optional videos for community health education or policy.
Course: CIVENG 190
Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley
Date: F 10:00 AM-12:45 PM (Lab Asynchronous)
Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta
Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.
Course: GEOG 371(Sec 01,02,03,04)
Modality: Asynchronous (Sec 01 and 02); Synchronous (Sec 03 and 04)
Date: Tue 6:00 PM-7:50 PM
Instructors: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg
OR
Course: HSC 460B
Modality: Synchronous at CSULB
Date: F 1:00 PM-3:45 PM; Aug 26 - Dec. 17
Instructors: Dr. Brian Kwan
II. Fall 2024 (Graduate)
This course is to familiarize students with the principles, methods, & techniques necessary to apply GIS in public health settings. Weekly readings, discussions, case studies are presented to introduce the application of GIS technologies; maps for visualizing clusters, mobile phone-Apps for data collection, & spatial analyses such as proximity analysis or site suitability. The course includes assignments aimed & at acquiring experience on the use of GIS for infectious disease control, disease cluster detection, environmental justice, health services data mapping, & spatial risk assessment. Culminating project: Story Map where students use maps they’ve created as well as additional narrative text images & optional videos for community health education or policy.
Course: CIVENG 190
Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley
Date: F 10:00 AM-12:45 PM (Lab Asynchronous)
Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta
Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.
Course: GEOG 371(Sec 01,02,03,04)
Modality: Asynchronous (Sec 01 and 02); Synchronous (Sec 03 and 04)
Date: Tue 6:00 PM-7:50 PM
Instructors: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg
OR
Course: HSC 460B
Modality: Synchronous at CSULB
Date: F 1:00 PM-3:45 PM; Aug 26 - Dec 17
Instructors: Dr. Brian Kwan
III. Summer 2024
This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.
Course: HSC 260
Modality: Asynchronous at CSU Long Beach
Date: May 28th-July 5th
Instructor: Professor Monica Montano
Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.
Course: STAT/ PH 306
Modality: Synchronous at CSU East Bay
Date: May 29th-Aug 2nd M/W 7:00PM-9:40PM
Instructor: Dr. Jack Newsom
Equivalent courses at CSULB: BME 440, CECS 456, IS 470, HCA 416, HSC 403, STAT 491
This course is to familiarize students with the principles, methods, & techniques necessary to apply GIS in public health settings. Weekly readings, discussions, case studies are presented to introduce the application of GIS technologies; maps for visualizing clusters, mobile phone-Apps for data collection, & spatial analyses such as proximity analysis or site suitability. The course includes assignments aimed & at acquiring experience on the use of GIS for infectious disease control, disease cluster detection, environmental justice, health services data mapping, & spatial risk assessment. Culminating project: Story Map where students use maps they’ve created as well as additional narrative text images & optional videos for community health education or policy.
Course: HSC 460A
Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach
Date: July 8th-August 16th T/TH 4:00PM-6:45PM
Instructor: Dr. Gora Datta, Michelle Zackson
Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.
Course: PH167A
Modality: Asynchronous at UC Berkeley
Date: June 17th - August 9th
Instructor: Dr. Charlotte Smith
OR
Course: HSC 460B
Modality: Asynchronous at CSULB
Date: July 8 - Aug 16
Instructor: Prof. Monica Montano
IV. Spring 2024
This course introduces public health informatics and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of public health, including the history and structure of public health in the United States. An overview of public health information systems and data will be explored and how they support public health.
Course: HSC 260-01, HSC 201
Modality: Synchronous at CSU Long Beach
Instructor: Dr. Brian Kwan.
Students will understand and apply public health informatics and technology focusing on health/healthcare disparities. Students will procure, create, clean, manage, and analyze data to answer public health questions. Health informatics standards will also be introduced.
Course: STAT/ PH 306
Modality: Synchronous at CSU East Bay
Instructor: Dr.Jack Newsom.
This course is to familiarize students with the principles, methods, & techniques necessary to apply GIS in public health settings. Weekly readings, discussions, case studies are presented to introduce the application of GIS technologies; maps for visualizing clusters, mobile phone-Apps for data collection, & spatial analyses such as proximity analysis or site suitability. The course includes assignments aimed & at acquiring experience on the use of GIS for infectious disease control, disease cluster detection, environmental justice, health services data mapping, & spatial risk assessment. Culminating project: Story Map where students use maps they’ve created as well as additional narrative text images & optional videos for community health education or policy.
Course: CIVENG 190
Modality: Synchronous at UC Berkeley.
Instructor: Dr. Raja Sengupta and Gora Datta.
Students will acquire geospatial skills and apply them in the context of structural inequity, health disparities, and racial justice. Geospatial skills will be applied to public health problems that continue to demonstrate differences in health exposures, risks, and adverse outcomes for BIPOC living in the US, as well as to contribute to much poorer outcomes in the US than in other high-income countries. The main learning objective in the course is to understand the importance of place in the display, analysis, and reporting of health data at local, national, and global scales. Each week, case studies will provide context for the specific ways in which place matters when thinking about public health and health services delivery.
Course: PH177A
Modality: Asynchronous at UC Berkeley
Instructor: Dr. Charlotte Smith
OR
Course: GEOG 371
Modality: Asynchronous/Synchronous at CSULB
Instructor: Dr. Steven Steinberg and Dr. Sheida Lakshimi Steinberg
