Precision Medicine

This course will allow students to obtain an understanding of precision medicine theory and its sub-field, its impact in the public health and healthcare industry, and the imminent role health analytics plays in this emerging healthcare field. In addition, this course will relate how concepts in public health, health management and policy, big data and health informatics, real world data sets are impacted by the precision medicine field; further, students will also get a chance to demonstrate knowledge in the precision medicine arena and translating its multiple type’s approaches. Topics include functional applications of precision medicine, the relationship to health analytics and its consequences in value based clinical care, public health impact on health departments and population health initiatives. Learn about analytic methodologies to apply precision medicine, as well as current and innovative health informatics arenas that align with the precision medicine field.