The following are recent examples of graduate level courses at Johns Hopkins University taught by faculty within the Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit. Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective
Course instructors: Adnan Hyder and Nhan Tran
Course description: This class provides an understanding of approaches to measuring the burden of injuries around the world and familiarizes students with current estimates of the burden of injuries in the global and developing world. Students will develop basic skills for assessment of injury epidemiology and an appreciation of how to use these measures for planning interventions for injury prevention. The course also creates awareness of the economic implications of injuries in the developing world and promotes effective use of data for appropriate policy analysis for reduction of injury burden. Using Summary Measures of Population Health to Improve Health Systems
Course instructors: Adnan Hyder, Prasanthi Puvanachandra and Richard Morrow
Course description: This course explores the conceptual basis and application of summary measures of population health status. It presents approaches to measuring the burden of disease in populations and their use for guiding resource allocation and planning efficient (and equitable) health care systems. Lectures, discussions, and group exercises focus on composite indicators, exploring social and ethical value choices, and assessing the burden of disease at national level. Poverty, Economic Development and Health
Course instructor: David Bishai
Course description: This course introduces students to leading theories in economic development and in the macroeconomic determinants of the health of populations, communities and individuals. The students review both historical and current cases in order to define economic development, how it occurs and which aspects of development improve and which aspects are detrimental to human health. The course also explores how policymakers can plot more “hygienic” plans for economic development. Fogarty Bioethics Fellows Seminar
Course instructors: Nancy Kass and Adnan Hyder
Course description: This seminar provides a small, interactive setting for the discussion of research ethics, ethics committees and ethics concepts. Sessions are divided among the following activities: reviewing and critiquing journal articles related to research ethics; individual presentations on practicum research; guest speakers related to research ethics cases and/or concepts; and development and presentation of original case studies by each trainee. Topics include standard of care, justice, inducements, research ethics committees, informed consent, and gender roles in research decisions. | 
