The Division of Epidemiology & Community Health 
is in need of 3 teaching assistants (TAs), each 
with 25% time of support, for the new 
Epidemologic Methods IV course during the fall 
semester of 2007.  Two TAs will work with Prof. 
Jian-Min Yuan and the remaining one with Prof. 
Lyn Steffen for their Epi Methods IV sections, 
respectively. The class of Dr. Yuan’s section 
will meet from 1:25 to 3:30 pm each Monday and 
Dr. Steffen’s on Thursdays from 1:25 to 3:30pm.  
The course is primarily for MPH students and is 
designed to integrate the concepts and methods 
of epidemiology and data analysis with real 
data. The activities of the class include data 
management and analysis of data from cross-
sectional, case-control, and cohort studies. The 
course will help students to develop critical 
thinking and form a testable hypothesis for a 
research question. By using real study datasets, 
students will learn the skills in data analysis; 
interpretation and presentation of study 
results; summarization and draw conclusion; and 
writing relevant sections of a study report. 

Responsibilities of a TA include attending 
lectures, grading homeworks, exams or projects, 
and holding office hours.  A potential TA will 
need to have a good knowledge of SAS 
programming, be familiar with some data 
management and analysis methods in SAS, and have 
completed at least the old Epi II course.

Compensation will be based upon established 
Division policies.

Please contact Jian-Min Yuan (jyuan@umn.edu) 
and/or Lyn Steffen