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  • Jorge Hernandez, DVM, MPVM, PhD
    Epidemiology
    Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Contact Information
  • Address: Deriso Hall, Rm 120
    2015 SW 16th Ave
    UF CVM LACS Box 100136
    Gainesville, FL 32610-0136
  • Phone (office): (352) 294-4305
  • Phone (mobile): (352) 562-1548
  • E-Mail: hernandezja@ufl.edu
  • IP: 159.178.6.32
Home \ VME 6771 Research Methods in Epidemiology

VME 6771 Research Methods in Epidemiology


Course schedule Power point handouts and reading materials Epi Tools VEM 5503 Veterinary Epidemiology

This is a 3-credit graduate course offered annually in the Summer semester. The course is structured in two parts. Part I is an introduction to basic principles and methods in epidemiology. Part II are series of lectures on experimental and observational study designs, journal club sessions, and computer lab sessions where students analyze research data from published epidemiologic studies. At the end of this course, students are trained to properly design clinical or population studies to test research hypotheses that justify the use of one or more study designs such as clinical trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, or cross-sectional studies. As part of this course, students are required to prepare and present three research protocols that may or may not be related to his/her graduate studies.


Epi publications by former VME 6771 students*


  • Johnson E*, MacKay R, Hernandez J. An epidemiologic study of anhidrosis in horses in Florida. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2010;236:1091-1097. PubMed Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470071

  • Preston S*, Zimmel D, Chmielewski, Trumble T, Brown M, Hernandez J. Prevalence of abnormal radiographic findings, pre-sale arthroscopic surgery, and their association with sales price in Thoroughbred yearlings sold in Kentucky. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2010;236:440-446. PubMed Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20151870

  • Preston S*, Trumble T, Zimmel D, Chmielewski, Brown M, Hernandez J. Lameness, athletic performance and financial returns in Thoroughbred pinhooked yearling horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008;232:85-90. PubMed Abstract  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18167114

  • Ekiri A*, MacKay R, Gaskin J, Freeman D, House A, Giguère S, Troedsson M, Schuman C, von Chamier M, Henry K, Hernandez J. Epidemiologic analysis of nosocomial Salmonella infections in hospitalized horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009;234:108-119. PubMed Abstract   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19119974

  • Nollens H*, Gulland F, Hernandez J, Condit R, Klein P, Walsh M and Jacobson E. Seroepidemiology of poxvirus infections in captive and free-ranging California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). J Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 2006;69:153-161. PubMed Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16724559

  • Nollens H*, Hernandez J, Jacobson E, Haulena M, Gulland F. Risk factors associated with poxvirus lesions in hospitalized California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005;227:467-473. PubMed Abstract   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16121616

  • Garbarino E*, Hernandez J, Shearer J, Risco C, Thatcher W. Effect of lameness on ovarian activity in postpartum Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 2004;87:4123-4131. PubMed Abstract  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15545374

  • Steenholdt C*, Hernandez J. Risk factors associated with umbilical hernias in Holstein heifers during the first two months of life. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004;224:1487-1490. PubMed Abstract   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15124892

  • Ernst N*, Hernandez J, MacKay R, Brown M, Gaskin J, Nguyen A, Giguere S, Colahan P, Troedsson M, Haines G, Addison I, Miller B. Risk factors associated with Salmonella shedding in hospitalized horses with signs of gastro-enteric disease. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004;225:275-281. PubMed Abstract  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15323386