<p>Outbreaks and Epidemics is an online course from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on Coursera, taught by Justin Lessler, PhD. It is an introduction to the essentials of outbreak investigation and epidemic dynamics.</p> <ul> <li>Open to all; no prior experience required.</li> <li>Four modules cover outbreak identification and investigation, weighing evidence and causes, basic epidemic dynamics, and real-world case studies from Ebola in West Africa to the U.S. opioid epidemic.</li> <li>Teaches how to ask precise epidemiologic questions and apply standard epidemiologic tools.</li> <li>Self-paced on Coursera with around five hours of content; part of the Epidemiology in Public Health Practice Specialization.</li> </ul> <p>Enrolment is free, but access to course materials, assignments and the certificate requires the paid Certificate experience; a free trial is available to eligible learners, the course is included with Coursera Plus, and financial aid can be requested.</p>