In this video, Dr Greg Martin does a screen recording of himself writing a concept note for funding of a research projects. The video focusses on the "activities" (done on a gantt chart) and budget. If you're wanting to send a concept...

Statistics doesn't need to be difficult. Using the t-test, ANOVA or Chi Squared test as part of your statistical analysis is straight forward. You do need to understanding the underlying principles of hypothesis testing and p-values of...

In this short video, Dr Greg Martin discusses Case Control and Cohort studies. He compares the strengths of each study design and describes when each of them would be a preferred research method.

Health promotion is an arm of Public Health that is all about helping people make choices that translate into better health. The Ottawa Charter provides overall strategies that can be used to address the economic and environmental...

Outbreak investigation and control are an important part of public health and global health work. Epidemic and outbreaks of infectious disease require a robust response that includes investigating the epidemiology, laboratory (or...

R0 (the basic reproductive number) tells us more than just how many people will be infected in a totally susceptible population. It can be used to calculate the how much vaccine coverage is needed to get to herd immunity. As COVID-19...

Epidemic curves are an important component of the public health and global health toolbox. During an outbreak of an infectious disease, public health professionals and epidemiologists create visual representations of the onset of illness...

Dr Greg Martin talks about the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tools used in global health programs. This forms part of the epidemiology series.

Epidemic curves are a visual representation of the onset of cases in an outbreak. In this video Dr Greg Martin explains how to interpret and epidemic curve for point source outbreaks, common source outbreaks and propagated outbreaks....

In this video, Dr Greg Martin describes how randomized control trials work and how they deal with confounding variables. This is episode three in a series of videos looking at epidemiology, research methods and study design in the...

Public Health professionals and epidemiologists often do risk calculations. These might include risk ratios, absolute risk, relative risk and risk differences. In this video, Dr Greg Martin teaches how to understand and calculate risk....

Learning statistics doesn’t need to be difficult. This introduction to stats will give you an understanding of how to apply statistical tests to different types of data. You’ll learn about numeric and categorical data and gain an...

Pandemic preparedness is a hot topic. Why might the next pandemic be much worse that the COVID-19 pandemic? To answer that question, we need to consider the epidemiological factors like disease transmission, immunological response and...

Hypothesis testing is the cornerstone of statistical analysis and the scientific method. If you are doing research or analyzing data, then you might be wanting to use statistics to draw your conclusions. Using tests like the t-test,...

Epidemiology underpins everything we do in public health and global health. Epidemiology is more than just research methods and qualitative and quantitative study design. It's about understanding the distribution of states of health and...

Now we know a bit more about how viruses interact with cells, whether those are bacterial cells, or animal cells, such as ours. But how do they gain access to our cells in the first place? How do viruses get inside the human body? Let's...

The public health and global health community talk about strengthening health systems. In this video, Dr Greg Martin provides a brief overview of what health systems are and how it is that the building blocks of health systems fit...

Universal Health Coverage is about providing healthcare to people without pushing people into poverty. It's an exciting public health and global health tool. Countries that implement universal health coverage provide better healthcare at...

In this video, Dr Greg Martin talks about how to get a grant (or funding) for Global Health or public health projects. If you're wanting to raise money for a project, for research or perhaps a scholarship to study further, this video...

In this video, Dr Greg Martin provides an introduction to research methods, methedology and study design. Specifically he takes a look at qualitative and quantitative research methods including case control studies, cohort studies,...