History
The Summer Session in Epidemiology is world's longest-running and premier summer epidemiology program. It has been housed at the University of Michigan School of Public Health since 1988.
Leading Voices in Epidemiology at Michigan's Summer Session in Epidemiology
Dr. Schottenfeld was the Director of the GSS from 1988 – 2004. After the retirement of Dr. Schottenfeld, Dr. Hal Morgenstern became Director from 2005 – 2017, when he retired. Dr. Eduardo Villamor has served as Director of the SSE since 2018. The program has been honored to have extremely prominent faculty who are recruited to teach in an area of their renowned expertise. These include, but are not limited to: Helen Abby, Alfred Evans, Philip Brachman, Michel Ibrahim, Ted Holford, Jennifer Kelsey, Robert Wallace, Charles Hennekens, Stanley Shapiro, Philip Cole, Paul Stolley, Lewis Kuller, Warren Winkelstein, David Savitz, Sander Greenland, Mitchell Levine, Stanley Shapiro, Brian Strom, Harvey Checkoway, Nigel Paneth, Richard Goodman, Steve Selvin, Ward Cates, Graham Colditz, Jose Teruel, Jack Colford, Matthew Boulton, Sandro Cinti
Accredited U-M Courses
Courses in the Summer Session in Epidemiology (SSE) are official graduate courses of the University of Michigan (U-M), reviewed and approved by the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs of the School of Public Health. Their credits are valid in various academic programs of the University of Michigan. Acceptance of courses for credit or substitution for similar courses offered by other institutions are dependent on the policy of those institutions.
Global Impact Through Intensive Epidemiology Training
The objective of the SSE is to provide intensive instruction in the principles, methods, and applications of epidemiology. The continuity of this program for 60 years demonstrates its important role in the education and training of graduate students in public health, physicians, nurses, and health professionals throughout the world.