Pharmaceutical Microbiology-II (Spring 2025)

Why you should learn this course?Epidemiology 1 is a 3-credit course designed for public health care professionals. ‘Epidemiology’ is the   basic science of public health. Often called “the cornerstone” of public health, epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases, health conditions, or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems. Epidemiological methods are frequently used by public health professionals to determine   relevant   risk   factors associated with   disease occurrence.  Knowledge of these    risk    factors    is   used    to    direct    further    research    investigation and to implement disease control measures as well as to promote health. Course objectives: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:Understand the practice of epidemiology as it relates to real life;Makes for a better appreciation of public health programs and policies;Explore public health issues like cardiovascular and infectious diseases;Know about the advantages and limitations of epidemiologic research.

Md. Meshbahur Rahman

Biostatistics is the science which deals with development and application of the most appropriate methods for the: ➢ Collection of data. ➢ Presentation of the collected data. ➢ Analysis and interpretation of the results. ➢ Making decisions on the basis of such analysis.

Nazneen Ahmeda Sultana

Medicinal chemistry is a discipline of pharmacy at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties. It deals with the discovery, design, development and both pharmacological and analytical characterization of drug substances. Medicinal chemists are indispensable in the preclinical stages of drug development, and again as pharmaceutical chemists in drug quality control. The chapter describes stages of drug development (hit to lead to preclinical candidate to drug substance), followed by a summary of the phases of drug activity relating to a drug's formulation, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.