Short courses
We offer short courses designed to build practical skills in epidemiology, statistics, health economics, and research methods—with a focus on real-world application. Courses are delivered online or in person, and include flexible formats to suit working professionals. Whether you're exploring clinical trials, mastering statistical software, or deepening your understanding of health economics, our expert-led programmes are tailored to support your development and impact.
Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
The course is for those conducting or interpreting cost‑effectiveness analysis in healthcare, including researchers and decision makers across public, commercial and academic sectors worldwide.
Upcoming course runs:
1 – 5 June 2026
23 – 27 November 2026
Introduction to Health Economic Evaluation
A course for health professionals and researchers wanting to understand basic economics of population health and its relevance to the health service. No prior economics knowledge is needed.
22 – 23 September 2026
Practical Statistics for Epidemiology using R
This course is designed by experienced statisticians and epidemiologists from Oxford Population Health, renowned for its large-scale and innovative observational studies and trials, such as the Million Women Study and the RECOVERY Trial on COVID-19 treatments.
01–04 December 2026
Learn the fundamental principles of epidemiology, including study designs (cohort, case-control, cross-sectional), measures of disease frequency and association, bias, confounding, causality, and how to critically appraise epidemiological research.
Fundamentals of Statistical Software & Analysis
Online MSD Skills course with seven modules, using R, Stata or SPSS. Includes videos, practicals, readings and quizzes—flexible and self-paced.
Available until 3 August 2026