Infectious disease courses can help you learn epidemiology, infection control methods, and the biology of pathogens. You can build skills in outbreak investigation, data analysis, and public health communication. Many courses introduce tools like statistical software for analyzing disease trends and modeling software for predicting outbreaks, that support applying your knowledge in real-world health scenarios.

The University of Sydney
Skills you'll gain: Chronic Diseases, Social Determinants Of Health, Systems Thinking, Epidemiology, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Care, Preventative Care, Sustainable Development, Nutrition and Diet, Biology, Psychology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Imperial College London
Skills you'll gain: Immunology, Hematology, Chronic Diseases, Pulmonology, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Pathology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Politecnico di Milano
Skills you'll gain: Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Environmental Science, Infectious Diseases, Preventative Care, Health Policy, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Policty Analysis, Research, and Development, Climate Change Adaptation, Governance, Food Safety and Sanitation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Case Studies
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Graph Theory, Infectious Diseases, Program Development, Molecular Biology, Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Software Development
Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Rapport Building, Interpersonal Communications, Active Listening, Epidemiology, Healthcare Ethics, Infectious Diseases, Investigation, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Technology, Community Health, Medical Privacy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Computational Thinking, Life Sciences, Medical Science and Research, Microbiology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Copenhagen
Skills you'll gain: Chronic Diseases, Healthcare Ethics, Public Health, Triage, Health Care, Long Term Care, Emergency Response, Health Policy, Health Systems, Social Determinants Of Health, Cultural Sensitivity, Risk Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Visualization Software, Data Cleansing, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Random Forest Algorithm, Decision Tree Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Applied Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Data Manipulation, Data Preprocessing, Data Science, Machine Learning, Model Evaluation, Python Programming
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Imperial College London
Skills you'll gain: Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Biotechnology, Medical Science and Research, Immunology, Cell Biology, Epidemiology, Laboratory Research, Biology
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Geneva
Skills you'll gain: Epidemiology, Public Health, Rapport Building, Interviewing Skills, Infectious Diseases, Investigation, Community Health, Patient Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Diagnostic Tests, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Health Technology, Medical Privacy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Medical Privacy, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Pharmaceuticals, Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, Healthcare Ethics, Health Care Procedure and Regulation, Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance, Infectious Diseases, Health Care, Emergency Response, Public Health, Information Privacy
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Care, Health Systems, Health Policy, Medical Science and Research, Liberal Arts, Cultural Sensitivity, Case Studies, Storytelling, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months