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General methods is taught and applied to cohort studies of chronic and infectious disease, including HIV, COVID-19, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Topics include: definition, design and basic characteristics of cohort studies; conceptual underpinnings of survival analysis; methods for the analysis of survival data including modelling and testing of relative hazards (Cox regression), and relative incidence (Poisson and negative binomial regression); methods to nest case-control and case-cohort designs in cohort studies; risk prediction (AUC and NRI) and a discussion of key challenges in the conduct and analysis of modern cohort studies.