How and why diseases and injuries occur in different populations, and informing prevention and control measures
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New study details gaps between actual and recommended use of statins and other lipid-lowering drugs—and estimates public health benefits of closing those gaps
Looking for prominent experts in the field of epidemiology? They're here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
David Celentano, ScD ’77, MHS ’75, is an infectious disease epidemiologist who researches behavioral risk factors for HIV/AIDS, STIs, and other infections.
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH, uses molecular epidemiology to understand the mechanisms of cancer incidence and progression to identify prevention and treatment strategies.
Keri N Althoff, PhD '08, MPH '05, uses large-scale longitudinal data to answer otherwise unanswerable questions and improve health, particularly for populations underrepresented in research.
David Dowdy, MD, PhD ’08, ScM ’02, studies the implementation of interventions to fight tuberculosis, the world's most deadly infectious disease.
