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Epidemiology
How and why diseases and injuries occur in different populations, and informing prevention and control measures
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Epidemiology Faculty Experts
Looking for prominent experts in the field of epidemiology? They're here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Epidemiology
David Celentano, ScD ’77, MHS ’75, is an infectious disease epidemiologist who researches behavioral risk factors for HIV/AIDS, STIs, and other infections.
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Epidemiology
Elizabeth A. Platz, ScD, MPH, uses molecular epidemiology to understand the mechanisms of cancer incidence and progression to identify prevention and treatment strategies.
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Epidemiology
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.
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Epidemiology
David Dowdy, MD, PhD ’08, ScM ’02, studies the implementation of interventions to fight tuberculosis, the world's most deadly infectious disease.