Epidemiology is a tool, in many ways, to understand the distribution of disease in populations, and the factors that lead to ...

Chronic-disease methods grew out of infectious-disease epidemiology, in which both field and laboratory methods are used. In diseases where intermediate biology was not initially observable ...

Infection control became a challenge among the children sheltering during the Los Angeles County fires this past January.

Epidemiology is a field of medicine that studies the incidence, causes and effects of diseases in populations, and patterns within these. It has a key role in protecting public health and can ...

This is the largest genome-wide association study meta-analysis of its kind, analysing  data on 42 female reproductive health ...

A new study sheds light on just how important physical activity is to brain health, cognitive function and dementia ...

Health systems, academic/research organizations, and biotech companies are actively recruiting biostatisticians who bring in-depth expertise to the statistical analysis of complex data. They look to ...

Objectives: To undertake a detailed, large scale epidemiological study of match injuries sustained by professional rugby union players in order to define their incidence, nature, severity, and causes.

Vincent Lo Re, an internationally recognized pharmacoepidemiology researcher, has been named director of the Center for ...