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 ...

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.

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 ...

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