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Epidemiology is the study of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease in human populations. The mission of the Department is to provide rigorous training in the fundamentals and practice of epidemiology, to contribute to the understanding of the etiology and prevention of disease, and to improve the health of the public through excellence in research.


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Summer Institute for Public Health Practice starts on August 10

In the News

A Balance Act
What is good for the heart may also work against cancer

news Alain Kristal, DPH, MPH
 Professor of Epidemiology and a nutritional epidemiologist in the Cancer Prevention  Program at at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

 

Dr. Alan Kristal isn’t thinking about antioxidants or omega-3s when he sits down to his dinner of pan-seared pork tenderloin..... (read more)