Understanding epidemiological and clinical study designs is key to producing reliable health evidence. From descriptive reports to randomized trials, each design has unique strengths and limitations.

What is 'epidemiology'? Epidemiology is defined as the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in populations. Clinical epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of ...

Public health is a field that's widely misunderstood, even by science journalists. That's because epidemiology is an inexact science, complicated by a large variability in the quality of the data it ...

Case-cohort study designs represent a cost-effective and efficient strategy for analysing time-to-event data, particularly when the event of interest is rare. By selecting a random subcohort along ...

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine researchers Vanessa Xanthakis, PhD, FAHA, associate professor of ...

Increasingly data mined from the electronic health record (EHR) are being used in epidemiological research. But more data does not equate to better quality research. This workshop will cover the ...

The Department of Epidemiology offers two graduate certificates – a 12-credit Epidemiology Methods Certificate and a 9-credit Applied Epidemiology Certificate. Both certificates are intended to ...

The accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer can be improved by accounting for genetic factors that cause changes in PSA levels that are not associated with cancer, ...

1 Section of Social Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 2 Section of Sports Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgical ...

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An international team of scientists has uncovered new insights into how the previously understudied duplicate X chromosome in women may contribute to Alzheimer's disease risk, according to a ...