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Definition of epidemiology
1 : a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population
2 : the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen
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Tim Spector is professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London.
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Durland Fish is professor emeritus of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.
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Adimora is professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA).
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The guidance should be useful to doctors in advising patients, said Miller, who is also a professor of cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology and public health in Maryland's School of Medicine.
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The abstainers may be one subject that needs further development, according to Eric Rimm, a professor of medicine and director for the program in cardiovascular epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Dr. Matt Zahn, Orange County’s medical director for epidemiology, said Orange County has had 17 mumps cases so far this year.
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Elena Andresen, who's 64 and holds a Ph.D. in epidemiology, will oversee the education policies of the schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and public health.
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Dr. Poeran, 34, is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan.
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Origin and Etymology of epidemiology
Late Latin epidemia + International Scientific Vocabulary -logy
EPIDEMIOLOGY Defined for English Language Learners
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medical : the study of how disease spreads and can be controlled
Medical Dictionary
epidemiology
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1: a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population
2: the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen
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