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Epidemiology

Committed to producing world-class science with real-world impact and training the next generation of leaders in research and practice.

Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr
Conducting fieldwork to understand and prevent disease in the US and countries around the world
Simon Anthony working in his lab
Discovering the basic science of disease, human health, and public health practice
Charles Branas, PhD
Producing epidemiologic evidence to launch actions that make communities safer and healthier
Training and mentoring tomorrow’s leaders in epidemiology and cutting-edge scientific investigation
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What We Do

Dynamic Research Units with core strengths in chronic disease, environmental, infectious disease, psychiatric, neurologic, social & spatial, substance use, and violence & injury epidemiology, as well as causal inference, methods, and other public health and biomedical areas.

 

Our Scientists

Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim working in the field
Over 150 Faculty with a dozen research centers and labs. This past year the Department of Epidemiology was pleased to lead in having a record number of superb and innovative full-time faculty join the Mailman school.

New! Intervention-and-Implementation Science Pilot Awards. Click to apply.

 

Our Trainees

Epidemiology trainees
A leader in training with over 400 students and fellows from across the United States and around the world.

Why Choose Columbia Epidemiology?

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Support our work to build the future of epidemiology and change lives around the world. 

Global Epidemiology

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Our epidemiologists teach, conduct research, and do fieldwork alongside colleagues in more than 60 countries, including the Columbia Global Centers.