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Opportunities in Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Graduates of this
program have exciting career opportunities as university faculty and
as scientists for both the Federal Government and private industry.
Some locations where our alumnae are employed include: Emory
University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, Montreat-Anderson College, Medical University of South
Carolina,
University of Cincinnati, South Dakota State University, Xavier U; NIOSH, CDC, and EPA
(Washington and Cincinnati), Eli Lilly, Kendall, American Home
Products, University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati and Shriners
Hospitals for children... |
A student in Biostatistics was the
first degree recipient in the Department
of Environmental Health. As of 1999, 68 Master's Degree students and 37
Ph.D. students have completed either the Epidemiology or Biostatistics program.
Currently there are 28 full time and 37 part-time students. The students of the
Division have pursued careers in academia, industry, or government. Currently,
the Director of the Division is Dr. Ranjan
Deka, a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. The Associate
Director is Dr. Paul Succop, whose
extensive statistical experience includes expertise in longitudinal data
analysis.
Epidemiology is defined as the
study of the distribution and determination of disease and injury within human
populations. A goal of the epidemiologist is to identify the factors or agents
that are linked with the observed patterns of disease or injury. The Division's
program stresses environmental, occupational, clinical, quantitative, community
and genetic epidemiology. The field of biostatistics is characterized by data
analysis, and interpretation of results, which are tied to environmental and
biomedical research. Applied statistical methodology is emphasized in the
biostatistics program
with direct application to
current research. The epidemiology and biostatistics programs are closely
linked with faculty and students working together on interdisciplinary research
activities.
All classical study designs are
currently utilized including randomized clinical trials, longitudinal studies,
environmental intervention approaches, retrospective cohort, cross-sectional and
case-control methodologies.
Current research in the
Division is wide ranging and includes health effects related to exposures to
lead, arsenic, solvents, fuels, organochlorines, fibers, radiation, statistical
issues in regulatory toxicology, caffeine, alcohol and illicit drugs, and
work-related ergonomic disorders. The health outcomes being studied include:
 | Reproductive |
| Mutations, genetics and cancer |
| Complex diseases such as
diabetes |
| Growth and development |
| Neurological disorders |
| Pulmonary disease |
| Injuries |
| Mortality |
| Exposure body burden |
Some institutions currently
collaborating with investigators from the Division are:
| Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) |
| National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) |
| Children's Hospital Medical
Center |
| University Hospital |
| Veteran's Hospital |
| Cincinnati Health Department |
| Hamilton County Health
Department |
| Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) |
| National Institute for
Environmental Health and Science (NIEHS) |
| College of Medicine: Dept. of
Pediatrics, Dept. of OB/Gyn, Dept. of Neurology, Dept. of Psychiatry |
| College of Engineering |
| College of Nursing |
If you have any comment or suggestion about this
web site, please send a message to dengc@email.uc.edu
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