the study, assessment, and analysis of public health concerns in a given population; the tracking of patterns and effects of diseases, environmental toxins, natural disasters, violence, terrorist attacks, etc.: Without the profiles gleaned through epidemiology, our health agencies would be at a terrible loss when something like COVID-19 emerges.
Origin of epidemiology
First recorded in 1870–75; epidemi(c) + -o- + -logy
Albert Ko is a professor and chair of epidemiology of microbial diseases at the Yale School of Public Health.
Amid vaccine trials, the FDA is on trial itself|jakemeth|September 24, 2020|Fortune
“That’s way too slow,” said George Rutherford, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.
Poorly Protected Postal Workers Are Catching COVID-19 by the Thousands. It’s One More Threat to Voting by Mail.|by Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy|September 18, 2020|ProPublica
Albert Ko is professor and department chair, epidemiology of microbial disease, at Yale School of Public Health, and professor of infectious diseases at Yale School of Medicine.
On COVID-19 vaccines, Big Pharma knows to just say ‘no’|matthewheimer|September 11, 2020|Fortune
We brought in scores of experts from infectious disease, epidemiology, public health, laboratory medicine, all these different areas to try to help us design and prepare what we think is the most up-to-date information.
Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? (Ep. 431)|Stephen J. Dubner|September 10, 2020|Freakonomics
In cities across the US—ranging from Boston, Massachusetts in the northeast to Las Vegas, Nevada in the southwest—scientists are working with public health officials to conduct wastewater-based epidemiology.
Cities are using poop to look for early Covid-19 outbreaks|Katherine Ellen Foley|September 3, 2020|Quartz
For an article in the Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, the author must fork over $650 for “handling.”
No, Stem Cells Don't Cause Autism|Kent Sepkowitz|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cuse: From a story standpoint, I felt the critical goal in the first part of the show was to focus on the epidemiology.
Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’|Andrew Romano|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The epidemiology of polio is simple to understand—as simple as seeing the inevitability of the major crisis we have before us.
U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’|Kent Sepkowitz|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Epidemiology of Gestational Weight Gain and Body Weight Changes After Pregnancy.
Will I Get Fat? 15 Signs You'll Gain Weight|Anneli Rufus|November 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
They concern the surgeon mainly, and from the point of view of epidemiology are unimportant.
The Dwelling House|George Vivian Poore
It is in this chapter that the epidemiology comes into closest contact with social and economic history.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
The work of the modern fathers of epidemiology was consciously based on Hippocrates.
The Legacy of Greece|Various
Its place is indeed unique among epidemic diseases; it is the oldest and most obdurate of all the problems in epidemiology.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Creighton
This theory was based upon the geographical distribution and epidemiology of the disease.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley
British Dictionary definitions for epidemiology
epidemiology
/ (ˌɛpɪˌdiːmɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /
noun
the branch of medical science concerned with the occurrence, transmission, and control of epidemic diseases
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Words related to epidemiology
hygiene, sanitation, hygienics
Medical definitions for epidemiology
epidemiology
[ ĕp′ĭ-dē′mē-ŏl′ə-jē, -dĕm′ē- ]
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations.