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Moyses Szklo is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Szklo received his medical degree from the Medical Sciences School at Rio de Janeiro State University in 1963. [1] He then went to pursue an education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, where he studied the natural history and etiology of cardiovascular diseases.
Leon Gordis (July 19, 1934 – September 7, 2015) [1] was an American epidemiologist, professor and author, whose textbook Epidemiology provided a foundation for the understanding of epidemiologic principles and clinical applications.
The term epidemiology is now widely applied to cover the description and causation of not only epidemic, infectious disease, but of disease in general, including related conditions. Some examples of topics examined through epidemiology include as high blood pressure, mental illness and obesity. Therefore, this epidemiology is based upon how the ...
The term "molecular epidemiology" was first coined by Edwin D. Kilbourne in a 1973 article entitled "The molecular epidemiology of influenza". [5] The term became more formalized with the formulation of the first book on molecular epidemiology titled Molecular Epidemiology: Principles and Practice by Paul A. Schulte and Frederica Perera. [6]
Epidemiological (and other observational) studies typically highlight associations between exposures and outcomes, rather than causation. While some consider this a limitation of observational research, epidemiological models of causation (e.g. Bradford Hill criteria) [7] contend that an entire body of evidence is needed before determining if an association is truly causal. [8]
Evolution of Infectious Disease is a 1993 book by the evolutionary biologist Paul W. Ewald. In this book, Ewald contests the traditional view that parasites should evolve toward benign coexistence with their hosts. He draws on various studies that contradict this dogma and asserts his theory based on fundamental evolutionary principles.
The AAP Red Book, or Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a hardcover, softcover, and electronic reference to the "manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of some 200 childhood infectious diseases". The Red Book first appeared as an eight-page booklet in 1938. The most ...
His book Causal Inference: What If, [3] co-authored with James Robins is also freely available online and widely used for the training of researchers. Hernán is a Methods Editor for Annals of Internal Medicine , Editor Emeritus of Epidemiology (journal) and past Associate Editor of Biometrics (journal) , American Journal of Epidemiology , and ...