Epidemiology is the scientific study of factors affecting the health and illness of individuals and populations, and serves as the foundation for interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is considered a cornerstone methodology of public health research, and is highly regarded in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk factors for disease and determining optimal treatment approaches to clinical practice. (For more about ‘epidemiology’ in Wikipedia, click here).
Many research-oriented GIM Divisions focus narrowly on one or two aspects of epidemiology, like clinical decision-making, meta-analysis, or pharmacoepidemiology. Because of its close, historic relationship with the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Hopkins GIM offers unparalleled scope and depth, encompassing topics of traditional interest to generalists, but extending to clinical trials and emerging areas, like social, molecular, and genetic epidemiology. The unifying features of epidemiologic research conducted by Hopkins GIM faculty are: 1) commitment to a multi-disciplinary approach; and 2) rapid translation from epidemiologic discovery into clinical and public health practice.
Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Director, Johns Hopkins ProHealth;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Primary prevention of hypertension, renal, and cardiovascular disease; randomized, controlled trials of dietary modification, exercise, and weight loss
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Brad Astor, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Medicine;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research;
Co-Investigator, ARIC Study
Research Interests: Epidemiology of anemia and chronic kidney disease; vascular grafts and other medical devices
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Diane Becker, ScD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management;
Principal Investigator: GeneSTAR;
Director, Center for Health Promotion
Research Interests: Molecular, genetic, and behavioral epidemiology of cardiovascular disease; family studies of premature cardiovascular disease; platelet dysfunction
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Frederick L. Brancati, MD, MHS, FAPC
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine;
Principal Investigator, Look AHEAD Study;
Principal Investigator, NIDDKgrant (K24) for Patient-Oriented Research in Type 2 Diabetes;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus and related conditions
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Daniel Brotman, MD, FACP, FSHM
Associate Professor of Medicine;
Director, JHH Hospitalist Program
Research Interests: Vascular events in hospitalized adults; circidian rhythms
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Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, MHS
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine;
Director, CVD Epidemiology Track;
Director, NHLBI Training Grant (T32) in Cardiovascular Epidemiology;
Principal Investigator, the ARIC Study;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease; genetic and molecular epidemiology; epidemiologic methods
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Geetanjali Chander, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine;
Co-Director, GIM Fellowship;
Principal Investigator, NIAAA grant (K23) on Alcoholism & HIV/AIDS
Research Interests: Epidemiology of alcoholism and substance abuse in relation to risk of HIV and hepatitis C; under-served populations
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Jeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Epidemiology of obesity, fatty liver disease, and related conditions; epidemiology and effectiveness of bariatric surgery.
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Joseph Cofrancesco, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine;
Director, GIM Clinician-Scholar Mentorship Program
Research Interests: Epidemiology, treatment, and prevention of HIV lipodystrophy
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Gail Daumit, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Epidemiology and prevention of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in adults with severe mental illness
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Daniel Ford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management;
Vice Dean for Clinical Research, School of Medicine
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Epidemiology and treatment of depression in primary care
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Tiffany Gary-Webb, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Social epidemiology and health disparities
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Eliseo Guallar, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research interests: Epidemiology of heavy metal exposure in related to cardiovascular disease; meta-analytic methods; advanced epidemiologic methods
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Mary Margaret Huizinga, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Clinical epidemiology of obesity and related conditions
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W. H. Linda Kao, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of obesity, type 2 diabetes, diabetic renal disease and related conditions; gene-gene and gene-environement interactions
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Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine;
Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Cardiovascular and renal epidemiology
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Richard Moore, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Chief Exective Officer, Moore Clinic for HIV Care
Research Interests: Epidemiology and health services research of HIV and related conditions in primary care; pharmacoepidemiology
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H.C. (Jessica) Yeh, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Methods in epidemiology and controlled trials; clinical research mentorship; diabetes and novel complications; obesity
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J. Hunter Young, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology;
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Molecular and genetic epidemiology; physical anthropology; pathophysiology of hypertension in relation to obesity and diabetes
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