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From outbreak investigations to clinical trials, the right study design can make or break public health research. Understanding the strengths, limitations, and applications of each approach helps ...

Understanding epidemiological and clinical study designs is key to producing reliable health evidence. From descriptive reports to randomized trials, each design has unique strengths and limitations.

The restricted mean survival time (RMST) analysis technique was introduced in health care research about 25 years ago and since then has become widely used in economics, engineering, business and ...

All faculty in the Department of Epidemiology have research backgrounds, and many have public health practice experience. Research and practice are done in all major areas of epidemiology, including ...

The accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer can be improved by accounting for genetic factors that cause changes in PSA levels that are not associated with cancer, ...

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Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine researchers Vanessa Xanthakis, PhD, FAHA, associate professor of medicine and director of research training, and Mathew Nayor, MD, MPH, ...