Research

The Department of Health Studies (DHS) is the home within the Division of Biological Sciences for the fields of biostatistics, epidemiology, and health services research. Department faculty study the individual, collective, environmental, and economic factors that affect the health of human populations. The Department’s multidisciplinary environment encourages cross-disciplinary research. Individual faculty lead and collaborate in multiple projects, as described on their individual web pages. Below is an index to areas of research that are shared by multiple faculty.


AGING 
     Cagney, Kate
     Konetzka, Tamara
     Lauderdale, Diane
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
     Ahsan, Habib
     Chiu, Brian
     Huo, Dezheng
     Pierce, Brandon
CLINICAL TRIALS: BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS
     Dignam, Jim
     Thisted, Ron
ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
     Ahsan, Habib
     Pierce, Brandon
GENETIC/MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY
     Ahsan, Habib
     Huo, Dezheng
     Lahey, Ben
     Pierce, Brandon
GENETIC STUDIES: BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS 
     Cao, Hongyuan
     Chen, Lin
HEALTH DISPARITIES
     Cagney, Kate
     Dignam, Jim
     Huo, Dezheng
     Konetzka, Tamara
     Lauderdale, Diane
HEALTH ECONOMICS
     Conti, Rena
     Konetzka, Tamara
     Manning, Will
     Smieliauskas, Fabrice
HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS
     Cao, Hongyuan
     Chen, Lin
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
     Ahsan, Habib
     Chiu, Brian
     Huo, Dezheng
     Pierce, Brandon
     Schneider, John
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
     David, Michael
     Lauderdale, Diane
     Schneider, John
LONGITUDINAL AND MIXED-EFFECTS METHODS
     Gibbons, Robert
     Thisted, Ron
MENTAL HEALTH STUDIES
     Gibbons, Robert
     Lahey, Ben
     Manning, Will
     Thisted, Ron
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY STUDIES  
     Conti, Rena
     Gibbons, Robert
     Smieliauskas, Fabrice
SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
     Kurina, Lianne
     Lauderdale, Diane
SURVIVAL ANALYSIS METHODS
     Cao, Hongyuan
     Dignam, Jim
     Thisted, Ron