Department of Epidemiology

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  • Department of Epidemiology
  • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
  • 135 Dauer Drive
  • 2101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB #7435
  • Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435

  • Our offices are located on the second floor of McGavran-Greenberg Hall.

About Our Research

Our renowned faculty members provide students with training in effective research practices and methods. We work with our students to apply their epidemiology research to a variety of health problems here in North Carolina and around the world. Our students can specialize in nine types of epidemiology: cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases, injury, reproductive / perinatal / pediatric epidemiology, environmental / occupational, pharmacoepidemiology, genetic and social.

USING MATHEMATICAL MODELS, WAYNE ROSAMOND, PHD, AND HIS TEAM ESTIMATED THAT A 500-DRONE NETWORK SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WOULD DECREASE THE MEDIAN TIME OF DEFIBRILLATOR ARRIVAL FROM 7.7 TO 2.7 MINUTES FOLLOWING A REPORTED OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST.
Using mathematical models, Wayne Rosamond, PhD, and his team estimated that a 500-drone network spread across the state of North Carolina would decrease the median time of defibrillator arrival from 7.7 to 2.7 minutes following a reported out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Epidemiology Research News

Research Program Areas

Cancer Epidemiology

Research spans etiology, survivorship, comparative effectiveness, and access to health care, with many studies emphasizing health disparities, especially among African-Americans.

Cardiovascular Epidemiology

Cardiovascular (CV) epidemiology is an interdisciplinary field of work. The program provides interdisciplinary training that combines a solid foundation in elements that influence cardiovascular health with epidemiologic research competencies, providing applied learning opportunities and mentored research experiences.
Heart Rate Chart

Environmental/Occupational Epidemiology

The overall objectives of the program in Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology are to provide an interdisciplinary education that offers the students a solid foundation in environmental and occupational health, with practicum experiences to enhance applied learning, and high-quality research experiences.
Man in white hazmat suit holding chemicals

Infectious Disease

Our program has expertise in a variety of infectious diseases including those that are sexually transmitted diseases, air-borne and vector-borne.
Bacteria Culture

Injury Epidemiology

Epidemiologists working in the area of injury and violence prevention conduct research describing injury hazards, identifying risk factors for injury and violence, and quantifying the effect of various interventions designed to prevent injury and violence.
A car accident involving two vehicles

Pharmacoepidemiology

UNC is advancing pharmacoepidemiology (PE) through innovation in methods, application of those methods to critical issues in the field, and training future leaders.
Assorted pills

Reproductive Pediatric Epidemiology

The reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology (RPPE ) program area provides students with a multidisciplinary perspective, a strong foundation in epidemiologic concepts and methods, and an understanding of the underlying biology of reproduction and childhood development and growth.
Adult holding sleeping baby's hand

Social Epidemiology

Our mission is to train social epidemiologists who can apply principles of social justice, a core set of epidemiologic skills, and substantive knowledge to study the complex relations between the social environment and health.
Table mapping of a person's social network

Genetic Epidemiology

Genetic Epidemiology is the study of genetic factors that independently or in combination with environmental factors influences the risk of disease.