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Epidemiology and Biostatistics

About the Department

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics offers a supportive and stimulating work environment to inspire students to become global leaders in public health. Students will become competent users and interpreters of population-based health information by learning to apply fundamental epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to public health practice, policy and research.

     

Why did you choose Texas A&M?

EPIDEMIOLOGY DISTANCE EDUCATION DEGREE

Your schedule limitation won’t hold you back with the online epidemiology degree program that gives you the flexibility to learn from anywhere! Both online and in-person graduates have found employment in academia, research organizations and foundations, industry, public and private health services delivery organizations, and international agencies.

Give back and gain skills through EpiAssist

EpiAssist is a student volunteer group that provides students with the opportunity to gain applied public health experience by assisting Texas’ state, regional and local health departments with outbreak investigations, disasters and emergencies, community health assessments and other projects. To date, EpiAssist has provided in excess of 4,000 hours in service to the state of Texas.

Epiassist

Faculty and Research

Our faculty represent a wide array of disciplines, expertise and interests within Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Their backgrounds include tropical diseases, maternal and child health, vaccine development/safety, alcohol and drug prevention policy, emergency management, genomics of cancer, environmental exposure assessment, and survival analysis to name a few.

Notable faculty studies and projects include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance
  • Kidney disease epidemic in Central America
  • Air pollution’s impact on Alzheimer’s and dementia-related diseases
  • Role of maternal diabetes and obesity on reproductive outcomes
  • Statistical methods and modeling
  • Adolescent mental health
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