A large study of military members led by researchers at Duke Health and the Durham VA identified four genes that are linked to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Over the past 15 ...

Epidemiological methods provide a comprehensive toolkit for understanding the distribution, determinants and dynamics of disease within populations. Fundamental to public health, these methods range ...

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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 ...

A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered compelling evidence of a genetic link between bipolar disorder type I (BD-I) and epilepsy, potentially transforming our ...