Research
The Department of Community Medicine and Health Care is actively engaged in research on a variety of different topics relating to the fields of medicine, epidemiology, psychology, sociology, and public health. Our addictive disorders research is based in both the clinical and basic sciences and draws upon the faculty's extensive experience in the social, behavioral and public health sciences. Research projects are funded by federal, state, local and private sources.
A significant indicator of the Department's performance during the past five years has been the evolution of its research programs, in the areas of epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, and health services research.
Behavioral Medicine refers to the study of psychological and behavioral processes involved
in the prevention, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of illness and the
promotion of health through the integration of biomedical and psychological
sciences. Drs. Affleck and
Tennen, who comprise the program, have
a long tradition of research on coping with chronic illness and studies of daily
life among individuals with chronic pain and other health conditions. More
recently they have directed their attention to studies of daily life among
at-risk drinkers.
CICHS provides training, research and educational services focusing primarily on international community health.
The Division is committed to advancing knowledge about the distribution and
determinants of disease and health-related states in populations, applying that
information to control major health problems, and training students in methods
for the study of population health issues. Areas of special expertise include
statistical methods for disease surveillance, longitudinal data analysis,
structural equation models, receiver operating characteristic curves, and
spatial statistics. Our biomedical research has emphasized cancer epidemiology,
autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, neurology, alcoholism and health services.
The Health Services Research Unit's work typically focuses in the area of substance abuse prevention, intervention and treatment research.
Faculty within the Medical Humanities division focus on research surrounding the interaction between law, ethics, and health care.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
- In 2004, the Department's funding level was $2.5 Million in direct costs including 24 funding awards from federal, state, and private sources.
- Almost 50% of the Department's faculty salaries are supported from extramural funding sources.
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