The Clinical Epidemiology Area of Interest is one of the largest areas of Interest in the Department of Epidemiology. Faculty members from this Area of Interest are national and international leaders in research and teaching of Clinical Epidemiology.
Research
- Faculty members in the Department of Epidemiology conduct clinical research in a wide range of clinical areas. Some examples are cardiology, oncology, nephrology, neurology, psychiatry, infectious diseases, and surgery.
- The Department of Epidemiology has an extensive network of faculty members based in the Harvard Teaching Hospitals and in other national and international institutions.
Education
Education
- The Department of Epidemiology hosts a PhD program with Clinical Epidemiology as the area of interest, as well as 1-year and 2-year Master of Science programs in Clinical Epidemiology. These graduate programs have established the Department of Epidemiology’s role as the educational hub for training in clinical research at Harvard University.
- The Department of Epidemiology also offers a hybrid (online, in-person) Master of Public Health that has trained thousands of clinicians worldwide on epidemiologic methods.
- Faculty members in the Department of Epidemiology play a leadership and teaching role in the Program in Clinical Effectiveness-direct the Master of Public Health’s concentrations in Clinical Effectiveness and in Quantitative Methods teach Clinical Epidemiology at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
