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New @NPRHealth article discusses new findings on #sepsis; @DeptPopMed Assistant Professor Chanu Rhee weighs in: https://t.co/FnCJrlJQI1

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Understanding the #gutmicrobiome - and how we can influence it through diet - is key to prevent #chronicdisease.

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RESEARCH: Our research spans many axes but the common thread is a focus on population health. Learn more about our work via our Divisions and Centers.

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Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse

The Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL) division focuses on developing innovative interventions and generating new knowledge regarding the origins of chronic disease, obesity, and consequences through the lifecourse.

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Health Policy and Insurance Research

The division of Health Policy and Insurance Research (HPI) research areas include understanding effects of high-cost medical care, pharmaceutical policies, health insurance innovations, personalized medicine, delivery system changes, behavioral interventions, and cost-quality trade-offs.

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Biostatistics

The Biostatistics division is the home for statistical consultation and research at the Institute. The group collaborates widely on causal inference, observational epidemiology, bioinformatics, microsimulation, statistical software and graphics, and general statistical applications.

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Center for Healthcare Research in Pediatrics

The Center for Healthcare Research in Pediatrics (CHeRP) division leads population-based research in pediatrics. Its work in asthma, childhood infections, vaccines, and health policy has directly shaped national policy recommendations in these areas.

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Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology

The Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (TIDE) division assess the safety of medical products, novel methods for illness surveillance and control of both healthcare and community-acquired infections.

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Centers of Excellence

We are home to three Centers of Excellence. These centers’ primary purpose is to foster intellectual collaboration among faculty across Divisions that have shared research interests, and to promote the expertise of these individuals to the outside world.

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More than 25 Years of Innovation & Impact

Explore the milestones that built the HMS and HPHC partnership

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TEACHING: We give physicians and population scientists tools to become better health care leaders of the future.

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NEWS & EVENTS

Institute Research Develops Asthma Chatbot

January 6, 2020

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and affects over 25 million people in the United States. As part of the AFFORD project, Associate Professor Alison Galbraith and her study team have partnered with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to help people learn more about managing and controlling asthma, asthma treatments, and how to deal with asthma triggers.

Investigator Spotlight: Getting to know Xiaojuan Li

December 16, 2019

Meet Xiaojuan Li, a former DPM fellow who joined our department as a faculty member in 2019. She is a pharmacoepidemiologist with expertise in large electronic healthcare databases, advanced (pharmaco)epidemiologic and causal inference methods, and comparative safety and effectiveness research.