Relationship between epidemiology and research

Within this multidisciplinary framework, epidemiology is one of the disciplines related to the field of outcomes research. Epidemiology is the study of distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations, with a particular focus on the occurrence of disease as categorized by time, place and persons.

How does epidemiology help in research?

Epidemiologists conduct research to establish the factors that lead to public health issues, the appropriate responses, interventions, and solutions. By using research—from the field and in the lab—and statistical analysis, epidemiologists can track disease and predict its future outcomes.

What is research and epidemiology?

By definition, epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global).

What is the relationship between epidemiology and other disciplines?

Epidemiologists rely on other scientific disciplines like biology to better understand disease processes, statistics to make efficient use of the data and draw appropriate conclusions, social sciences to better understand proximate and distal causes, and engineering for exposure assessment.

What is basic research in epidemiology?

Epidemiology examines patterns of health and illness in a population. Its goal is to discover associations between disease and exposures that will determine optimal approaches to disease prevention (policy measures and/or preventive medicine) and treatment (clinical practice).