Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of the varying rates of disease, injuries, and other health states in human populations. As the fundamental science underlying public health practice, epidemiology provides the conceptual and practical tools necessary for the study of public health problems and the design of adequate control measures. Biostatistics is a science that addresses theory and techniques for describing, analyzing, and interpreting health data. Although biostatistics draws on quantitative methods from fields such as statistics, operations research, economics, and mathematics, the discipline is primarily focused on their applications to problems in the biological, health, and medical sciences. The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Maryland School of Public Health has the mission to: 1. 2. 3.
Family Science Department @ University of Maryland. Health Services Administration. The Department of Health Services Administration combines health care management with health services delivery systems to address issues in health care systems, health care delivery and management, health services policy, disparities in access to care, long term care, chronic disease and disability care, and financing and economics in public health services delivery. At a time of extraordinary need driven by rising health care costs, the aging of the population and growing health disparities, the Department of Health Services Administration seeks to prepare graduate students for research and careers in areas of health services delivery and administration pertinent to these critical issues. Mission The primary mission of the Department of Health Services Administration is to: Prepare students for careers in public health and health services administration and to conduct research and service which strengthen health care delivery systems and their management.
Faculty Students. Kinesiology Department @ University of Maryland, College Park. Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental H. Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health Translating Environmental Health Research into Action Our Mission Welcome to the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health (MIAEH). MIAEH is a dedicated group of talented faculty, students and staff who serve as the teaching, research and service outreach function for environmental health in the school of public health at UMCP. The Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Heatlh (MIAEH) strives to advance knowledge concerning the effects of environmental factors on human health. Through innovative, multi-disciplinary research, we seek 1) to improve our understanding of how biological, chemical, physical and other influences in the environment contribute to chronic and cute human illnesses; and 2) to translate and apply research finings towards the development of effective environmental health policies.
What is Applied Environmental Health? Creating Partnerships to Find Global Solutions. For more information, contact: Dr. Department of Public and Community Health.