Message from Section Chief, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology

We are a transdisciplinary section that bridges epidemiology, prevention, public health and communities. We are the home to the longest-running cohort study in the country, the Framingham Heart Study.  Our vision is of a world with health and well-being, minimal disease and comorbidities, healthy aging, health equity, and health as a universal right. Our mission is to combine community-based research with scholarship, education, and training. Our section hosts several training programs, including a multidisciplinary post-doctoral training program in cardiovascular epidemiology (T32 program), the Promotion of Research In Medical Residency (PRIMER, R38 program), both supported by the NHLBI, and the Framingham Research Pathways at Boston Medical Center and MetroWest Medical Center internal medicine residency programs.