Clinical Epidemiology

The field of clinical and translational epidemiology in cardiovascular research focuses on studying the relations between multiple risk factors and different forms of cardiovascular disease in large populations. Trainees interested in following this track will have the opportunity to work with physicians and faculty members who have extensive experience on a wide range of research questions spanning the entire spectrum of cardiovascular epidemiology. Training in this track includes learning modules related to the specific disease of interest as well as exposure to epidemiological methods used to perform statistical analysis.