Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 1;177(7):595-600. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt027. Epub 2013 Mar 10.
George W. Comstock (1915-2007), MD, MPH, DrPH, was lecturer and then professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health from 1956 to 2007 and served as editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Epidemiology from 1979 to 1988. This interview of George W. Comstock took place in Hagerstown, Maryland, in the spring of 1990. The selection of questions and answers published here represent approximately 10% of the whole interview, which had been reviewed and hand-corrected by Dr. Comstock. He first describes how epidemiology was taught at Hopkins in the 1950s and 1960s. He then distinguishes "epidemiology per se" from a "practical epidemiology" that works closely with local health departments, and he finally expresses his wish that in the future, epidemiology would become more widely involved in policy and accepted by policy makers.
乔治·W·康斯托克（1915-2007 年），医学博士、公共卫生硕士、哲学博士，1956 年至 2007 年期间在约翰霍普金斯大学卫生与公共卫生学院担任讲师和教授，并于 1979 年至 1988 年担任《美国流行病学杂志》的主编。本次对乔治·W·康斯托克的采访于 1990 年春季在马里兰州黑格斯敦进行。此处发表的问题和答案的选择大约占整个采访的 10%，采访内容已经由康斯托克博士审核和手动更正。他首先描述了 20 世纪 50 年代和 60 年代霍普金斯大学教授流行病学的方式。然后，他将“纯粹的流行病学”与“与地方卫生部门密切合作的实用流行病学”区分开来，最后他表示希望未来流行病学能够更多地参与政策制定并被决策者所接受。
