Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Am J Epidemiol. 2019 May 1;188(5):890-895. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy221.
Epidemiology is the study of epidemics. It is a biological science that includes expertise in many disciplines in social and behavioral sciences. Epidemiology is also a key component of preventive medicine and public health. Unfortunately, over recent years, academic epidemiology has lost its relationship with preventive medicine, as well as much of its focus on epidemics. The new "-omics" technologies to measure risk factors and phenotypes, and advances in genomics (e.g., host susceptibility) consistent with good epidemiology methods will likely enhance epidemiology research. There is a need based on these new technologies to modify training, especially for the first-level doctorate epidemiologist.
流行病学是研究传染病的科学。它是一门生物科学，包含社会和行为科学中许多学科的专业知识。流行病学也是预防医学和公共卫生的重要组成部分。不幸的是，近年来，学术流行病学已经失去了与预防医学的关系，也失去了对传染病的大部分关注。新的“组学”技术可以测量危险因素和表型，基因组学的进步（例如，宿主易感性）与良好的流行病学方法一致，这可能会增强流行病学研究。基于这些新技术，需要对培训进行修改，特别是对于一级流行病学家。
