Community Health and Epidemiology
Programs Offered
Epidemiology and Applied Health Research (MSc, PhD)
Overview
The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology is a research-intensive department that provides leadership in the areas of population health and patient-centered outcomes research, disease prevention, health services and systems, policy development and evaluation. It is part of Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine, which has primary responsibility for training new physicians in the Maritime Provinces and is closely affiliated with major teaching hospitals. The Department includes 24 full-time and part-time core faculty members, who have expertise in disciplines including epidemiology, biostatistics, population health, health services research, nutrition, sociology and health informatics. They have substantial national funding from Tri-Council funding agencies, particularly the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), from Research Nova Scotia and other funding sources. The Department includes over 30 cross-appointed members drawn from a wide range of disciplines such as clinical medicine, health professions, engineering, and basic and social sciences. The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology is home to the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), Health Data Nova Scotia (HDNS), and many other research programs. Affiliated units include the Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU) and the Nova Scotia Health (NSH) Research Methods Unit (RMU).