Research

Research Areas

Below is a sampling of the major research areas of the department's faculty.

• Big Data systems and infrastructure for efficient analyses of health care utilization and costs

• Cardiovascular risks in childhood cancer survivors
• Causal influence and quasi-experimental designs

• Clinical decision support including shared decision making

• Effects of environmental exposures on neurologic conditions, immune and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children, cardiorespiratory health, and  perinatal/reproductive health.

• Maternal, child, and women's health

• Medical decision making

• Obesity prevention

• Preventive cardiology in the general and deaf populations

• Quality of care and outcomes research in the elderly and for people with mental illness

• Racial, ethnic, and social health disparities

• Smoking cessation