Department of Preventive Medicine Division of Epidemiology

The Division of Epidemiology is a research center with local, national and international projects focused primarily on the epidemiology of eye and vision problems and cancer.  The Division has an active clinical trials program, serving as the coordinating and data center for trials of eye diseases, vision problems, and Lyme disease.  The divisional faculty also have an interest in outcomes and health services research. 

Division of Epidemiology Research Projects

Eye Disease Epidemiology

• Barbados Eye Studies
      Barbados Eye Study (BES)
      Barbados Incidence Study (I/II) of Eye Diseases (BISED)
      Barbados Family Study of Open-Angle Glaucoma (BFSG)
• Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT) Data Coordinating Center
• Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET) - Coordinating Center
• Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Program (DRAP)
  

Cancer Research

• Assessment of Urinary Melatonin in Epidemiologic Studies of Breast Cancer
• Barbados National Cancer Study
• Breast Health Intervention Project
• Community Mapping Projects
• Electromagnetic Fields and Breast Cancer on Long Island Study (EBCLIS)
• Estrogen Metabolism, Diet and Breast Cancer
• Environmental Exposures and Breast Cancer on Long Island
• Long Island Database Project
• Metropolitan New York Registry of Families with Cancer
• Skin Cancer Awareness, Prevention and Education (Project SCAPE)
• Tailored Web Education System for Breast Cancer
• Witness Project © of Long Island

Osteoporosis

General Clinical Research Center - 
    Biostatistics, Informatics and Data Management Services

Other Department Research

Division of Epidemiology Faculty

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