Welcome from Department Chair, Dr. Claudia Holzman

Welcome to the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University!  Although the Department is part of the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University, our department engages with faculty and students in multiple different colleges across campus.  The primary work of our department  can be divided into three areas:

Five Year NIH/NIDA T32 Grant for the Department

In 2003, MSU College of Human Medicine launched an initiative to improve its advanced research training in the field of epidemiology, including prevention research, as applied to the study of hazards of psychoactive medicine and other drug use, which include drug dependence and addiction syndromes. The National Institutes of

New birth research for Autistic Children

For children with autism, being born several weeks early or several weeks late tends to increase the severity of their symptoms, according to new research out of Michigan State University. Additionally, autistic children who were born either preterm or post-term are more likely to self-injure  Though the study did not uncover why there is an increase