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Author: Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller ,
Jordan Smoller
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: Fourth Edition 2015
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 20.00cm
Weight: 3.654kg
ISBN: 9781493921331
ISBN 10: 1493921339
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 06 February 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9783031530425
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
The intended audience includes physicians doing clinical or basic research; medical students and college or graduate level students; researchers in biomedical sciences and epidemiology as well as those interested in genetic epidemiology; and anyone interested in the logic and methodology of biostatistics, epidemiology, and genetic epidemiology. ... This book presents the basics on biostatistics and epidemiology in biomedical science and incorporates new information on genetic epidemiology and risk prediction based on new biomarkers. (Hemang B. Panchal, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2015)
Author Information
Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D. is Professor of epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is the Dorothy and William Manealoff Foundation and Molly Rosen Chair in Social Medicine, Emerita. In addition to her teaching, her research areas span both cardiovascular disease and cancer epidemiology. She has been a leader in landmark clinical trials in the prevention of heart disease and stroke and in major national and international collaborative prospective studies. She has won awards for mentoring students and junior faculty, as well as the Einstein Sprit of Achievement Award. She lives in New York. Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. He is Director of the Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)Center for Human Genetics Research. He is also an Associate Member of the Broad Institute and a Senior Scientist at the Broad's Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. The focus of Dr. Smoller's research has been the identification of genetic determinants of childhood and adult psychiatric disorders and of genetic factors common to multiple psychiatric conditions. He is the recipient of numerous research awards, an author of more than 200 scientific articles, book chapters and reviews; as well as the author of the book: The Other Side of Normal (HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2012). He lives with his family in Boston.
