Division of Epidemiology

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The Division of Epidemiology is an academic home within the Department of Internal Medicine for faculty with methodologic expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, informatics, health services research, and community-based participatory research.  Clinical and population areas of research focus include cancer, infectious diseases, infection control, nutrition, patient safety, and genetics.

The Division focuses on three primary activities:

• Education: The Division is actively involved in the education of students from a wide variety of backgrounds, most of whom are young clinicians (residents, fellows, and junior faculty) seeking to become independent investigators in clinical epidemiology and health services research. This education consists of formal coursework, such as that associated with the University of Utah's K30 training program, as well as career development and training (mentorship). Division faculty are actively involved in the mentorship of fellows (through a close relationship with the Division of Infectious Diseases) and junior faculty, the latter typically in association with K-series and other similar mentored clinical scientist awards.
• Research: The Division’s research activities are spread among a wide variety of investigators and topics and includes such areas as the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance, interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing, outcomes studies using electronic data, surveillance methods of infectious diseases and adverse events, chronic renal failure, patient and provider decision-making, and implementation evaluation. Investigative work relies heavily on productive, inter-departmental relationships.
• Partnerships: The Division has strong affiliations with a number of partners to strengthen our impact in the community. We partner closely with University Health Care, Intermountain Healthcare, the State of Utah Department of Health, the Salt Lake Veterans Administration, Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Department of Biomedical Informatics, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Cancer Institute.