The next generation of large-scale epidemiologic research: Implications for training cancer epidemiologists

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 964-967

  Spitz, Margaret R ^a   Lam, Tram Kim ^b   Schully, Sheri D ^b   Khoury, Muin J ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiologists; Education; Large scale epidemiologic research

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; TRAINING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911396102     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu256     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. Fraser DW. Epidemiology as a liberal art. N Engl J Med. 1987; 316(6):309-314.
2. Hoover RN. The evolution of epidemiologic research: from cottage industry to "big" science. Epidemiology. 2007;18(1): 13-17.
3. Shaikh AR, Butte AJ, Schully SD, et al. Collaborative biomedicine in the age of big data: the case of cancer. J Med Internet Res. 2014;16(4):e101.
4. Patel CJ, Bhattacharya J, Butte AJ. An environment-wide association study (EWAS) on type 2 diabetes mellitus. PLoS One. 2010;5(5):e10746.
5. Lam TK, Spitz M, Schully SD, et al. "Drivers" of translational cancer epidemiology in the 21st century: needs and opportunities. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013; 22(2):181-188.
6. Khoury MJ, Gwinn M, Ioannidis JP. The emergence of translational epidemiology: from scientific discovery to population health impact. Am J Epidemiol. 2010;172(5): 517-524.
7. Ioannidis JP. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Med. 2005;2(8):e124.
8. Education. American College of Epidemiology. http://acepidemiology.org/content/education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
9. Welcome. International Epidemiological Association. http://www.iea-course.org/index/php/pre-conference-course/home. Accessed September 8, 2014.
10. Kuller LH, Bracken MB, Ogino S, et al. The role of epidemiology in the era of molecular epidemiology and genomics: summary of the 2013 AJE-sponsored Society of Epidemiologic Research Symposium. Am J Epidemiol. 2013; 178(9):1350-1354.
11. Mechanic LE, Chen HS, Amos CI, et al. Next generation analytic tools for large scale genetic epidemiology studies of complex diseases. Genet Epidemiol. 2012;36(1): 22-35.
12. Khoury MJ, Lam TK, Ioannidis JP, et al. Transforming epidemiology for 21st century medicine and public health. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013;22(4): 508-516.
13. Mahoney JF, Fox MD, Chheda SG. Overcoming challenges to integrating public and population health into medical curricula. Am J Prev Med. 2011;41(4 Suppl 3): S170-S175.
14. Ogino S, King EE, Beck AH, et al. Interdisciplinary education to integrate pathology and epidemiology: towards molecular and population-level health science. Am J Epidemiol. 2012; 176(8):659-667.
15. Kuller LH. Invited commentary: the 21st century epidemiologist-A need for different training? Am J Epidemiol. 2012;176(8):668-671.
16. Vogel AL, Hall KL, Fiore SM, et al. The Team Science Toolkit: enhancing research collaboration through online knowledge sharing. Am J Prev Med. 2013;45(6): 787-789.
17. Ness RB. Counterpoint: the future of innovative epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2013;177(4):281-282.
18. Spitz MR, Caporaso NE, Sellers TA. Integrative cancer epidemiology-the next generation. Cancer Discov. 2012; 2(12):1087-1090.
19. Davis FG. Mentoring in epidemiology and public health training. Ann Epidemiol. 2013;23(8):524-527.
20. Nelson DE, Faupel-Badger J, Phillips S, et al. Future directions for postdoctoral training in cancer prevention: insights from a panel of experts. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014; 23(4):679-6-83.
21. Institutional program unifying population and laboratory based sciences. Burroughs Wellcome Fund. http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/population-sciences/institutional-program-unifying-population-and-laboratory-based. Accessed September 8, 2014.
22. Hall KL, Feng AX, Moser RP, et al. Moving the science of team science forward: collaboration and creativity. Am J Prev Med. 2008;35(2 Suppl):S243-S249.