Tag: epidemiology
SubscribeDr. Warren Winkelstein Jr., epidemiologist who led seminal AIDS, air pollution studies, dies at 90
July 31, 2012:
Dr. Warren Winkelstein Jr., pioneering epidemiologist and former dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, died Sunday, July 22. He was 90. His career spanned six decades and included seminal contributions to the understanding of the transmission of HIV/AIDS, how air pollution affects health, heart disease in women and other health issues.
Tag, you’re infected! This game might save lives
April 4, 2012:
Researchers have put a new twist on the game of tag by having players pass notes around to “infect” each other. The game, developed by Steve Bellan, a UC Berkeley ecologist, and Juliet Pulliam, a University of Florida biologist, is proving to be a popular tool for helping epidemiologists study outbreaks of infectious diseases like cholera, AIDS and malaria.
