Welcome to our department
The vision of our department is to advance public health knowledge and solutions and to train the next generation of epidemiologists and biostatisticians to achieve equitable health in our state, country, and world.
Learn about our department
Department Research Day Friday, April 25th, 2025
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Day is an event designed to showcase the research and outreach work being led by the department’s faculty, students, and post-docs.
Our Spring Newsletter is now available
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First-place award at UURAF
Khushi Chhabra won the first-place award for the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Category at UURAF 2025 with a $100 cash prize. Her poster was titled, "Promoting menstrual equity at MSU: Impact of provision of free menstrual products on campus." Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dr. Kristen Upson is her faculty mentor on the research project.
Department Chair, Dr. Dawn Misra in the New Yorker
The professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the College of Human Medicine commented on the elimination of federal funding for health research, including work on maternal health disparities that took years to receive funding.