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Division of Epidemiology
N540
(601) 984-1920
Ed Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.
Anthony Mawson, Dr.P.H.
 
 

The Division of Epidemiology focuses on teaching, research, and service in the broad field of Preventive Medicine. The division offers both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Preventive Medicine with a concentration in Epidemiology. The division also teaches a course in Preventive Medicine and Public Health to second-year medical students. The research interests of the faculty currently include: chronic disease epidemiology and control, rural community health, HIV/AIDS research, environmental epidemiology, adolescent health, tobacco use, cancer research and control, general health behavior research, and medication errors.