Data used in the Epidemiology concentration is part of the ongoing Fels Longitudinal Study. Decades before the university was founded, the Fels Foundation instituded a program tracking health and wellness of a large number of individuals over their lifetimes. The statistics are now maintained in the Department of Community Health, Wright State School of Medicine.

Research projects include:

Child Growth and Development
Genetic epidemiology
Body composition and cardiovascular epidemiology
Aging

Participating faculty and areas of research
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School of Medicine, Community Health

• Wm. Cameron Chumlea, Ph.D. Aging, nutritional epidemiology, body composition [home][e-mail]
• Shumei S. Sun, Ph.D. [Community Health]. Longitudinal analysis for cardiovascular risk factors and body composition. Design and analysis of clinical trials. [home][e-mail]
• Roger Siervogel, Ph.D. Body Composition and risk for cardiovascular diseases [home][e-mail]

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Harry Khamis, Ph.D. [Statistical Consulting Center]. Contingency table analysis and goodness of fit test [home][e-mail]