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ArticleOnline journal of public health informatics2014

Systems Epidemiology: What's in a Name?

O Dammann, P Gray, P Gressens, O Wolkenhauer, A Leviton

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Article in Online journal of public health informatics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

O DammannDept of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA ; Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
P GrayDept of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
P GressensInserm, U676, Paris, France ; Department of Perinatal Imaging and Health, Department of Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
O WolkenhauerDepartment of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany ; Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Stellenbosch, South Africa.
A LevitonNeuroepidemiology Unit, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Funding

Neonatal Biomarkers in Extremely Preterm Babies Predict Childhood Brain DisordersU01NS040069 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI KUBAN, KARL · 2001 to 2014
$34.0M
SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Circulating Immune Biomarkers and Retinopathy of PrematurityR01EY021820 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI DAMMANN, OLAF · 2013 to 2016
$1.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021820NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS040069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systems biology is an interdisciplinary effort to integrate molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and organism levels of function into computational models that facilitate the identification of general principles. Systems medicine adds a disease focus. Systems epidemiology adds yet another level consisting of antecedents that might contribute to the disease process in populations. In etiologic and prevention research, systems-type thinking about multiple levels of causation will allow epidemiologists to identify contributors to disease at multiple levels as well as their interactions. In public health, systems epidemiology will contribute to the improvement of syndromic surveillance methods. We encourage the creation of computational simulation models that integrate information about disease etiology, pathogenetic data, and the expertise of investigators from different disciplines.

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computer simulationepidemiologysystems biologySystems theory

Identifiers

PMID25598870
PMCPMC4292535

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