Epidemiology in the Hospital Setting

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Epidemiology in the Hospital Setting
Benjamin A. Rybicki, PhD Senior Scientist, Henry
Ford Hospital
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Henry Ford Health System
Females Females Males Males Total Total
Age of pop of pop of pop
0-17 10529 7.6 10814 7.8 21343 15.4
18-29 8887 6.4 7667 5.5 16554 11.9
30-39 6543 4.7 4775 3.4 11318 8.1
40-49 10761 7.7 8362 6.0 19123 13.8
50-59 14400 10.4 11498 8.3 25898 18.6
60-69 11186 8.0 9816 7.1 21002 15.1
70-79 7846 5.6 6053 4.4 13899 10.0
80 5855 4.2 3976 2.9 9831 7.1
Total 76007 54.7 62961 45.3 138968 100.0
Age Females Males Total
0 - 17 63458 66583 130041
18 - 29 42306 39189 81495
30 - 39 38462 32150 70612
40 - 49 51924 46138 98062
50-59 52733 47000 99733
60-69 31578 29638 61216
70-79 13773 11710 25483
80 9943 6764 16707
Total 304177 279172 583349
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Epidemiology
Interviewers Abstractors Data Entry
Biostatistics Research Epidemiology www.henryfor
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BRE Organizational Structure
Biostatisticians 13
Epidemiologists 16
Molecular Epid Research Lab 6
Data Management Programming 10
Abstracting, Interviewing, RN/LPNs, MAs 36
Data Entry 2
Computer Facility 4
Secretarial 3
Grants Managers 2
Project Support 10
Administrative Manager 1
Total Staff 103
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A Nested Case-Control Study using a
Pathology-based Cohort
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At Henry Ford, epidemiologists lead and co-lead
research in step with the mission of the health
system. Biostatisticians are often
co-investigators on epidemiologist-lead research,
but focus most on statistical issues across
multiple projects. Epidemiologists tend to
favor observational studies, but often employ
methodologies developed by basic science
researchers and team with clinical researchers
doing intervention studies. Investigators who
want to use population data to address a research
question can benefit from interactions with an
epidemiologist.
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