Research

The Department of Epidemiology and Population Health (EPH) at Stanford University conducts innovative, interdisciplinary research to understand the distribution, determinants, and prevention of disease across diverse populations. Through a combination of observational and experimental methods, EPH scholars investigate environmental, social, behavioral, and genetic factors that influence human health, providing critical insights for diagnosis, treatment, and public health interventions. As the analytical core of the Stanford School of Medicine, the department supports research across a wide spectrum of health conditions and trains physician-investigators and population health scientists in advanced research methods. Collaborations with top-ranked departments in statistics, computer science, genetics, and biomedical sciences further enhance EPH’s impact, enabling groundbreaking work in areas such as causal inference, machine learning, and spatial epidemiology. Located at the nexus of Stanford’s medical and research enterprise, EPH is a hub for data-driven discovery aimed at transforming health outcomes on a global scale.