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Concentration Area

Epidemiology of Health Services

This area focuses on applying epidemiology to decision-making processes within healthcare services. It evaluates health services, policies, and programs in terms of utilization, coverage, outcomes, and impact.

Research Lines

  • Investigates access, utilization, and service quality.
  • Examines health outcomes for users and communities.
  • Evaluates user and healthcare professional satisfaction.

Faculty:

Elaine Tomasi, Iná Santos, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Mariângela Silveira, Bruno Pereira Nunes and Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva.

  • Evaluates conceptual adequacy of health policies and programs.
  • Assesses implementation, effectiveness, and efficacy using key indicators.

Faculty:

Andréa Dâmaso, Elaine Tomasi, Iná Santos, Joseph Murray, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Mariângela Silveira and Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva.

  • Applies epidemiological methods to assess medication use, appropriateness, safety, and cost-effectiveness.

 

Faculty:

Andréa Dâmaso.

Epidemiology of the Life Course

This area explores the short, medium, and long-term effects of exposures on outcomes throughout life.

Research Lines

  • Explores early-life exposures’ impact on mental health and human capital.

Faculty:

Aluísio Barros, Ana Menezes, Bernardo Horta, Helen Gonçalves, Iná Santos, Luciana Tovo Rodrigues, Alicia Matijasevich, Joseph Murray and Bruna Cordeiro Gonçalves da Silva.

  • Investigates the lifelong effects of early exposures on oral health.

Faculty:

Aluísio Barros, Flávio Demarco and Bruna Cordeiro Gonçalves da Silva.

  • Studies early-life exposures’ effects on non-communicable diseases across the lifespan.

Faculty:

Ana Menezes, Bernardo Horta, Fernando Wehrmeister, Helen Gonçalves, Luciana Tovo Rodrigues, Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva, Fernando Hartwig, Janaina Vieira dos Santos Motta and Bruna Cordeiro Gonçalves da Silva.

  • Investigates health across the lifespan using genetic markers as exposures or outcomes.

Faculty:

Ana Menezes, Bernardo Horta, Luciana Tovo Rodrigues and Fernando Pires Hartwig.

  • Analyzes the behavior of members of cohort studies.

 

Faculty:

Joseph Murray.

  • Evaluates maternal and child health across the life course.


Faculty:

Aluísio Barros, Andréa Dâmaso, Bernardo Horta, Iná Santos, Mariângela Silveira, Alicia Matijasevich, Bruna Cordeiro Gonçalves da Silva and Janaina Vieira dos Santos Motta.

Social Determinants of the Health-Disease-Care Process

This area examines how social, economic, cultural, and other factors influence health outcomes.

Research Lines

  • Uses epidemiological methods to assess health disparities within populations.

Faculty:

Elaine Tomasi, Iná Santos, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Mariângela Silveira, Bruno Pereira Nunes and Inácio Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva.

  • Investigates health effects from occupational risk factors and environments.

Faculty: 

Anaclaudia Fassa and Luiz Augusto Facchini.

  • Studies health-disease-care processes in diverse populations.

Faculty: 

Elaine Tomasi, Fernando Wehrmeister, Helen Gonçalves, Iná Santos, Pedro Hallal, Alicia Matijasevich,  Isabel de Oliveira, and Bruna Cordeiro Gonçalves da Silva.

Health Equity

This area monitors global health and nutrition intervention coverage and equity, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Research Lines

  • Monitors health disparities globally, focusing on healthcare access.

Faculty:

Aluísio Barros, Fernando Wehrmeister, Cauane Blumenberg and Início Crochemore Mohnsam da Silva.

  • Advances methodological approaches to studying health equity.

Faculty:

Aluísio Barros, Fernando Wehrmeister, Cauane Blumenberg and Bruno Pereira Nunes.

  • Assesses health inequalities among women, children, and adolescents using composite indicators.

Faculty:

Aluísio Barros, Fernando Wehrmeister and Cauane Blumenberg.

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