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About the Author
Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS, was the Director of CDC's Division of Public Health Information Dissemination in the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS) and Editor-in-Chief of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series while serving as the editor of this book. She is currently CDC's Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases and Director of CDC's Office of Infectious Diseases. She has held leadership positions in several CDC emergency responses, including 2009 H1N1 influenza, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus, and Ebola and Zika viruses. Richard A. Goodman, MD, JD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at Emory University's School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Goodman held leadership and senior staff positions at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1978 to 2015, serving as Editor-in-Chief of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series for a decade, Co-Director of CDC's Public Health Law Program, and Associate Director of CDC's Epidemiology Program Office.
Reviews
This text offers a comprehensive overview of field investigations and includes easy-to-understand figures and tables that walk the reader through all steps of a field investigation. The knowledge presented in this text will help the next generation conduct quality field investigations at the local, national, or multinational level. When urgent public health crises arise, they will be ready to take action immediately. * Susanna L. Trost and Anne Spaulding, American Journal of Epidemiology *
A welcome update, particularly as 21st century tools and technologies are now integrated throughout the manual. * International Journal of Epidemiology *
A useful addition to the library of any epidemiologist. * Annals of Epidemiology *
This text will help the next generation conduct quality field investigations at the local, national, or multinational level. * American Journal of Epidemiology *
I relished the opportunity to learn more information about field epidemiology ... I believe that the book managed to be both detailed and readable: a real achievement. * North Wing Book Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190624248
Author Sonja A. Rasmussen
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 925g
Dimensions(mm) 174mm * 254mm * 28mm