Is there a lot of collaboration between EPH researchers and other Yale departments on prevention strategies?
Effective public health practice programs or research often requires the skills of many disciplines. This certainly includes the behavioral and social sciences like psychology, sociology and anthropology. We also collaborate with experts in the biological sciences, the management sciences — since so much of our concern today is about the organization of health systems — and the environmental sciences like toxicology. Ethical and legal issues today are major concerns in public health so we also collaborate with lawyers, political scientists, and historians. It is because of the multidisciplinary nature of public health that EPH faculty work closely with faculty throughout the University. One of your areas of expertise as an epidemiologist is AIDS. What are your thoughts on the AIDS drugs being offered by pharmaceutical companies for reduced cost in Brazil and other developing countries? The Brazil experience raises the question as to whether it is ethical, in the face of such a devast
