The research project guidelines state “Don submit purely laboratory-based (bench) research.” Can you explain the difference between this type of research and epidemiological research?
Research scientists focus on clinical lab work and the biology of diseases; epidemiologists focus on public health and the pattern of diseases. Epidemiologists study the reasons why large populations of people get sick in order to find the cause of the illness and develop plans for controlling the spread of disease. For example, epidemiologists investigating the H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) outbreak collect and analyze data about the infected population, to look for patterns and try to determine causal associations. With this information, epidemiologists can then make predictions about where the disease first occurred, how it is being transmitted, and who is most likely to be infected. Then they can develop strategies to prevent the disease from spreading. A research scientist would study how the flu affects the human body and conduct lab experiments to develop a drug treatment plan, which could reduce or eliminate the flus effects, or develop a vaccine to prevent healthy individuals from gett
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