BIOSTAT

Father of medicine and the very first epidemiologist

Discovered the use of citrus fruit as a cure for scurvy

Founder of medical statistics and modern surveillance

Professor of public health and epidemiology

Pioneer in research linkingsmoking to health problems

Created bradfordhill criteria for causal relationship

Investigated cholera epidemics and was the father of modern epidemiology

Founded the science of demography

Scope of epidemiology

Epidemiological principles and methods applied in

Study of the distribution and determinants of health- related states or events in specified populations

The work of louis pasteur and robert koch which proposed that microorganisms caused many diseases.

A british physician is considered the father of epidemiology for his work during a cholera outbreak in london

In the 16th and 17th centuries scientist like john graunt and william petty used statistical techniques to analyze birth and death records

The development of meta analysis and systemic reviews in the late 20th century led to the established of evidence based medicine and public health

The 20th century saw significant advancements in the filed of epidemiology

The emergence of the bubonic plague in the 14th century prompted some rudimentary public health measures

Early civilizations such as the egyptians and greeks made some observations about diseases and their causes

As the burden of disease shifted down from infectious diseases to chronic, non communicable diseases in the 20th century