title: Challenges of epidemiology in the 21st century: comments from the leaders of several epidemiology associations.
abstract: At the 2002 American Public Health Association Meeting, leaders of 12 epidemiology associations discussed the future challenges and epidemiology in the 21st century. A summary of the identified research-related, ethics, advocacy, training, and professional organization challenges is presented. Increased communication between all epidemiologists--regardless of specialty--is an excellent first step toward developing strategies to meet these challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA. Bfoxman@umich.edu
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Foxman
mesh_terms: D004813:Epidemiology / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans