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International Journal of Epidemiology 2002;31:719-721
© International Epidemiological Association 2002

Editorial

The aftermath of September 11: what’s an epidemiologist to do?

Ezra Sussera and Mervyn Susserb

a Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Epidemiology of Brain Disorders at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
b Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center Columbia University and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Dr E Susser, Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology, 600 West 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA. E-mail: ess8@columbia.edu

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Since the terrorist attack of 11 September 2001, it is often said, we live in a different world. Perhaps not true in all endeavours, it is true in epidemiology and public health. Sudden and momentous change has shifted the focus and social role of our profession. Although epidemiologists are divided on how to respond to this change, as yet no published debate bears on the matter. We have elsewhere called upon epidemiologists to undertake a concerted effort to choose our future and choose it wisely.1,2 In accord with that stance, we seek to open a debate on what the change portends for our profession. The paper concentrates on the US but the issues are relevant to epidemiologists around the globe.

The attacks of September 11 and the anthrax cases in its aftermath provoked a re-examination of public health infrastructure in the US. For decades, public health had been a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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