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IJE Advance Access originally published online on September 19, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(5):1119-1122; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl200
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

Editorial

It's not easy being interdisciplinary

John Lynch

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Purvis Hall, 1020 Pine Ave West, Montreal QC H3A 1A2, Canada

E-mail: john.lynch@mcgill.ca

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It is no surprise that in a world dominated by business models and bottom lines that talk of interdisciplinarity is on the rise in science, as we are increasingly encouraged to be innovative through collaboration that ‘leverages’, ‘exploits’, and ‘optimizes’ resources. If you have not already heard these words around your workplace, you probably soon will. In fact, interdisciplinarity is now being studied as a scientific phenomenon in its own right1 as scientists and organizations struggle to figure out how to be—well, interdisciplinary.

In epidemiology and health research more generally, there is also a growing sense that we need more interdisciplinarity to help produce better answers to questions about causes and cures. It seems to me that, in significant ways, epidemiology is already an interdisciplinary endeavour. This is because, first, epidemiology is practised by people from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, and, second, it is intended to be applied—towards improving individual and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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