Epidemiology & Biostatistics

If you need to evaluate the relationship between certain exposures of individuals or a population and the disease outcomes that result, epidemiology and biostatistics can provide needed insights.

ORAU’s experts provide evaluation of the exposure-disease relationship through health surveillance programs, independent, scientific investigations, health risk assessments, and large cohort studies to inform human health protection, procedures, and policies.

Our team of epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health physicists, industrial hygienists, and toxicologists offer comprehensive expertise in epidemiologic studies of occupational exposures. This includes study design, surveys, data capture, and historical document retrieval, comprehensive literature reviews, data exploration, and health data analytics.

What we offer

Independent scientific investigations
Epidemiologic study design and protocols
Comprehensive literature reviews
Health surveys and surveillance programs
Data capture, collection, and management

Health data exploration and analytics
Biostatistical modeling
Advanced statistical methods
Expertise in statistical software: SAS, SPSS, R, Epicure

What is occupational epidemiology?

Occupational epidemiology describes the study of worker populations and workplace exposures, generally chemical, biological or physical (e.g., noise, heat, radiation) agents, to evaluate the risk of adverse health outcomes.

What is biostatistics?

Biostatistics involves the design, analysis, and interpretation of data to help answer important questions in medicine, public health, and biology. Such questions include what exposures or other factors contribute to development of cancer and other diseases, how long a person with a certain illness is likely to survive, or whether a new drug or treatment protocol is effective.

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Customers we serve

U.S. Department of Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
U.S. Department of Defense

National Council on Radiation Protection & Measurements
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NASA

Contact us

For more information about ORAU's epidemiology and exposure science programs, contact us at (865) 576-3115 or Occ.health@orau.org.

If you have questions about contracting vehicles, contact the ORAU Contracts Administration Office at (865) 576-7618 or angela.holmberg@orau.org.