Contents

ch. 1 Changing Contexts in Epidemiologic Research - Thoughts of Young Epidemiologists on Major Challenges for the Next Decades /​ Lorenzo Richiardi
ch. 2 Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases: The Chagas Disease Model /​ Felipe Guhl
ch. 3 Overview of Pharmacoepidemiological Databases in the Assessment of Medicines Under Real-Life Conditions /​ Ana Paula Martins
ch. 4 Frameworks for Causal Inference in Epidemiology /​ Raquel Lucas
ch. 5 Causal Diagrams and Three Pairs of Biases /​ Doron J. Shahar
ch. 6 Qualitative Research in Epidemiology /​ Silvia Fraga
ch. 7 Between Epidemiology and Basic Genetic Research - Systems Epidemiology /​ Eiliv Lund
ch. 8 Viral Evolutionary Ecology: Conceptual Basis of a New Scientific Approach for Understanding Viral Emergence /​ J.C. Gallego-Gomez
ch. 9 Clinical Epidemiology: Principles Revisited in an Approach to Study Heart Failure /​ Ana Azevedo
Contents note continued: ch. 10 Role of Epidemiological Data Within the Drug Development Lifecycle: A Chronic Migraine Case Study /​ Haley Kaplowitz
ch. 11 The Use of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Modern Epidemiology /​ Nuno Lunet.