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Preventive Medicine: Disease
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The Department of Preventive Medicine is an independent department within the School of Medicine of the Stony Brook University Medical Center. It was established when the medical school first opened in 1971 with goals and composition that were well aligned with the school's focus on community service and an interdisciplinary approach to research and teaching with faculty representing the clinical, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as the humanities. With its population health perspective and focus on all aspects of preventing disease and disability, the Department has developed into an important force in establishing links with area-wide agencies such as the two county health departments. Research activities address understanding the multiple determinants of health and illness including social, behavioral, environmental, demographic, occupational, policy, economic, and genetic as well as effective medical and public health interventions.
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The aim of the Institute is to be a centre of excellence in epidemiology and preventive medicine and to advance the discipline in all its aspects. The focus is on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into public health strategies and their practical implementation - all dedicated to the reduction of disease and disability.
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Originally, preventive medicine was largely concerned with understanding andpreventing infectious disease. Today... its scope has widened. The aimof preventive medicine is to preserve good health; to prevent disease, injury, and disability; and to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of illness.
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