Reeves Publishes Student Guide to Epidemiological Research
Making Sense of Epidemiological Research: A Student's Guide will release on July 8, 2025 from Routledge
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Katherine Reeves, Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, has published a new textbook that provides a concise guide to the understanding and critical evaluation of journal articles in epidemiology.
Titled Making Sense of Epidemiological Research: A Student's Guide, the book offers a step-by-step process, beginning with how to find epidemiologic studies on a given topic. It then shows readers how to identify and assess the key features of a study’s design, the methods of data collection and analysis, the conclusions that can be drawn, and finally the questions that remain. Including a chapter exploring the misuse of artificial intelligence, this complete companion shows students not only how to evaluate individual studies but also to synthesize findings across multiple studies on a single topic, as well as guidance on writing a critique of a given article.
An experienced instructor with over 15 years of teaching, Reeves also includes activities so that readers can practice the skills they learn.
“With so much misinformation in today’s media landscape, it’s more important than ever for public health and healthcare professionals to have the skills to critically evaluate epidemiologic studies on their own,” says Reeves. “I wrote this book based on my experience teaching UMass undergraduate and graduate students how to do just that. My hope is that both students and working professionals will find it a valuable resource for making sense of the medical literature.”
Making Sense of Epidemiological Research will be essential reading for any student of epidemiology, public health, and medicine. It is available for pre-order from the publisher, Routledge, or from Amazon and other major retailers. It is scheduled for release on July 8, 2025.