#epidemiology, Author Interviews, UCSD / 06.02.2026
UCSD Discusses Importance of Studying Survival Epidemiology
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
[caption id="attachment_72295" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Cuomo[/caption]
Raphael E. Cuomo, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Adjunct Professor, Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Epidemiology has mostly been built to explain who gets sick, but many of the decisions that matter most happen after diagnosis. Across multiple diseases, relationships that look consistent in prevention studies often do not hold once people already have the disease, and sometimes they even flip. Diagnosis can change patient biology, treatment context, and biases in the data, so we need clearer methods and language for postdiagnosis questions.
Dr. Cuomo[/caption]
Raphael E. Cuomo, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Adjunct Professor, Anesthesiology
University of California, San Diego
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Epidemiology has mostly been built to explain who gets sick, but many of the decisions that matter most happen after diagnosis. Across multiple diseases, relationships that look consistent in prevention studies often do not hold once people already have the disease, and sometimes they even flip. Diagnosis can change patient biology, treatment context, and biases in the data, so we need clearer methods and language for postdiagnosis questions.