epi - people

hippocrates

introduced the word epidemic and endemic

thomas syndenham

advanced useful treatments and remedies, including exercise, fresh air, and a healthy diet, which other physicians rejected at the time

James lind

through an experimental study, showed that lemons and oranges were protective against scurvy

benjamin jesty

observed that milkmaids did not get smallpox, but did get cowpox

edward jenner

invented a vaccination for smallpox

Ignaz semmelweis

discovered that the incidence of puerperal fever could be drastically cut by using handwashing standards in obstetrical clinics

john snow

identified various modes of transmission and incubation times for cholera

louis pasteur

developed a vaccine for anthrax

robert koch

used photography to take the first pictures of microbes to show the world that microorganisms existed and that they caused many diseases

john graunt

credited with producing the first life table

william farr

promoted the idea that some diseases, especially chronic diseases, can have multifactorial etiology

bernardino ramazzini

observed in the 17th century that certain jobs carried a high risk for disease

edgar syden sticker

provided classifications of morbidity statistics to improve the value of morbidity information

doll and hill

conducted the first cohort study investigating the association between smoking and lung cancer

florence nightingale

used data as a tool for improving city and military hospitals

janet lane-claypon

pioneered the use of cohort and case-control studies to identify risk factors for breast cancer

alice hamilton

a pioneer in the field of toxicology

wade hampton frost

the father of modern epidemiology

olli s miettinen

a statistician who was a pioneer in developing the theory of epidemiologic study design and casual interference