Title: Assistant Adjunct Professor
Education:
Yale University, MPH, PhD
Postgraduate Training:
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Fellowship
Biography Summary:
Dr. Byers is an epidemiologist with a background in aging research, methods and biostatistics. Her research focuses on psychiatric disorders, specifically depression, among community-dwelling older adults. Dr. Byers is the recipient of an NIMH K01 Career Development award. Her research involves the application of advanced methodology to address complex clinical questions on the onset, course, and outcomes of geriatric depression, and to understand how interventions can modify the decline in health associated with this course.
Educational Expertise:
epidemiology, aging research, geriatric depression, biostatistics, methods
Research Areas:
clinical and mathematical epidemiology, geropsychiatry
Keywords:
clinical epidemiology, geriatric psychiatry, biostatistics
Campus Location: VAMC
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