Becky Dawson

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Department: Biology
Email: rdawson@allegheny.edu
Office Phone: (814) 332-2196
Office Building: Carr Hall
Office Room: 206
Box #: E
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Professional Title/s

Associate Professor

Faculty Credentials

B.S. Allegheny College, Ph.D. University of Maryland, Baltimore

Biographical Information

Departments

Biology, Global Health Studies

Teaching

Topics and Approaches in Global Health, Global Health Challenges

Research

Epidemiology

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Research Interests

My research draws primarily from epidemiological and biostatistical methods. I am specifically interested in understanding disease risk factors and patterns of disease in human populations. Work in my “lab” is not traditional wet-lab work; instead it involves collecting or using existing data from human participants. Student projects could involve secondary data analyses using data from the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pennsylvania Department of Health, or Meadville Medical Center. Alternatively, students could work with me to collect primary data from human participants on campus or in the Meadville community.