r/epidemiology is a subreddit with 29k members. The community frequently discusses bird flu, epidemiology, weekly advice & career question megathread, career, and health, and the most common flair used is academic question, news story, academic discussion, question, and peer-reviewed article.
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"Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems." -World Health Organization
Popular Topics in r/epidemiology
#1
Bird Flu
13 posts
#2
Epidemiology
11 posts
#3
Weekly Advice & Career Question Megathread
10 posts
#4
Career
10 posts
#5
Health
7 posts
#6
Cdc Data
7 posts
#7
Outbreak
5 posts
#8
H5n1
4 posts
#9
Weekly Advice
4 posts
#10
Career Question
4 posts
Flair Used in r/epidemiology
#1
Academic Question
: "Maine CDC data from unfinished cancer cluster investigation"
3 posts
#2
News Story
: "A day in the life of Congo's overstretched Ebola surveillance teams"
3 posts
#3
Academic Discussion
: "What the Models Know – Baba Brinkman"
2 posts
#4
Question
: "Risk of STD/STI transmission"
2 posts
#5
Peer-Reviewed Article
: "[Article] Global, regional, and national burden of asthma and atopic dermatitis, 1990–2021, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021"
1 post
#6
Off-topic
: "I built a free sample size calculator for biomedical research"
1 post
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Last updated: September 30, 2026