Established in 1962 in Hagerstown, Maryland, the George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention: - Conducts research on the prevention of disease, particularly heart disease, cancer and stroke
- Provides a base of operations for faculty and students who are interested in community-based research
- Serves as a resource for the Washington County (Maryland) Health Department in the areas of public health surveillance and assessment
The Comstock Center is involved in several multi-site epidemiologic studies in Hagerstown. Under the new direction of Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, MHS, professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Comstock Center will continue to serve as a resource for community-based research and for collaboration with the local health department and other centers, departments and schools at Johns Hopkins. The Comstock Center is named in honor of the late George W. Comstock, a founder of modern epidemiology and a professor emeritus of Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School. |
