Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health
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The Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is a leading academic and research unit focused on studying the distribution, determinants, and prevention of disease in populations.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5906664 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health Context triple: [Hal Morgenstern, memberOf, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health]
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Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a leading academic and research department focused on studying the distribution, determinants, and prevention of disease in populations worldwide.
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Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is an academic unit at McGill University specializing in research and graduate education on population health, statistical methods, and workplace health risks.
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School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota is an academic institution dedicated to education, research, and community engagement in public health and population health sciences.
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D.
School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at West Virginia University is an academic unit dedicated to education, research, and community engagement in public health disciplines.
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E.
School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University is an academic institution dedicated to education and research in public health, preventive medicine, and related health sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health Target entity description: The Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is a leading academic and research unit focused on studying the distribution, determinants, and prevention of disease in populations.
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Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is a leading academic and research department focused on studying the distribution, determinants, and prevention of disease in populations worldwide.
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Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
The Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health is an academic unit at McGill University specializing in research and graduate education on population health, statistical methods, and workplace health risks.
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C.
School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota is an academic institution dedicated to education, research, and community engagement in public health and population health sciences.
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D.
School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University is an academic institution dedicated to education and research in public health, preventive medicine, and related health sciences.
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E.
School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at West Virginia University is an academic unit dedicated to education, research, and community engagement in public health disciplines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic department
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epidemiology department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
biostatistics
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chronic disease epidemiology ⓘ environmental epidemiology ⓘ genetic epidemiology ⓘ infectious disease epidemiology ⓘ social epidemiology ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
local public health agencies in Michigan
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national and international public health organizations ⓘ other departments in the University of Michigan School of Public Health ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer |
biostatisticians
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epidemiologists ⓘ public health researchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epidemiology
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public health ⓘ |
| hasEducationalObjective |
prepare students for leadership roles in public health practice
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prepare students for research careers in epidemiology ⓘ train public health professionals in epidemiologic methods ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ann Arbor, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
develop strategies for disease prevention in populations
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study the determinants of disease in populations ⓘ study the distribution of disease in populations ⓘ |
| offers |
Doctor of Philosophy programs in epidemiology
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Master of Public Health programs ⓘ graduate education in epidemiology ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Regents of the University of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
University of Michigan
NERFINISHED
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University of Michigan School of Public Health NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
cancer epidemiology
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cardiovascular disease epidemiology ⓘ chronic diseases ⓘ environmental and occupational epidemiology ⓘ genetic and molecular epidemiology ⓘ global health epidemiology ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ maternal and child health epidemiology ⓘ social and behavioral determinants of health ⓘ |
| sector |
higher education
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public health research ⓘ |
| website | https://sph.umich.edu/epi/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health Description of subject: The Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health is a leading academic and research unit focused on studying the distribution, determinants, and prevention of disease in populations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Hal Morgenstern
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memberOf
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Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health
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