Principles of Genetics and Molecular Epidemiology

This book covers some of the most novel genetic and genomic concepts in epidemiology, such as geospatial statistics and systems biology from a clinical point of view by explaining molecular applications with accessible human studies. Featuring a comprehensive table of contents, it includes chapters from genomics and epidemiology surveillance to transcriptomics and alternative splicing principles.Across 17 well-organized chapters, this book meets attempt to explain easily to clinicians and students with basic principles of the genetics, genomics, molecular biology and its applications to epidemiology and public health. The text is distinct from other literature on the market because it covers useful genomic tools applied in epidemiology for clinicians who may not be experts in this branch of health science. Principles of Genetics and Molecular Epidemiology demystifies the idea that biomedicine is far from being applied in both epidemiology and clinical practice. 

Juan Carlos Gomez-Verjan, Pharm, MSc, PhD Medical ResearcherDirección de InvestigaciónInstituto Nacional de Geriatría (INGER),Ciudad de México, México Nadia Alejandra Rivero-Segura, Biol; PhDMedical ResearcherDirección de InvestigaciónInstituto Nacional de Geriatría (INGER) Ciudad de México, México Juan Carlos Gómez Verjan PhD is a Medical Researcher at Instituto Nacional de Geriatría in México City. He holds a Bachelor’s in pharmacology and a master’s degree in Sciences. Editor of a previously published book with Springer, Clinical Genetics and Genomics of Aging, he has published more than 20 scientific articles and 4 additional book chapters. He has performed research stays abroad and his research interests focus on genomics and epigenomics of aging, network pharmacology and bioinformatics.  Nadia Alejandra Rivero Segura PhD is a Medical Researcher at Instituto Nacional de Geriatría in Mexico City. She holds a Bachelor´s in biology and was a postdoctoral fellow at División de Neurosciencias-Instituto de Fisiología Celular-UNAM. Co-editor of the above book with Springer, Clinical Genetics and Genomics of Aging, she is also the author of 15 scientific articles and 2 additional book chapters. She has performed a research stay at Instituto de Medicina Molecular Joan Lobo Antunes. Her research interests focus on neuroepigenetics of stroke, biomarkers of aging and mitochondrial dynamics in aging.