International Neurological and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program
(INPEP)
Overview
Neurologic and psychiatric disorders represent a substantial proportion of
the global burden of disease. Nowhere is this burden more evident than in developing
countries, where both clinical expertise and the research capacity appropriate
for investigating such disorders are lacking. The MSU International Neurologic
and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP) utilizes epidemiologic methods
to study neurologic and psychiatric conditions that impact public health in
developing regions of the world. Such conditions include neurodevelopmental
disabilities, epilepsy, central nervous system infections, schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, depression and stroke among others.
Multidisciplinary training and collaborations involving MSU experts in neurology,
psychiatry, epidemiology, and radiology are central to this effort. Additional
expertise include those found in the social sciences, anthropology, political
science, health services research, and the basic biomedical sciences. The research
undertaken by INPEP strives to place the diseases under study in the appropriate
social and geopolitical context.
INPEP in the News
INPEP Brown Bag Lecture Series
INPEP Core Faculty
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