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Lorene Nelson

Lorene Nelson, PhD, MS

Associate Professor of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology)
Associate Director of the Center for Population Health Sciences
Stanford Health Policy Associate

Department of Health Research and Policy
HRP Redwood Building, Room T223
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5405

lnelson@stanford.edu
(650) 723-6854 (voice)
(650) 725-6951 (fax)
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Research Interests

Epidemiology and genetic of neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinsons disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), epidemiologic methods, pharmacoepidemiology

Publications

Simple counts of ADL dependencies do not adequately reflect older adults' preferences toward states of functional impairment.
Lack of replication of thirteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms implicated in Parkinson's disease: a large-scale international study.
Incidence of Parkinson's Disease: Variation by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
Population-based case-control study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in western Washington State. II. Diet.

Topics

Health and Medicine
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Health policy