Alvan Feinstein
Alvan Feinstein | |
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| Born | December 4, 1925 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | October 25, 2001 (aged 75) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | clinical epidemiology clinimetrics |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Irvington House Institute Yale University |
Alvan Feinstein (December 4, 1925 – October 25, 2001) was an American clinician, health informatician, and epidemiologist who had a significant impact on clinical investigation, especially in the field of clinical epidemiology that he helped define. He is regarded as one of the fathers of modern clinical epidemiology.