Epidemiology: Key to Public Health (Statistics for Biology and Health)

About the Author

Klaus Krickeberg was a professor at the Université Paris 5 René Descartes from 1974 until his retirement in 1998. His research focuses on dimensional theory, probability theory, stochastic geometry, geometric statistics, epidemiology (especially tropical diseases) and health information systems. In Paris, he began to study Vietnamese history and culture and, starting in 2006, led public health projects in Laos and Vietnam on behalf of a foundation. He has also worked in similar projects for UNICEF, the EU and GTZ in Vietnam and Cambodia. Krickeberg holds a doctorate from the University of Berlin. A former editor of the Journal of Probability and Related Fields, he also served on the council of the International Statistics Institute (ISI) and chaired the ISI Committee on Statistics in Developing Countries.