{"id":36,"date":"2024-01-23T16:17:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/epidemiology-and-genetics\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:00:24","slug":"research-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/epidemiology-and-genetics\/research-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/epidemiology-and-genetics\/\" >Division of Epidemiology and Genetics<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  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