Ogino et al. Respond to “The 21st Century Epidemiologist”.

The authors respond to the comments by L. H. Kuller on their article "Interdisciplinary education to integrate pathology and epidemiology: towards molecular and population-level health science," which highlights the significance of molecular pathological epidemiology (MPE) and proposes the integration of pathology and epidemiology education. They are critical of Kuller's perspective regarding MPE subcategorization, MPE-type pathobiologic analysis, and epidemiology compartmentalization risks.