Occupation: Epidemiologists
Epidemiologists
Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.
Reported Job Titles
(10)
- Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
- Communicable Diseases Specialist
- Environmental Epidemiologist
- Epidemiologist
- Epidemiology Investigator
- Infection Control Practitioner (ICP)
- Nurse Epidemiologist
- Public Health Epidemiologist
- Research Epidemiologist
- State Epidemiologist
Work Values
| Work Value | Score |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 5.67 |
| Working Conditions | 4.5 |
| Recognition | 5.33 |
| Relationships | 5 |
| Support | 4.33 |
| Independence | 5.33 |
Core Tasks
(14)
- Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.
- Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.
- Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.
- Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention.
- Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.
- Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis.
- Write articles for publication in professional journals.
- Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys.
- Write grant applications to fund epidemiologic research.
- Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians, and others.
- Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.
- Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding medical applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry.
- Supervise professional, technical, and clerical personnel.
Supplemental Tasks
(2)
- Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
- Prepare and analyze samples to study effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, or microorganisms on cell structure and tissue.