Description
Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, and other health outcomes in populations; develop and evaluate methods for prevention and control.
- • Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, surveillance, health care planning, and improvement initiatives.
- • Investigate diseases and parasites to determine causes, risk factors, progression, and modes of transmission.
- • Plan and direct epidemiologic studies on human or animal disease, prevention methods, and interventions.
- • Plan, administer, and evaluate health standards and programs in collaboration with health departments, providers, and industry.
- • Design, manage, and evaluate study protocols, questionnaires, sampling strategies, and analyses.
- • Develop and apply epidemiologic methods, analyze data, and present findings.
- • Consult with and advise clinicians, educators, researchers, and public health officials.
- • Supervise professional, technical, and clerical staff.
- • Identify and analyze public health issues, including foodborne and parasitic diseases, and inform policy and studies.
- • Teach epidemiology principles and relevant procedures to clinicians, trainees, students, and technicians.
- • Collaborate with laboratories to interpret sample data on exposures and pathogens.
- • Monitor and report notifiable diseases to local and state health agencies.
- • Communicate findings to health practitioners, policymakers, and the public.
- • Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public on disease transmission and prevention.
- • Publish findings in professional journals.
- • Write grant proposals to fund epidemiologic research.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
