EPIDEMIOLOGISTS
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS OFTEN OVERSEE PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMMES , WHERE THEY INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF DISEASE. THEY USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO DESIGN RESEARCH STUDIES, MONITORING PROGRAMMES, AND COMMUNITY SURVEYS.
THEIR RESEARCH INVOLVES COLECTING AND ANALYSING VARIOUS TYPES OF DATA, INCLUDING BLOOD AND TISSUE SAMPLES, INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYS
THEY PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF DRUGS AND VACCINES WHICH COULD IMPROVE THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
THE TASK OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS IS TO REDUCE PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS BY INTEGRATING EXPERIMENTS, RISK ASSESSMENT, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS TO STUDY DISEASE PATTERNS IN POPULATIONS.
EPIDEMIOLOGY RELIES HEAVILY ON STATISTICS FOR ESTABLISHING AND QUANTIFYING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RISK FACTORS AND DISEASE, AND FOR ESTABLISHING WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF A PARTICULAR DISEASE OCCURRING IN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
EPIDEMIOLOGIST ARE ALSO ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY PROVING OR DISPROVING THEORIES ON HOW DISEASE SPREAD AND HOW BEST TO MANAGE OR TREAT CERTAIN DISEASES. THEY THEN WRITE REPORTS TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO GOVERNMENTS, MEDICAL INDUSTRIES, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THEY ALSO ADVICE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ON ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ABOUT MERCURY IN FISH, HIGH OZONE DAYS, AND MOLD EXPOSURE ARE BASED ON THEIR WORK
THE VITAL WORK OF THESE PROFESSIONALS HELPS PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS.
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WORK FOR NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE STUDY PATTERNS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE IN POPULATIONS. MOST JOBS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ARE WITH GOVERNMENT, OR GOVERNMENT FUNDED AGENCIES.
MANY ALSO WORK FOR HOSPITALS, OR AS FACULTY MEMBERS OR RESEARCH STAFF AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND WITH SCIENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS.
