Also called: DIS, Contact Tracer
Tracks down people exposed to diseases like syphilis, HIV, and TB and helps them get tested and treated.
Interviews a patient newly diagnosed with an infection, then finds and confidentially notifies their contacts, sometimes knocking on doors. Part detective, part counselor.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's often preferred; extensive on-the-job CDC-style training.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Public Health, Sociology.
Growing about average. Expanded after COVID; funding varies.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps trace contact networks in data; confidential interviews, door knocks and persuading people to get treated stay human.
Classes: Biology, Psychology, Spanish, Health.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1094.
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