Also called: Disease Detective
Investigates patterns and causes of disease and injury to prevent them.
Gets a report of 30 people sick after a wedding, interviews guests about what they ate, maps the cases, and pins it on the chicken salad. Other days, analyzes data on overdoses or cancer rates.
BLS May 2024.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in epidemiology or public health (MPH); PhD for research leadership.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Public Health, Epidemiology, Biology, Statistics.
Growing much faster than average (about 16% over 10 years). Much faster than average.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI spots data patterns and drafts reports, trimming junior analyst work; field investigation, interviews and interpreting causes stay human.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Biology, Computer science, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1041.
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