Also called: One Health Epidemiologist
Tracks diseases that jump between animals and people, like bird flu and rabies.
Tests dairy herds for bird flu, traces how it spread between farms, and works with human-health officials to protect farmworkers.
Estimate; USDA, CDC, state agencies.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 10 years after high school. A bachelor's with pre-vet classes, a four-year DVM, then a Master of Public Health or PhD in epidemiology; you also need a vet license.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school, Graduate school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Animal Science, Biology, Public Health.
Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. Testing herds on farms and tracing animal-to-human spread is field work; AI just speeds the data.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Statistics, Agriculture CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-1131.
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