Epidemiologists

# 188 overall · better than 78.4% of other jobs
1.5
Low to No Risk
0% tasks are partially/fully automatable
1/5
Automatability
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Emotional Intelligence
1/5
Forgivability
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Technical Feasibility
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Ethics
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Physical Requirements
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Economic Incentive
The role of epidemiologists is complex and requires human intuition, strategic thinking, and emotional intelligence. Current AI technologies can assist but are far from replacing the human element in this field.

Median Salary: $81,390

Traits: 57

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11/100Work_Schedules
88/100Work_With_Work_Group_or_Team

Tasks performed as Epidemiologists

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  • 1.5Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.
  • 0.6Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.
  • 0.8Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
  • 0.4Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians, and others.
  • 1.5Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis.
  • 1.2Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.
  • 0.8Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding medical applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry.
  • 1.2Supervise professional, technical, and clerical personnel.
  • 1.7Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys.
  • 1.8Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
  • 2.3Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.
  • 1.2Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.
  • 1.7Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention.
  • 1.6Write articles for publication in professional journals.
  • 2Write grant applications to fund epidemiologic research.

0.0% of Epidemiologists tasks can be automated with AI or robotics

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