epidemiologists
Disease spread researchers
Epidemiologists are scientists who study how diseases spread through populations.
They track outbreaks, identify risk factors, and analyze patterns of illness to inform public health responses.
Epidemiologists traced the contaminated lettuce back to a single farm.
The field gained public visibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, when epidemiologists became regular fixtures in news coverage.
Microbial invasions causing disease
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- transmissionSending of information
contagion · vectors · hosts · mortality · morbidity · incidence · prevalence · zoonotic
Learns through examination
- dataFacts for analysis
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- outbreaksSudden widespread occurrences
- analysisMethodical study of parts
methodology · cohorts · statistics · modeling · fieldwork · investigations · sampling · hypotheses
Statistical methods for medicine
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- GISSpatial data framework
- surveysSystematic information gathering
questionnaires · contact-tracing · serology · databases · registries
U.S. public health agency
- WHOUN health authority
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
quarantine · contact-tracing · screening · guidelines · policy · sanitation · community · populations
infections
Microbial invasions causing disease
- pathogensDisease-causing microorganisms
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
transmission · contagion · vectors · hosts · mortality · morbidity · incidence · prevalence · zoonotic · communicable
studies
Learns through examination
- dataFacts for analysis
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- outbreaksSudden widespread occurrences
analysis · methodology · cohorts · statistics · modeling · fieldwork · investigations · sampling · hypotheses · variables
biostatistics
Statistical methods for medicine
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- GISSpatial data framework
surveys · questionnaires · contact-tracing · serology · databases · registries
CDC
U.S. public health agency
- WHOUN health authority
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
vaccination · quarantine · contact-tracing · screening · guidelines · policy · sanitation · community · populations · exposure
cholera
Bacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
typhoid · miasma · sanatoriums · DDT · malaria · eradication · HIV · Ebola · SARS · COVID-19
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, community health
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- industry workerstechnicians, scientists, researchers, engineers, managers
- medical professionalsdoctor, doctors, physician, physicians, surgeon
- food safetyfood safety, food hygiene, food handling, food poisoning, contamination
epidemiologistsclinicians
Healthcare providers seeing patients
general practitioners · family doctors · surgeons · specialists · physicians
epidemiologistsfaith healers
Those claiming supernatural cures
quacks · anti-vaxxers · homeopaths · pseudoscientists · charlatans
epidemiologistssuperspreaders
Those spreading illness widely
disease vectors · patient zero · Typhoid Mary · anti-maskers