According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public. | 90% |
| Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement. | 85% |
| Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission. | 85% |
| Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention. | 84% |
| Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies. | 84% |
| Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease. | 84% |
| Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis. | 82% |
| Write articles for publication in professional journals. | 79% |
| Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys. | 77% |
| Write grant applications to fund epidemiologic research. | 76% |
| Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians, and others. | 76% |
| Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds. | 73% |
| Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings. | 73% |
| Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding medical applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry. | 70% |
| Supervise professional, technical, and clerical personnel. | 67% |
| Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians. | 58% |
| Prepare and analyze samples to study effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, or microorganisms on cell structure and tissue. | 53% |
