Description
Epidemiologists centre their research on origin and causes for illness eruption in humans. They determine the way in which diseases are spread out and propose risk preventive measures to health policy organisms.
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Theoretical Knowledge
communicable diseasespublic healthproject managementbiometricsscientific research methodologyepidemiologystatisticsscientific literaturepreventive medicineresearch designprofessional documentation in health carebiological chemistryvirologymicrobiology-bacteriologybiologystatistical analysis system softwaregeneral medicineimmunologymultidisciplinary researchlaboratory techniquesSAS languagegenomicslife sciences
Practical Skills
mentor individualsmanage personal professional developmentdevelop professional network with researchers and scientistsmanage research dataapply scientific methodsevaluate research activitiesintegrate gender dimension in researchpromote the transfer of knowledgemanage open publicationsspeak different languagessynthesise informationapply for research fundingthink abstractlyoperate open source softwareperform project managementpromote open innovation in researchdraft scientific or academic papers and technical documentationapply statistical analysis techniquesgather experimental datatake disease prevention measuresapply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activitiespromote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activitiesmanage findable accessible interoperable and reusable datainteract professionally in research and professional environmentsreport analysis resultscommunicate with a non-scientific audiencewrite scientific publicationsperform scientific researchprevent communicable diseases' outbreaksconduct research across disciplinesmanage intellectual property rightsincrease the impact of science on policy and societydemonstrate disciplinary expertisedisseminate results to the scientific communitypublish academic researchmanage clinical riskperform laboratory testsdevelop scientific theoriesteach in academic or vocational contextsmanufacture medicinesinform policy makers on health-related challengesarchive scientific documentationdevelop vaccineseducate on the prevention of illnessdevelop communicable disease control policiesassess environmental impactanalyse blood samplesdevelop scientific research protocolsapply blended learningcontribute to public health campaignsassist in clinical trialsadvise on legislative actscontribute to practice innovation in health care