Epidemiologists

Does not pass

• Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 10.4% of the role's time · $101M

• Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 8.8% of the role's time · $85.9M

• Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 8.5% of the role's time · $82.9M

• Supervise professional, technical, and clerical personnel.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 7.9% of the role's time · $77.1M

• Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.7% of the role's time · $74.9M

• Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.7% of the role's time · $74.7M

• Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 7.4% of the role's time · $72.4M

• Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 7.3% of the role's time · $71.5M

• Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.7% of the role's time · $65.2M

• Write articles for publication in professional journals.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.0% of the role's time · $58.8M

• Write grant applications to fund epidemiologic research.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.9% of the role's time · $57.0M

• Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.7% of the role's time · $46.2M

• Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians, and others.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.4% of the role's time · $43.0M

• Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding medical applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 4.1% of the role's time · $40.0M

• Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 1.3% of the role's time · $12.7M

• Prepare and analyze samples to study effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, or microorganisms on cell structure and tissue.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.1% of the role's time · $10.7M