epidemiologist
Americannoun
Explanation
An epidemiologist is a scientist or medical professional who specializes patterns of diseases that spread between people. Epidemiologists study things like the causes and treatment of lung disease, for example. If you're interested in public health or communicable illnesses, you might decide to be an epidemiologist one day. An epidemiologist might study the spread of a strain of the flu, or investigate the causes of a measles outbreak. Epidemiologist comes from epidemiology, "the study of epidemics," which has a Greek root: epidemios, "among the people."
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Example Sentences
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Epidemiologist Kalyani Sonawane, Ph.D., led the effort to verify this correlation.
From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2025
“The health impacts of flooding aren’t just immediate,” wrote Katelyn Jetelina last week in her newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
Amy Douglas, Lead Epidemiologist at the UKHSA, said the biggest impact was being seen in hospitals and care homes.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
Dr. Erica Pan, California’s State Epidemiologist, told the audience her agency recommended personal protective equipment at work, and urged people to protect their eyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024
“The more this spreads, the more it jumps from animal to animal, the more ability it has to mutate,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, told Salon in April.
From Salon • May 30, 2024
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