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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As an epidemiologist who knows far too much about infectious disease, I’m still toying with going on a cruise next year with my family.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
Working with Dr. Evelyne Fournier, an epidemiologist at the Geneva Cancer Registry at UNIGE, Meyer conducted the first national Swiss study focused specifically on early-onset colorectal cancer.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Jorge Diaz, an epidemiologist with Chubut province's health department who worked on the Epuyen hantavirus outbreak, told AFP that "we knew very little about the disease" in 2018.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
It’s reasonable for people to be concerned about this latest outbreak, said Dr. Nicole Iovine, chief medical epidemiologist and an infectious disease expert at the University of Florida Shands Hospital.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
In addition, Farmer arranged for a top epidemiologist and two medical students from Harvard to live in Carabayllo and work with Socios en Salud.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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