Epidemiologists

1. 01Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
2. 02Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
3. 03Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
4. 04Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
5. 05Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
6. 06Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
7. 07Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
8. 08Write articles for publication in professional journals.No rating yet
9. 09Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
10. 10Write grant applications to fund epidemiologic research.No rating yet

Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.

AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.

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