Skills
If you want to make a career in epidemiology, then having the following skill set helps:
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- A good amount of stamina, patience, motivation, and concentration for understanding the disease-causing agent.
- Strong IQ and EQ, along with a logical and analytical mind for managing pressure during an emergency.
- A problem-solving mind to offer suggestions and plans for dealing with contingencies.
- Leadership qualities and firm decision-making quality
- Strong proficiency in math and statistics for being able to analyze the data that is needed in software programs.
- Capable of working in both independent and team settings
- Good listening power.
What is the salary of an epidemiologist?
For an epidemiologist, there are various avenues where they can utilize their skills. From NGOs to laboratories and hospitals everywhere, there is a need for an epidemiologist. It is because of an increasing number of fatal disease that is becoming very hard to deal with.
Here is the salary prospect of an epidemiologist both in India and abroad per month
- Community worker – 40k to 50k in India and 10,000$ to 34,000 $ in Abroad
- Clinical epidemiologist – 70k – 1.5 lakhs in India and 40,000$ to 128000$ in Abroad
Top Institutes in India for studying epidemiology
- National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai
- Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad
- National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- The Central University of Kerala, School of Medicine and Public Health, Kasaragod, Kerala
- SRM University, Kanchipuram
- Padmashree School of Public Health, Bangalore
- Jawaharlal Nehru University- School of Social Sciences, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, New Delhi
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
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