epidemiologist

Noun

epidemiologist (plural epidemiologists)

1. A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
   • In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64
   • “On the inside, it’s absolute chaos,” said one epidemiologist still employed at the CDC.2025 February 23, Meg Tirrell, “‘Deadly consequences’: Health agencies reel from thousands of job cuts while critical research grants remain on hold”, in CNN