Nurse Epidemiology

I attended a conference a few years ago and one of the speakers was from the CDC. She was exceedingly interesting to hear. You might look up the CDC and see who you can contact. Sounds interesting. Good luck.

I know a lot of people who have worked for the CDC at one time or another. Some people have really interesting experiences and some people are shipped off to less desireable places. What are you specifically interested in? Maybe I can give you some advice,websites, etc.

Yes...the EIS (Epidemic intelligence service) is a bit like that. I think you spend 6 months- a year in Atlanta and then they ship you off to the "field" to work on a special project. The "Term" of an EIS officer is only two years so where ever they sent you it would only be for a year...but once you are done you would be highly employable in other public health settings.

For nurses they want you to have at least an M.P.H. but just to give you fair warning it seems like they mostly only accept doctorally preprepared people (MDs, DVMs, PhDs). Here is a good website for you: http://www.cdc.gov/eis

Don't limit yourself to just the CDC though! Lots of organizations do outbreak investigations. Check out this website for interesting jobs and see what they want.. http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm

Good luck!

Might I suggest that you check out the US Public Health Service? It is a federal, uniformed service. Pay and benefits as other military services. Their specialty is public health, and they staff CDC, EPA, the Bureau of Prisons, Indian Health Services, others. They may be just what you are looking for. Epi is one of their primary fields.

www.usphs.gov

If I'm not mistaken, Emory is very close to CDC. Getting your MS there would be a great thing to do!

I agree w/looking into the USPHS. Good Luck.

http://phs-nurse.org/ This is the nursing site.