I am wondering if there are career opportunities in the field of
public health, specifically epidemiology-related, that would be
available to a college grad (B.S.) in engineering?  specifically, do
epidemiologists have a staff of underlings typically performing
modeling and data analysis tasks?  If so, is there a good web site(s)
which lists postings of such positions?

Hello jkopp-ga,

Congratulations on finishing your degree. I’ve collected a variety of
Web sites for you to help you explore the fields of epidemiology and
public health where you could use your engineering degree in a data
modeling/analysis job. The job posting sites should give you a good
overview of what’s available, the possible job titles and what is the
vocabulary/jargon for the field when you’re ready to prepare your
resume. I’ve also included some general resources so you can explore
your options further. In today’s tough job market, the more research
you’ve done about your field, the greater the likelihood that you’ll
be able to sell yourself in your resume and while interviewing.

Good luck with your job search.

czh

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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH JOBS
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http://www.uml.edu/Dept/WE/jobpost/epi.htm
Home > Positions Open > Epidemiology
Some of the postings are dated but the job descriptions will give you
some ideas of what might be available.

http://www.aaphp.org/JobMarket/PHP_positions.asp
American Association of Public Health Physicians AAPHP
***** Job postings and job search resources

http://www.apic.org/icejobs/listjobs.cfm
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology,
Inc. (APIC)
Infection Control and Epidemiology Job Listings

http://www.jobspublichealth.com/phcontents.html
Public Health Jobs Worldwide 
A bi-weekly newspaper packed with current public health job openings
based in the United States and around the world!

http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm
Public Health Employment Connection

http://www.epidemiologistjobs.com/
Click on Find Epidemiologist Jobs and don’t fill in anything. When I
searched they listed about a dozen jobs.

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DATA MODELING, ANALYSIS, BIOSTATISTICS
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http://www.statsci.org/joblists.html
Job Listing Services – Worldwide job postings

http://www.kdnuggets.com/jobs/
Jobs in Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Statistics & Bioinformatics

http://www.healthcare.computerjobs.com/site_drilldown.aspx?rl=47
Computer Jobs in Healthcare

http://www.statisticsjobs.com/default.htm
Welcome, SAS programmers, statisticians, biostatisticians, data
miners, business analysts, market researchers, industrial engineers,
social scientists, operations researchers....anyone who understands
mathematical models or must manage complex data.

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GENERAL RESOURCES
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http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/epidem/epidem.html
Virtual Library - Epidemiology (Public Health, Biosciences, Medicine)
***** This is a huge library of links for anyone interested in the
subject.

http://www.bettycjung.net/index.htm
Vision -- To provide a place where public health and healthcare
professionals, and anyone interested, can find good quality
information that exist on the World Wide Web.
Mission -- To be the only site you'll ever need to start a search for
public health and healthcare information.
***** This site has a large collection of resources including a job
board and career and job search advice.

http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/epi-students/webresor.html
University of Iowa: Dept. of Epidemiology Student Guide to
Epidemiology-Related Web Site Resources, 2000
***** This is a huge collection of links for all topics in the field
including about a dozen job posting sites.

http://www.phf.org/sitemap-text.htm
Public Health Foundation
***** Offers a very large collection of resources and links.

http://www.bioplanet.com/index.php
Bioplanet the bioinformatics homepage

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SEARCH STRATEGY
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epidemiology jobs
public health jobs
data modeling jobs
biostatistician jobs

Thanks czh, I'm impressed.  Also thank you for the congratulations,
though I've been out of school for a few years (still have the
occasional P-Chem nightmare/flashback, wasn't so long ago), all my
experience in my half-decade amidst the working world is in semicon.
process engr.  I'm hoping to do something different for the next job
someplace down the road, wherever it leads--where my work might help
folks a bit more directly.  Anyway, point is, this google thing y'all
have going on here is aces.  thanks again

Hello again jkopp-ga,

I'm glad you found the answer useful and thanks very much for the tip.
I hope you'll come back to Google Answers for future research
projects.

czh