mid-15c., from Middle French attestation and directly from Latin attestationem (nominative attestatio) an attesting, testimony, noun of action from past participle stem of attestari to prove, confirm (see attest).
Work Environment. Epidemiologists generally work in clean, well-lit offices and laboratories. In addition to hospitals, epidemiologists work in colleges and universities, schools of public health, medical schools, and research and development services firms.
Epidemiologists are scientists who study diseases within populations of people. In essence, these public health professionals analyze what causes disease outbreaks in order to treat existing diseases and prevent future outbreaks. Thanks to this, epidemiologists are considered âdisease detectivesâ of the public health world. The following article is for those interested in careers in epidemiology.