Why I Became an Epidemiologist

One scientist shares her story

Epidemiology as a calling. “One of my early mentors told me, ‘Don’t study just one thing, be open to whatever needs to be studied.’ And that’s how I went from sandflies, to arboviruses, to mosquitoes, to parasites, to respiratory diseases, to HIV/AIDS and TB, to Immunizations to health policy.”

On Becoming an Epidemiologist