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Epidemiologists come from a variety of backgrounds
and specialize in many types of health research. Within academic
instititutions, research topics include infectious diseases,
chronic diseases, cancer, reproductive and perinatal epi,
cardiovascular disease, occupational and environmental epi,
clinical epi, genetics, and more. In addition to research,
each state government maintains departments of health that
perform surveillance and prevention work while the federal
government conducts much health research and investigation
at agencies affiliated with the Public Health Service. Epidemiologists
study an unlimited number of conditions that influence health
from academic, governmental, and private industry positions:
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