Epidemiologist Mock Interview

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Question 18 of 30

Tell me about a disease you have recently investigated. Were you able to discover any breakthroughs?

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Heather Douglass

Heather Douglass has over 20 years of experience as a Career Coach, Recruiter, and HR Specialist. Much of her experience is as a Technical Recruiter in the healthcare industry.

Healthcare-associated infections. heart disease and stroke or HIV. Tell the interviewer what disease you recently researched and what the outcome was. Tell the interviewer what your role was if you worked on a team. Tell the interviewer about any breakthroughs you all discovered and if you were published.

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I recently investigated a monkeypox case. No major breakthroughs were identified. I do think collecting close contact information for these cases is challenging and I was able to collect the information from my case.

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Can you think of any examples you can cite here instead where you discovered something unusual or notable? Your goal here is to impress the interviewer with your persistence and passion. Show them that you tried hard to uncover an insight that would help others.

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