Global Infectious Disease Careers
M.S. in Global Infectious Disease graduates have many career options across government and non-governmental sectors in specialties including data modeling, science policy analysis, biomedical research, public health advocacy, and many other important areas.
In the public sector, many parts of the federal government, as well as state, and local health departments need professionals that possess practical skills in managing infectious disease prevention and response to disease outbreaks.
Private sector government contractors, non-government actors, consulting firms, pharmaceutical companies, advocacy organizations, non-profits, and global health program implementers have openings that match well with skills gained from the Global Infectious Disease program.
Graduates of the Global Infectious Disease PhD program have moved on to post-doc positions at Harvard and Johns Hopkins University, veterinary, medical, and law school, while others landed research positions at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and the Association of Physicians for the Underserved. Others have become epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Global Health and senior advisers at government consulting firms