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Epidemiologists

Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
66/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
61/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage84%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.High
74
Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.High
74
Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.High
74
Educate healthcare workers, patients, and the public about infectious and communicable diseases, including disease transmission and prevention.High
61
Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys.Medium
74
Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.High
73
Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding medical applications of sciences, such as physics, biology, and chemistry.Medium
74
Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis.High
57
Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.High
40
Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings.Medium
74
Plan, administer and evaluate health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health department, industry personnel, physicians, and others.Medium
74
Prepare and analyze samples to study effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, or microorganisms on cell structure and tissue.Low
58
Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.Medium
53
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.74
  2. Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.74
  3. Communicate research findings on various types of diseases to health practitioners, policy makers, and the public.74
  4. Identify and analyze public health issues related to foodborne parasitic diseases and their impact on public policies, scientific studies, or surveys.74
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.01
  2. Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.02
  3. Provide expertise in the design, management and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis.03
  4. Prepare and analyze samples to study effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, or microorganisms on cell structure and tissue.04
  5. Oversee public health programs, including statistical analysis, health care planning, surveillance systems, and public health improvement.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency70
Physical dependency22
Adoption pressure64
Labour-market resilience56
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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