Careers in Public Health
Public Health Informatics Specialist Epidemiologist Public Information Officer Grant Coordinator Health Policy Analyst Health Official Health Equity Program Specialist Education Program Specialist Program Evaluator Information System Manager

Public Health Informatics Specialist

A Public Health Informatics Specialist may collect, manage, and analyze health data to assess population health, contributing to Public Health’s responsibility to assess and monitor population health status.

Epidemiologist

An Epidemiologist conducts investigations to identify trends in diseases, including investigating outbreaks and epidemics, which are key aspects of the sector’s responsibility to investigate, diagnose, and address health problems.

Public Information Officer

A Public Information Officer may work for a health department, handling media requests, coordinating messaging, and providing the public with credible information and advice, filling the essential role of Public Health in communicating health information.

Grant Coordinator

A Grant Coordinator convenes a variety of stakeholders, including businesses, faith organizations, and other institutions to support, sustain, and grow community health programs. This type of Public Health worker fulfills Public Health’s responsibility to foster collaborative partnerships across sectors and communities to advance vital community conditions.  

Health Policy Analyst

A Health Policy Analyst works to develop, employ, and assess health policies, fulfilling Public Health’s responsibility to create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and programs that improve health. 

Health Official

A Health Official is the face of a public health department and is responsible for the strategic direction of the department and its programs and activities. This is an example of how Public Health uses its authority to promote health, prevent the spread of infectious disease, protect against environmental hazards, advance equity, and provide local public health infrastructure and health services.

Health Equity Program Specialist

A Health Equity Program Specialist works to develop health equity measures and ways of reducing disparities within community health programs or healthcare organizations. These Specialists deliver on Public Health’s role in shifting systems for equity. 

Education Program Specialist

A Public Health Education Program Specialist develops programs to teach others about conditions affecting health and well-being. The delivery of Public Health Education fulfills the sector’s role in building and supporting a diverse, skilled public health workforce.

Program Evaluator

A Public Health Program Evaluator works to determine the effectiveness and sustainability of public health programs and interventions, filling the role of Public Health in improving and innovating public health functions through evaluation, research, and quality improvement. 

Information System Manager

An Information System Manager ensures the proper storage, cataloging, and security of public health data, maintaining data systems that are a key piece of infrastructure that forms the bedrock of an effective and resilient public health system in the process.