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Preparing for the Job Market

CSEB Webinar

October 8, 2015

Careers in Epidemiology &

Biostatistics

Thy Dinh, PhD

CSEB President &

Associate Director, Health Economics, The

Conference Board of Canada

Mark Oremus, PhD

CSEB Vice-President &

Associate Professor, School of Public

Health and Health Systems, University of

Waterloo

Talking Points

yAbout Us yWhat are Epidemiology and Biostatistics? yEducation & Training yEmployment Trajectories yPreparing for the Job Market yApplying to Graduate School yAcademic, Public, Not-for-profit, and Private Sector Careers yThe Canadian Society for Epidemiology & Biostatistics (CSEB) yCSEB 2016

Poll - Who are you?

yUndergraduate student yGraduate student ² Masters, PhD yJunior ² newly graduated, <5 years experience yMid-level ² 5 to 10 years experience ySenior ² 10+ years experience

BHSc @

McMaster

University

Summer Research

Assistantship ² Not-for-

Profit Sector,

Reproductive Health

Summer

Research

Assistantship ²

Institute of

Population

Health @

University of

Ottawa

MSc in Community

Health &

Epidemiology @

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2000-04 2001-02 2003-04 2004-06 2006-14 2008 2009-16 2010 2011-

PhD in

Population

Health @

University of

Ottawa

Started FSWEP &

Term Contracts @

Public Health

Agency of Canada

Chair of CSEB

Student

Conference in

Ottawa &

CSEB-UO

founder

CSEB Board

of Directors

Part-Time Professor

in ISHS @ University of Ottawa

Senior Research

Associate @ Elizabeth

Bruyère Research

Institute (contract)

Planning & Evaluation

Consultant, LGL

District Health Unit

Senior Research

Associate, then

Associate Director,

Health Economics @

Conference Board of

Canada

Education Employment Volunteering

Thy Dinh

MSc,

Epidemiology and

Biostatistics,

McGill University

Research Assistant,

Ctr for Clin Epi and

Community Studies,

JGH

Research

Associate,

MS Pharmaccess

1997-2000 1999-2005 2002-05 2000-2005 2005-08 2008-14 2014-

PhD,

Epidemiology

and

Biostatistics,

McGill

University

Postdoc and

Research Associate,

CE&B, McMaster

University

CSEB,

Communications

Committee

(chair) and

Membership

Committee,

Executive

Committee, VP

IJPC-SE

Assistant Professor

(2008-2013) and

Associate Professor

(2013-2014), CE&B,

McMaster University

Associate Professor,

SPHHS, University of

Waterloo

Education Employment Volunteering

Mark Oremus

Epidemiologist

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Fields of Study & Application

Aboriginal Health Epidemiology

Aging

Bayesian Statistics

Biostatistics (general)

Cancer Epidemiology

Cardiovascular Epidemiology

Chronic disease/Non-communicable

diseases

Clinical Epidemiology

Epidemiologic Methods

Global Health

Health and Social Policy

Health Economics

Health Informatics

Health Services Research

Health Technology Assessment

Infectious Diseases

Mental Health

Meta-analysis / Systematic Reviews

Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology

Neurological Disorders

Nutritional Epidemiology

Occupational and Environmental Health

Pharmacoepidemiology

Population and Public Health / Preventive

Medicine

Reproductive, Perinatal and Child Health

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Social and Behavioural Epidemiology

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Occupation: Epidemiologist

Level Examples of Functional

Responsibility

Educational/ Experiential

Criteria

Entry-level or basic

epidemiologist

Approximate salary range:

$35-$45K

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epidemiologist

Approximate salary range:

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Tier 3² Senior-level

epidemiologist

Approximate salary range:

$70K -$100K

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Level Examples of Functional

Responsibility

Educational/

Experiential Criteria

Masters ²level biostatistician

Approximate salary range: $45K

to $90K

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Approximate salary range:

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work experience

Occupation: Biostatistician

The Type of Career You Want

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