Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services. Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development.

EIS officers serve CDC and its partners by providing rapid, creative, and effective solutions to public health problems. They are ready to go anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice. EIS officers: • Conduct epidemiologic investigations of infectious disease outbreaks • Respond to natural disasters or other emerging public health threats • Conduct surveillance studies • Design, implement, and evaluate surveillance systems • Study infectious and chronic diseases, environmental and occupational health threats, injuries, birth defects, and developmental disabilities

Pamphlet (or booklet)

Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection