Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) : frequently asked questions

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services. Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development.
• Description:
  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
  
  
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology/education Public Health/education
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service.
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:62dd8f911dfa272d5867224c622c4f0ef2c22255d64cb1e52bbff84ca1e77646
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/28308/cdc_28308_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 88.83 KB ]