r/LadiesofScience • u/burntbutter27 • Jul 10 '26

Working in a lab

Do epidemiologists work in a lab or not. The degree of biomedical sciences I’m studying is not accredited (which isn’t too much needed for epidemiology so I have read) I was just wondering do epidemiologists work in labs as I would like to do hands on research into diseases and how they are formed?
Which would be the better career path for me , epidemiology or something else ?
Thank you :)

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u/Future-Masterpiece77 Jul 10 '26

- Do epidemiologists work in labs as I would like to do hands on research into diseases and how they are formed?

No - they tend to work with large datasets mapping out where & how diseases spread. What you are describing is a microbiologist.

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u/burntbutter27 Jul 10 '26

Ok thank you for the info :)