-: So a lot of the people that I work with,
myself included, are Biology majors for undergrad.
And I, I really think that has benefited me a lot
in my position.
I need to know how bacteria and viruses work.
I need to know the biology of mosquitoes
and different animals and how to control those.
I need to be able to work with Microbiologists
and other laboratorians,
so I need an understanding of laboratory testings,
PCR's, surrology and those types of things.
So I feel like the general Biology degree
helped me get a little bit of that.
But also, I think something that's really important is
is doing statistics.
So maybe some Health Science statistics courses.
We, I do statistics everyday.
That's part of my job is
collecting and analyzing data.
So I would recommend that someone, maybe,
take some statistic classes.
And especially take some classes working with
statistical analysis software that uses programming,
a programming language.
If you can get some experience within that in undergrad,
you'll be set up very well for your,
the rest of your career.
We like to look for people who have
internships or other experiences outside of the classroom.
And something that's really important is people
who've developed soft skills and can work in a group.
Communication, verbal communication, written communication
is so important because, you know, the whole reason
we're doing the statistics and the science
is to prevent disease.
And if you can't communicate
those complicated topics to the public,
then you aren't getting that job done.
So we really look for people who have
good communication skills,
can work with a lot of different people
since we are working with a variety of external partners,
like doctors, and government people, and the public.
So I would say that having,
having those outside experiences,
whether it's internships,
or working in research so that you have experience
developing research projects and doing data analysis,
that would really help an applicant.
It would look really good for us.
And like I said, having statistical analysis background
would help too.