Alzheimer Research Studies
Difference between a Virologist and an Epidemiologist?
I’m planning to do research on The Alzheimer’s disease when I grow up and just wanted to know, what is the difference between a Virologist and an Epidemiologist. And also, which job would be better for studying the alzheimer’s disease?
Epidemiology is the study of the effects of chronic and infectious diseases on the population at study. If you are an epidemiologist, you are studying the ‘epidemiology’ of the bird flu outbreak in Shanghai, China in the 2003-2004 flu season, for example. Epidemiologists study the disease, its causes if known, the distribution and the statistics of the morbidity and mortality. Virologists are involved in the study of viruses. So they study the ‘bug’ that makes people ill, and some who do not. A virologist would be involved in the identification of the virus responsible for that same Shanghai flu outbreak. If you are considering research on Alzheimer’s disease, you might want to consider a medical degree first, then a specialty in internal medicine, with special emphasis on geriatrics. Most medical center based studies, that of course is where the patients are, are going to have a preference for an MD rather than a PhD for this type of position, as is the case for most medical research. In addition, there are several excellent MD/PhD University based programs which are research based, which sound like what you are interested in. Good luck.
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