I asked the same questions for each interview these were the questions:
What is the most difficult part of your job? what made you want to be in the field that you are in? What is the best part of your job? If you weren't in this field; what job would you like to have? These are their responses: Ken Komatsu Unstable and insufficient funding, high turnover of employees due to low pay, changes in political directions, and government bureaucratic processes take time.
Public health looks at the population as a whole and tries to improve the health of everyone.
As an infectious disease epidemiologist, we play “disease detectives” to control and prevent outbreaks. It can be fast paced, challenging, and requires working with many different individuals/facilities (physicians, laboratories, patients) as well as different agencies. It also requires effective communication both verbal and written.
May be a biostatistician or medical geographer or computer scientist.
Dirk Haselow Most difficult: translating a complicated health topic to the public in a way that keeps their interest Why Epidemiology/Public Health: I feel like I can impact more lives by working in public health than by working primarily in clinical medicine. The best part of my job: Investigating and solving disease outbreaks I would probably be a furniture/cabinet maker if I couldn’t be in science
Travis Hard to motivate people that dont want to get better. I love helping and seeing people start from the bottem of their problem and work their way up to being better and well. I love seeing people get better I would be a nurse or physical trainer
Jeff Denson Seeing sometimes when we can't help the patient and we have to tell them that. I love seeing people survive their injuries and healing well. I surprisingly like handling needles and knowing i am making a difference. i would be a retailer if i didn't choose this field.