Epidemiologist

Full definition of epidemiologist

Noun

1. A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
• 2013-01, Katie L. Burke, Ecological Dependency, In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.”