Field Epidemiology: what is it really like to be deployed across the world & tips for aspiring individuals, with Amalia Plotogea

Tell us what you thought of this episode - send us a text! We have Amalia Plotogea here on this episode; and Amalia’s name might sound familiar because you may have read about her experience being a surveillance officer in Bangladesh to support the World Health Organization’s response to the Rohingya refugee crisis on our Blog. I brought Amalia on the podcast to ask her more about her field epidemiology experience because you all wanted to hear more. She tells us about two different deploymen...

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