epidemiologist

noun

1. A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.

   “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.””

   ““On the inside, it’s absolute chaos,” said one epidemiologist still employed at the CDC.”