Acting as researchers in the area of Epidemiology, performing their roles with a level of excellence in academic institutions, clinical and population research centres and performing professional work in the field of Public Health in health administrations.
Applying the epidemiological method to research into the causes of illnesses, health management and the clinical handling of patients.
Becoming a part of and, when relevant, leading research groups, developing teamwork skills and the passion for research, adopting high ethical standards in the carrying out of research activities.
Designing epidemiological studies as well as developing and validating data gathering tools, training the personnel in charge of collecting the data and supervising the field work, knowing how to manage a database and perform the necessary statistical analysis in order to answer research questions.
Making a systematic review and summary of the literature of a field of research and producing a research project potentially financeable by a public or private research body, as well as writing manuscripts potentially publishable in prestigious scientific journals.
