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My career goal is to become a leader in public health and help impact population health. In my limited experience (~3 years doing health metrics research), I have become progressively more disillusioned that getting an academic job and doing research is the way to do that. I've been a part of many published papers but not seen their impact on public health decisions.
A career path I'm looking into is getting a job at a city, state, or even federal health department. I'm hoping it will mean I can have a more direct impact on public health decisions and policies.
I was wondering if any of you had experience with these career paths? What were the pros and cons? How can you make an impact on real-world decisions as an academician? Have any of you experienced this?
Thank you for any insights on this.
A career path I'm looking into is getting a job at a city, state, or even federal health department. I'm hoping it will mean I can have a more direct impact on public health decisions and policies.
I was wondering if any of you had experience with these career paths? What were the pros and cons? How can you make an impact on real-world decisions as an academician? Have any of you experienced this?
Thank you for any insights on this.