Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences - Public Health Microbiology

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

In our public health microbiology degree program, you’ll investigate the fascinating world of organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye. Using a microscope, you’ll study living organisms and infectious agents and how they affect our lives, including those agents that pose a threat to public health. Public health microbiologists collaborate with other scientists and work in public health labs in almost every industry, from food to veterinary medicine to space research. As a public health microbiologist, you will prevent and control communicable diseases. You will use a wide variety of laboratory techniques to help identify and characterize microorganisms that directly affect public health. Public health microbiologists can work in a variety of settings, such as public health, hospital and research laboratories.