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Specialties that raise pay or open doors

• Infectious disease and outbreak response

  Health units and the federal agency. The most visible branch.

• Pharmacoepidemiology

  Studying drug safety for companies and regulators. The best paid branch.

• Biostatistics

  Heavier math, in demand at hospitals and clinical trial groups.

• Cancer, heart or chronic disease surveillance

  Provincial cancer agencies and Statistics Canada.

• Data science and modelling

  Forecasting models became a big deal after 2020 and still are.