It is hard for people outside epidemiology to understand, but there is probably no bigger difference in methods within the field as between infectious and non-infectious diseases. 1/3

Within infectious disease epidemiology, there is a also big difference in methods between those who are modelers and those who are non-modelers. 2/3

My point is, just knowing someone is an epidemiologist is not enough to know if you want their advice. 3/3