SAFER·HEALTHIER·PEOPLE™, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. Excellence in Curriculum Innovation through Teaching Epidemiology and the Science of Public Health (EXCITE). By stepping into the role of a public health officer, students learn about epidemiology and get an overview of the disease transmission cycle. A guide for Science Olympiad participants describes the steps of an outbreak investigation and how epidemiologists evaluate and test hypotheses.
