Your role
As a medical entomologist you'll help protect communities from insect borne diseases.
You’ll study insects – mainly mosquitoes – and other disease carrying bugs (arthropods) that spread illnesses to people and animals.
What you’ll do
In your role, you will:
- Give advice on diseases spread by insects and bugs
- Work with local governments to manage mosquito borne diseases, stop them from spreading, and respond to outbreaks
- Lead programs to monitor and track diseases spread by mosquitoes
- Develop new ways to track and control mosquitoes
- Lead and work with others to stop the spread of exotic mosquito borne diseases
Qualifications
To become a medical entomologist and work in Queensland Health, you’ll need either:
- a university qualification in science, agricultural science, or applied science with a major in medical entomology
- postgraduate qualifications in mosquito biology and control
Wages
Your pay will depend on your (health practitioner) classification and employment status. Read our current health practitioner wage rates.
Alternative career pathways
In some locations, there may be different opportunities and pathways you can take to work in medical entomology in Queensland Health. Public health units may employ vector control officers to support the role of medical entomologists in hospital and health services.
Read more about technical, administrative and other supporting roles in public health.
How to apply
We advertise all our jobs on the Queensland Government SmartJobs website. We also have information about the application process.