Working as a Public Health Informatician

Public health realises its potential when information specialisation is part of the job of protecting and improving the health of populations. With the benefit of information specialisation, practitioners are able to tap into evidence, leverage the value that data adds and improve services at individual, local, regional, national and global levels. This chapter contains four narratives of careers of public health information specialists in which they describe their career journeys, the innovations they have spearheaded, and the impact of their work on the health of populations. We then relate their narratives to identity, impact and innovation to illustrate how diverse career pathways converge on public health information specialisation, enable innovation and define far-reaching impacts.