Surveillance Epidemiologist, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch

Position Description: The surveillance epidemiologist will have the following duties: – serve as the point of contact for state and territorial health departments reporting outbreaks to NORS; – conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; – work with regulatory partners and other teams within CDC; – update guidance and training documents; update guidance and training documents; – develop and improve communication materials for public develop and improve communication materials for public-facing websites; and – complete additional tasks, as assigned by team or branch leadership.

Qualifications: The candidate should be a recent MPH graduate in the field of epidemiology who has excellent communication skills and is a team player. In addition, the candidate should be familiar with and have experience using SAS (or another analytic tool), Access, and Excel. The position requires regular communication and interaction with state partners, so experience in working with state systems and personnel also would be useful.

Organization Description: The Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch (EDEB) works with state and local healthdepartments and other federal agencies to conduct surveillance for bacterial enteric diseases and related antimicrobial resistance occurring in the United States. Pathogens EDEB staff members track include Clostridium botulinum, Campylobacter, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia. EDEB staff routinely collect and analyze surveillance data, publish and present findings, and collaborate with partners to improve the branch’s nine surveillance systems. EDEB is organized into five teams: Analytics, the Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), the National Surveillance of Bacterial Foodborne Illnesses (NST), and the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). The NORS Team collects approximately 800 foodborne and animal contact outbreak reports each year and analyzes them to monitor disease trends and to better understand the sources of enteric disease infections. Outbreak surveillance reports also inform investigations of new outbreaks and the creation of prevention measures and policies by providing insight into the pathogens, vehicles, populations, and circumstances that have been associated with foodborne disease or animal contact outbreaks.

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Senior Data Architect, ArborMetrix

Company Description
ArborMetrix advances healthcare through data science by transforming data into insights for decision-making. Our healthcare analytics and technology solutions deliver clinically-rich and relevant evidence at the level of precision needed to measure and improve clinical outcomes, advance care, and optimize performance. Our data science platform allows for efficient aggregation and deep analysis of healthcare data, and deploys advanced analytics that deliver credible, trusted insights that lead to results that have a real impact on real people.

Job Description
Well-designed and properly governed data structures and artifacts are critical to ensure that our clients can trust the insights they glean from our healthcare intelligence platform. As a Senior Data Architect, you will support this mission through the design of robust data models; the management of metadata and code systems; the implementation and enforcement of data governance policies; and the monitoring and resolution of data quality issues. You will have the opportunity to collaborate extensively with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement production-quality data models and metadata artifacts to help ensure the success of our clients in driving improvements in healthcare. While this role is primarily technical in nature, you will also play a significant role in managing projects and informing priorities within the Data Management team, championing process and product improvement initiatives while collaborating with others across the organization to advance the health and integrity of our database.

Specific responsibilities will include

Design high-quality and reusable data models and implement those models in relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, and data lakes
Discover, document, and manage metadata, including data provenance, data dictionaries, identifier systems and namespaces, code systems, code mappings, and validation rules
Design master data management (MDM) rules for multi-data source pipelines
Author and implement data governance policies and protocols related to change control, security, privacy, and access
Design proactive solutions to monitor for data quality issues in a complex, multi-sourced healthcare data warehouse ecosystem including numerous upstream and downstream data processes and consumers
Perform deep-dive and root cause analysis and lead solution development and implementation on change requests and production issues for existing operational customers.
Assist and support QA team members in test strategy, test data authoring, and test case development and execution
Identify, plan, design, and implement database and data architecture initiatives that further the strategic goals of the company
Assist in the management, prioritization, and escalation of cross-team tasks associated with the database or data architecture
Shepherd projects through requirements definition, analysis, development, QA, and deployment, working closely with numerous partner teams to drive project completion, quality, and timeliness.
Multi-task effectively across a variety of projects and production triage tickets simultaneously.

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of experience in data architecture, database administration, data warehousing, or a similar discipline
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
Expert knowledge of SQL required
Expert knowledge of data modeling and database concepts in both a relational and non-relational context
Knowledge and understanding of healthcare data including clinical, billing, operations, insurance, and provider data
Knowledge of standard healthcare ontologies and code systems such as SNOMED, LOINC, ICD, CPT, and RxNorm
Knowledge of standard healthcare interchange formats such as HL7 2.x, C-CDA, and FHIR
Experience in implementing or enhancing data governance strategy & policy
Solid track record in establishing strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to bring projects to fruition
Experience testing data and assisting in the generation of related test cases
Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree in a quantitative field
Experience with or knowledge of non-relational / NoSQL databases
Experience with or knowledge of Amazon Web Services such as S3, RDS, Athena, or Aurora
Experience interacting with REST APIs to manage data and metadata artifacts

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Research Analyst, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council closes 6/10

The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) is administratively attached to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), plans and administers millions of dollars in federal criminal justice and victim services grants that include: Edward Byrne Memorial (Byrne-JAG), Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT), Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) as well as state grant programs funded by the Georgia General Assembly. CJCC administers the Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Program (CVCP) which offers financial support to innocent victims of violent crimes and encourages greater victim participation in the criminal justice process.

This position is located at Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, 104 Marietta Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia

Applicants chosen for employment will be subject to financial, driving, education and criminal background and reference checks. Work eligibility will be checked in E-Verify. As a federally funded agency, CJCC is subject to federal Drug Free Workplace requirements. CJCC is an equal opportunity employer.

Human Resources maintains the discretion to close the job announcement prior to the closing date if a significant number of applications are received.

Description:
Under supervision, performs complex administrative duties and statistical, financial, or operational data analysis and reporting in support of management decision making in functional area. Identifies trends, discrepancies, and variances to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. May partner with other departments, divisions, outside agencies, and vendors to address business issues. Exercises various latitudes of independent judgment. May administer or provide high level support for various projects, grants, contracts, implementation of procedures, and/or any specialized functions.

NOTE: Some overnight and out of state travel required as well as flexible work hours, including some weekends and evenings; Up to 10% of the time.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Conducts and coordinates financial, personnel, product, market, operational, and related research to support strategic and business planning

Develops economic demographic, business, and sociological forecasts to support development of plans and strategies

Establishes and maintains a positive working relationship with area business community, internal and external agency customers, and other related contacts

Monitors effectiveness of business operations, assesses quality of service and makes recommendations to improve operations

Receives additional training, as required, to gain full proficiency and experience in all areas

Gathers, compiles and analyzes data
Prepares reports of findings and analysis. May make recommendations to management for operational changes.

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Technical Advisor, Malaria Analytics, Surveillance and Technology

Overview
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI’s global malaria program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their malaria programs and reduce the burden of this preventable, treatable disease. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of malaria-related illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards malaria elimination in the long term.

In parts of West, Central and East Africa, CHAI provides technical and managerial assistance to national malaria programs in order to accelerate policy changes, ensure sufficient supply commodities, generate demand among health providers and patients and ensure adequate monitoring and troubleshooting mechanisms are in place to track progress. Over the last few years, CHAI has also expanded its support to include surveillance and is helping national malaria programs in this region to identify the bottlenecks and potential solutions to improve the collection, reporting, analysis and use of data for programmatic decision-making.

Overview of Role:

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong public health experience, strong analytical skills and project management experience to manage and support the existing as well as new surveillance and analytics scope of work across West, Central and East Africa. The aim of this support is to ensure that National Malaria Programs and Ministries of Health are using robust evidence to inform their strategic and operational decision-making to accelerate efforts towards malaria country goals. The individual will work with team members across CHAI’s Global, Regional and Country Malaria Teams and will therefore need to possess strong communication and organizational skills. It is expected that the Technical Advisor will need to collaborate with government programs, academics and public health agencies to ensure CHAI’s work is complementary and not duplicative. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities including resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility, and strong work ethic.

This position will be ideally based in Abuja, Nigeria; or other countries within West Africa based on country leadership approvals.

Responsibilities
Serve as a technical advisor and thought leader to CHAI’s regional malaria team;
Proactively review existing evidence and conduct analyses on primary and secondary data to evaluate effectiveness of the current operations, and identify potential approaches or strategies to accelerate progress;
Provide technical mentorship, supervision, training and ongoing support to a small team of junior epidemiologists and other staff members based in the region and involved in surveillance assessments, rollout of surveillance tools and processes, monitoring and evaluation of existing activities, study implementation and all data analysis tasks;
Manage multiple analytical projects related to malaria epidemiology, intervention and surveillance, and other programmatic decisions;
Provide high-quality analytical support to CHAI country teams, government staff, and relevant partners, which includes:
Oversee design (defining research questions, protocol development, survey and sampling design), implementation (formulating training material, training and monitoring survey data collectors), analysis and dissemination of operational research, with a focus on surveillance system assessments
Help monitor and evaluate the performance of existing and new surveillance processes and platforms, and identify ways of improving them
Work directly with governmental staff to better integrate epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data use and analysis into routine programmatic activities at all levels of the health system
Organize, clean, and integrate datasets; conduct statistical and spatial analyses
Support rigorous evidence-based planning of intervention deployment, and design and implement monitoring and evaluation activities to measure impact
Support the ongoing evaluation and iterative strengthening of the performance of community health workers programs
Manage and develop resources and best practices to share lessons across teams, and synthesize and disseminate findings both internally and externally through high-quality presentations, reports, and publications
Cultivate and establish relationships with other CHAI teams, government organizations, and regional and in-country partners working on data analysis or surveillance to inform elimination goals
Represent CHAI at external technical meetings, acting as the face of our organization to academic/technical partners within the region
Communicate technical concepts to non-technical partners and CHAI teams; and
Any other tasks identified.

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Immunizations Surveillance Epidemiologist, Florida Department of Health

Position Description: The Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health is seeking a full-time surveillance epidemiologist with an emphasis on immunizations surveillance.
Position specific responsibilities include: • Assist in the design, implementation, management, and analysis of immunizations surveys.

• Lead integration of the National Immunizations Surveys and Florida SHOTS (Florida’s immunization registry) for state level vaccination coverage assessment.

• Coordinate surveillance activities statewide on immunizations status surveillance, including conducting statistical analysis of immunizations surveillance data to define and monitor immunizations rates and trends in immunization practices.

• Coordinate activities related to the grant (ensure all grant deliverables are being met, do quarterly reports).

• Assist county health departments in the design and evaluation of health initiatives aimed at improving immunizations rates.

• Serve as a liaison between the Immunizations Section, Surveillance Systems Section, and Infectious Disease Prevention and Investigation (IDP&I) Section.

• Review existing data sources on immunization status and vaccination exemptions as well as look at trends over time for immunization status indicators and review existing reports on a regular basis. Identify and validate new data sources for immunization status and trends in immunization status.

• Review our policies, guidance documents, and data collection tools to see if we are making the right recommendations and collecting the right data in the right ways.

• Review current interoperability functionality between Merlin (Florida’s reportable disease surveillance system) and Florida SHOTS to assess what additional updates need to be made. Ensure those updates are entered into the appropriate change management software, prioritized for release, and tested prior to release.

• Update web content.

Qualifications: Candidate must have excellent written and oral communication skills. The successful candidate will have strong data analysis and data visualization skills and a firm understanding of public health surveillance, syndromic surveillance and surveillance system evaluation methodologies. The candidate should have experience with analysis software such as SAS, SQL, Access and/or other analytical tools (R, SPSS) and experience with GIS. The candidate should have an MPH, MSPH, MS in epidemiology, or equivalent degree or an advanced degree in a health-related field (i.e., PhD in epidemiology, biostatistics, or other public- health field; an MD degree; or a DVM degree), including completion of at least three graduate level epidemiology courses and two graduate level biostatistics courses.

Organization Description: This position is in the Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health, State Health Office and can be based in either Tallahassee or Tampa, Florida. The position is part of the Surveillance and Surveillance Systems Section of the Bureau of Epidemiology. The Bureau of Epidemiology leads the Department of Health’s efforts to prevent infectious and chronic diseases through surveillance, case and outbreak investigation, training and information dissemination.
We do a lot of good work, we are appreciated by the county health departments, we publish the best work we do, we attract grant funds, and we work well together.

Florida Department of Health Mission: To protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts.

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PRAMS Position, Texas Dept of State Health Services

Job Description:
Research Specialist V performs highly advanced (senior-level) research work by designing and conducting research projects for Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (MCH Epi) in the Community Health Improvement (CHI) Division. Reports to the Manager of the Surveillance and Data Analytics Group with minimal supervision and with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgement. Work includes developing and/or refining theoretical concepts, designing and implementing complex surveillance/research studies following new or standardized scientific policies/protocols, coordinating studies, collecting, analyzing and evaluating data, and communicating results. Functions as the project director and lead investigator for the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). Monitors all data collection activities conducted by the contractor including data collection by mail and telephone modalities. Provides research consultation and data-related technical assistance to the Maternal and Child Health Section, CHI Division, and those who seek to utilizing Texas PRAMS data. Generates research articles for scientific publication, as well as papers, reports, and presentations for in-house distribution and to support program management and other DSHS activities. Represents MCH Epi and CHI on committees, regional workgroups, and projects to meet research and data analysis needs. Represents the state at the national level on research and data analysis issues. Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
Essential Job Functions:
EJF1. Serves as PRAMS lead investigator, and acts as a liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that relate to PRAMS on an ongoing basis. Oversees the PRAMS Steering Committee. Develops and revises the PRAMS data collection protocol and survey instrument. Oversees sampling procedures and ensure that monthly samples are prepared in a timely manner. Provides essential information for data collection routinely. Monitors PRAMS surveillance activity. Performs contract oversight for all PRAMS data collection activities. Analyzes and disseminates PRAMS data results; responds to all PRAMS data requests. Generates research articles for scientific publication, as well as papers, reports, and presentations for in-house distribution and to support program management and other DSHS activities utilizing PRAMS data. (35%)

EJF2. Serves as the PRAMS project director. Oversee the preparation and submission of annual cooperative agreement renewal applications and progress reports to the CDC. Prepares and submits all DSHS Institutional Review Board (IRB) documents related to the PRAMS project. Develops and/or renews data collection contract, data use agreements, and memorandum of understanding documents for key data elements for data collection (e.g., telephone numbers and addresses). Participates in all PRAMS training workshops sponsored by the CDC, site visits, and other CDC sponsored events. Works in collaboration with DSHS Center for Health Statistics, other DSHS data centers and state/federal agencies (e.g., CDC, MCH Bureau). Provides research consultation and data-related technical assistance to the MCH Section, CHI Division, and those who seek to utilizing Texas PRAMS data. Reviews PRAMS-related DSHS IRB applications and CDC multi-state PRAMS proposals. (25%)

EJF3. Performs scientific literature searches (traditional, internet, database) and reviews various types of materials including legislation, regulations, and scientific protocol and policies to help develop research proposals and to support on-going investigations/projects. Consults with research professionals, researchers/epidemiologists, administrators, and statistical staff to define and solve specific problems related to the administration of PRAMS and to assure quality control across experimental methods, research design and statistical analysis. (20%)

EJF4. Act as a subject matter expert as it relates to complex sample surveys (e.g., Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Texas Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, National Health Interview Survey, NSDUH, and SPAN). Analyzes and disseminates MCH data results from other surveys. Provides research consultation and data-related technical assistance to the MCH Section, CHI Division, and those who are interested in utilizing survey data focused on maternal and child health. (15%)

EJF5. Participates in cross-functional training within MCH Epi. Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location. (5%)

Knowledge Skills Abilities:
Knowledge of the principles and functions of public health.
Knowledge of research planning and evaluation methods in epidemiology.
Knowledge of federal grants, including block grants.
Knowledge of laws and rules applicable to confidentiality and the management of protected health information.
Knowledge and experience with questionnaire development, constructing sampling frames, complex sampling, and survey data collection methods.
Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and methods.
In-depth knowledge of statistical software, especially SAS and/or SPSS, and Microsoft Office products, especially Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Skill in effective verbal communication, including preparation and presentation of complex data analysis.
Skill in project management with complex projects that cross divisions, agencies, and several lines of business.
Skill in identifying problems, evaluating alternatives, and negotiating and implementing solutions to data and research problems.
Skill in project management to organize major project activities into a logical sequence with a reasonable and achievable schedule of deadlines;
Skill in advanced technical writing, reporting, and interpretation of complex data to clearly and succinctly communicate project/research information for correspondence with state and federal agencies, grant applications and plans, state rules, and planning procedures.
Ability to organize and present information effectively, both orally and in writing, to a variety of audiences, including state and federal agency staff, legislators, and other stakeholders, which may require synthesis and translation of complex information into simpler terms.
Ability to develop and effectively deliver training and technical assistance about research/data methods, procedures or DSHS policies.
Ability to survey relevant professional literature and other publications.
Ability to develop and evaluate policies and procedures.
Ability to work in collaboration with others as part of a team to manage multiple deadlines.

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