Epidemiologist, CDC NCHHSTP
Category : Alumni
The CDC National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP), Behavioral Science and Epidemiology Branch (BSEB), is recruiting for the position of Epidemiologist GS-0601-12/13 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Epidemiologist will support efforts to strengthen and coordinate surveillance and preparedness activities in response to the development of antimicrobial resistance (AR) in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States for the Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Gonorrhea and Other STIs (CARGOS) Team.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the team lead with strategy development and implementation and oversee specialized activities within the AR-STI portfolio.
- Identify and analyze STD public health issues and their impact on public policies or scientific studies or surveys through scientific literature and data reviews.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on STI surveillance and epidemiologic activities, including program process and outcome monitoring, and data management and analytics use.
- Provide scientific advice and technical assistance on program operations to various public, private, and/or health-related agencies and organizations on surveillance and preparedness activities.
- Support advanced data science applications and routine analyses of annual profile trends.
- Analyze data and generate summaries and scientific reports.
- Disseminate analytic findings including interactive dashboard applications, web materials, presentations at scientific and professional meetings, and publications in peer-reviewed journals.
- Work collaboratively with other teams within the Division, Center, and across the agency.
Desired Qualifications:
- Minimum experience of 5 years in planning, managing, and analyzing epidemiologic studies, surveillance and/or surveys relating to public health programs.
- Familiarity with antimicrobial resistance and/or STIs.
- Experience in managing, linking, and re-structuring aggregate and patient-level datasets using SAS, R, SQL, or similar platform.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated collaboration skills to work with diverse stakeholders including health departments, develop recommendations, and operationalize decisions.
Applications are due December 17th, 2024. For more information and application instructions, visit the job posting.
