Epidemiologist I, Maryland DPH
Category : Alumni
Description
This full-time contractual position will support and enhance public health surveillance and detection capacities of the Office of Preparedness and Response by participating in bio-surveillance and other drug-overdose monitoring and analysis activities.
Duties include but are not limited to:
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reviewing reports of drug-related overdose activity for evidence of unusual cases or clusters and ensuring analysis of unusual cases or clusters is tracked and completed
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analyzing drug-related syndromic surveillance information and disseminating results and summaries through annual or ad-hoc reports
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developing or enhancing reporting protocols, procedures, surveillance activities information dissemination or analytic methods
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ensuring the overall quality of the data, the adherence to CDC case definitions and rapid detection of clusters or trends
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developing and providing drug overdose bio-surveillance presentations/trainings
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participating in other surveillance and OPR activities including on-call and syndromic surveillance rotations as well as participating in drills, exercises, trainings, real world public health responses
Minimum Qualifications
- Education: A Master’s degree in the field of Public Health from an accredited college or university with a minimum of three graduate courses in Epidemiology and one graduate course in Biostatistics.
- Experience: None.
Preferred Qualifications
The desired candidate should possess the following:
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experience/education in syndromic surveillance and/or working with morbidity or mortality data sets or systems
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knowledge of and/or experience with epidemiologic methods and analysis and summarizing data analysis into reports and presentations
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delivering presentations of data to a variety of audiences
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familiarity with and interest in working to address the Opioid Epidemic
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experience in public health preparedness
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experience using SAS and/or STATA statistical analysis software
How to Apply
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