Epidemiologist II, Georgia DPH
Category : Alumni
Description
HIV surveillance data play a key role in evaluating the impact of programmatic HIV prevention and care activities through the analysis of trends in HIV diagnoses, in AIDS diagnoses, in deaths, and in the HIV Care Continuum. Because the surveillance system collects both diagnostic and care laboratory reports over time for persons living with HIV in Georgia, the surveillance system is a longitudinal registry that provides opportunities to examine patterns in care over time and help focus programmatic efforts.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include:
- Conducting analyses of HIV surveillance data to address pertinent questions related to HIV diagnoses, prevalence, and patterns of care
- Preparing data that will contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) efforts
- Preparing annual surveillance reports and slide sets
- Matching HIV surveillance data to other datasets such as Medicaid, Ryan White program, and STD surveillance data to better understand specific aspects of HIV in Georgia
- Responding to data requests
- Serving as a subject matter expert
- Presenting at professional meetings
- Collaborating with public health and academic partners
- Demonstrates SAS software programming skills and experience
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Public Health or a closely related field from an accredited college or university AND Two years of experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field OR
- Bachelor’s degree in any field from an accredited college or university AND Three years of experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field OR
- Two years at the lower level (HCP180) or position equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
- MPH or equivalent degree with concentration In epidemiology or biostatistics Experience using SQL Experience writing SAS macros Experience in MSWord, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
Application Information
- Application deadline: Sunday, March 21st
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