Epidemiologist, Tennessee Department of Health
Category : Alumni
The Epidemiologist in this position will be assisting with the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting waterborne and zoonotic disease surveillance. Please see below for details regarding the position and skills needed to be considered. This position is contract and full time. The project is 6 months in length. Must be able to work on site (Nashville) 2 days per week. Will work on site 2 days per week.
The epidemiologist will be responsible for performing data entry, cleaning, analysis, and visualization, while also conducting data quality assurance. The candidate will also assist as needed with outbreak response and resource development.
Required SAS experience, Tableau/RedCap nice to have
Public Health experience in a clinical environment preferred
Comfortable answering phone call from vets and providers
Assignment length 6 months –may be extended
Technologies and Duties
Description of Duties (primary & secondary):
COVID-19 related tasks including resource updates, data entry, etc. 30%
Routine data entry, cleaning, analysis, and visualization 65%
Outbreak response (as needed) 5%
Please reach out to Erin Hodson at erin [dot] hodson [at] tn [dot] gov for more information about applying.
