Epidemiology and Data Analysis ORISE positions, Emerging Threats Team

Two fellowship opportunities are currently available on the Emerging Threats Team in the Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders (DBDID) within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. The participant will have the opportunity to gain experience in conducting research and surveillance activities, as well as collecting, reviewing, and analyzing epidemiologic and programmatic data. He/she will train on projects that focus on the role of prenatal exposures on pregnancy and infant outcomes. Prenatal exposures of interest include, but are not limited to: COVID-19, hepatitis C, syphilis, Zika virus, and other infectious diseases.

Learning Objectives: There are several main learning objectives that this appointment could include:

• Gain familiarity with the Surveillance for Emerging Threats for Mothers and Babies Network (SET-NET) which includes mother-baby longitudinally linked surveillance for the US Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry and adapted surveillance for COVID-19, hepatitis C, syphilis, and other infectious diseases
• Gain familiarity for other Zika surveillance and research projects in Colombia: Proyecto Vigilancia de Embarazadas con Zika (VEZ) and Zika en Embarazadas y Ninos (ZEN)
• Enhance skills in performing data management and analysis through the collection, review, and analysis of epidemiologic and programmatic data generated by these surveillance systems and studies, and other projects involving epidemiologic and programmatic data from emerging threats surveillance and research work and other relevant infectious diseases during pregnancy and effect on infant health
• Develop protocols and standard operating procedures for surveillance and research activities, leveraging existing surveillance and study platforms to capture pregnancy, birth, clinical and developmental outcomes arising from a range of maternal exposures during pregnancy
• Perform literature reviews and, where needed, systematic review and meta-analyses to describe existing evidence of the influence of infectious diseases and other in-utero exposures on fetal and infant development
• Engage in CDC emergency response efforts
• Collaborate and engage other staff from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), other CDC centers, institutes, or offices, other federal and state organizations and partners, and international health ministries and organizations

Qualifications: The qualified candidate should have received a master’s or doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields, or be currently pursuing one of the degrees with completion by the end of May 2022. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Strong data management and analysis skills, with experience in SAS, STATA, or R
• Interest in maternal and child health issues, with a particular interest in the impact of infectious disease during pregnancy on fetal and child development
• Some baseline knowledge or interest in COVID-19, hepatitis C, syphilis, Zika, or infectious disease epidemiology and the epidemiology of STORCH pathogens

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