Surveillance Epidemiologist, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch

Position Description: The surveillance epidemiologist will have the following duties: – serve as the point of contact for state and territorial health departments reporting outbreaks to NORS; – conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; conduct analytic studies, such as determining trends in the epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks; – work with regulatory partners and other teams within CDC; – update guidance and training documents; update guidance and training documents; – develop and improve communication materials for public develop and improve communication materials for public-facing websites; and – complete additional tasks, as assigned by team or branch leadership.

Qualifications: The candidate should be a recent MPH graduate in the field of epidemiology who has excellent communication skills and is a team player. In addition, the candidate should be familiar with and have experience using SAS (or another analytic tool), Access, and Excel. The position requires regular communication and interaction with state partners, so experience in working with state systems and personnel also would be useful.

Organization Description: The Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch (EDEB) works with state and local healthdepartments and other federal agencies to conduct surveillance for bacterial enteric diseases and related antimicrobial resistance occurring in the United States. Pathogens EDEB staff members track include Clostridium botulinum, Campylobacter, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia. EDEB staff routinely collect and analyze surveillance data, publish and present findings, and collaborate with partners to improve the branch’s nine surveillance systems. EDEB is organized into five teams: Analytics, the Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), the National Surveillance of Bacterial Foodborne Illnesses (NST), and the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). The NORS Team collects approximately 800 foodborne and animal contact outbreak reports each year and analyzes them to monitor disease trends and to better understand the sources of enteric disease infections. Outbreak surveillance reports also inform investigations of new outbreaks and the creation of prevention measures and policies by providing insight into the pathogens, vehicles, populations, and circumstances that have been associated with foodborne disease or animal contact outbreaks.

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