Syndemic Epidemiologist, Georgia Department of Public Health

As a Syndemic Epidemiologist within the Division of Epidemiology at the Georgia Department of Public Health, you will join a dedicated group of public health professionals that help support the overall mission and vision of protecting lives of Georgian residents in a variety of ways.  

Job Responsibilities

• Work with epidemiologists in multiple areas, including but not limited to HIV, STI, and drug overdose surveillance to identify data sources. 
• Conduct data matches across multiple data sources to evaluate and describe this co-occurrence of infections and other conditions that have been identified as syndemics.
• Identify data sources that describe socioeconomic and other related contextual factors that impact the occurrence of these syndemics and apply data to analyses using a health equity lens. 
• Collaborate with program partners to use data to identify potential needs in care and prevention activities. 
• Work with the project coordinator for HIV cluster detection and response (CDR) to apply a syndemic framework to CDR data collection, review, and response planning.
• Conceptualize and write annual reports related to these analyses.
• Propose and develop syndemic-related data products based on feedback from local public health districts, including guidelines and data dashboards. 

Application deadline: September 29th 2024

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