The Prevention and Health Promotion Administration (PHPA)’s mission is to improve the health of Marylanders by reducing the transmission of infectious diseases; helping impacted persons live longer and healthier lives, and protecting individuals and communities from environmental health hazards. The Infectious Disease Bureau works in partnership with local health departments, providers, community-based organizations, public, and private sector agencies, in order to provide public health leadership in the prevention, control, monitoring, and treatment of infectious diseases and environmental health hazards.

The mission of the Center for TB Control and Prevention is to control the spread of tuberculosis in Maryland; prevent new infections, and increase the access to care and treatment for people diagnosed with tuberculosis. This position will be responsible for managing the statewide tuberculosis database for the Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention. This position will also be responsible for the collection, compilation and general analysis of tuberculosis data on TB cases, as well as on immigrants and refugees who present a high risk of TB.

This position will be the primary contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regarding monthly data summaries. In addition, this position will be the primary liaison with local health departments, out-of-state health departments and reporting laboratories, regarding TB cases and individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI). Furthermore, this position will serve as a TB surveillance authority within the Center and work with other Center staff to develop appropriate policies and procedures, regarding surveillance data management.

Finally, this position will function as the primary surveillance contact point to CDC and adhere to state and national laws, as well as guidelines and standards specific to data security, patient confidentiality and electronic data management. This position will remain apprised of current literature and issues in these areas of investigation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: A Master’s degree in the field of Public Health from an accredited college or university, with a minimum of three graduate courses in Epidemiology and one graduate course in Biostatistics.

Experience: None.

Note: Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a Commissioned Officer in Health Care Science classifications, or Clinical Lab, Medical Scientists or Bio Medical Lab Officer specialty codes in the health research field of work, on a year-for-year basis, for the required education.

The desired candidate should have experience with tuberculosis or other infectious disease surveillance and epidemiology.

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