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Cancer Epidemiology Educations in Special Populations (CEESP) Program, CUNY School of Medicine

Category : Student Opportunities

CEESP provides funding of up to $7,200 to conduct summer research in U.S. minority or global settings. MPH, PhD, DrPH, and other graduate public health students from all U.S. public health school programs are eligible to apply and compete for summer 2025. Practicum, summer internship, dissertation, and other types of research could be conducted through CEESP. 

Previous internships have been conducted in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Morocco, Vietnam, Kenya, Egypt, Tunisia, Zambia, Romania, Colombia, and the United States. 

CEESP is funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute. 

The application deadline for this opportunity is January 31st, 2025. For more information, please contact CEESP Director Dr. Amr Soliman (asoliman [at] med [dot] cuny [dot] edu) or visit the CEESP webpage for more information and application instructions. 

Summer 2025 Research Sciences Internship, Flatiron Health

Category : Student Opportunities

Flatiron Health is looking for 2025 Summer Interns within Research Sciences to help us accomplish their mission to improve and extend lives by learning from the experience of every person with cancer. Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?

What You’ll Do

As an intern, you will work as a member of the epidemiology and biostatistics track within the Research Sciences (RS) department. Some of the work that RS produces includes:

  • Real-world evidence studies to address critical research questions across clinical development, market access, and commercial use cases for our life sciences partners
  • Validation analyses to characterize the quality of real-world datasets built using various curation approaches, including human review of patient charts and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)
  • External scientific publications to advance the oncology real-world evidence field

Throughout the summer, you will:

  • Spend 12 weeks embedded in the epidemiology/biostatistics track on the RS team with the Knowledge Management (KM) initiative, which is responsible for internally-facing technical resources that drive adoption of Flatiron Health methodology and best practices
  • Develop an understanding of oncology real-world data (RWD) and methodologies used to generate real-world evidence and insights
  • Whiteboard ideas with colleagues across RS and learn from cross-functional professionals (e.g., medical writers, regulatory strategists, health equity researchers)
  • Under the guidance of an experienced RS mentor, execute and present on a project that supports the conduct of consistent, rigorous analyses of RWD, so that the RS team can deliver high-quality RWE solutions to clients

In this hybrid role, you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and 3 office days set by you and your team. This role is based in Durham, NC.

Applications are due February 1st, 2025. For more information and application instructions, please visit the job posting on 12Twenty.

Spring Applied Practice Experience, Hubert Department of Global Health

Category : Student Opportunities

Are you an Epi or GLEPI student looking for an APE? Want to use your quantitative analysis skills? Interested in intimate partner violence/homicide? If you answered yes to all these questions you may be interested in working with Dr. Dabney Evans (HDGH) on a Spring Applied Practice Experience. During this APE you will have the opportunity to conduct secondary quantitative analysis of data from the National Violent Death Reporting System. This secondary analysis will be descriptive in nature including bivariate analysis and some stratification. You will also have the opportunity to join as co-author on a publication using these data.  If interested, please send a cover letter and your CV to dabney [dot] evans [at] emory [dot] edu.   

   

Fellowship, Ferguson RISE

Category : Alumni Student Opportunities

Ready to elevate your career and gain funded experience in public health?

Fellowship Benefits:

  • Funded 3, 6, or 12-month research opportunities in infectious diseases and health disparities research
  • Develop research skills through mentored hands-on experience
  • Advance health equity, address disparities, reduce infectious diseases
  • Personalized career mentoring, stipend, funds to present at conferences and publish.
  • Can count for APE or Practicum

Research sites:

  • Atlanta (CDC, Morehouse, RSPH)
  • Baltimore (Johns Hopkins)
  • New York (The City University of New York [CUNY])
  • Washington DC (Howard University College of Medicine)

Eligibility:

  • Current or recently graduate students in a health discipline or social science (e.g., MD, MS, MPH, PhD, etc.,)
  • US citizen/national, permanent resident

Fellowship Application Deadlines:

  • 6 month – December 2, 2024
  • Summer & 12 month – January 31, 2025

Visit the Ferguson RISE website for more information and application instructions.

Note that:

  •  For 1st years, this can serve as an APE.
  • For 2nd years, this can provide support and additional training and experience over the summer or beyond, as you seek other opportunities.
  • For recent grads (MPH/PhD), within one year of the start of the Ferguson RISE Fellowship, this can strengthen your skillsets for your career through a 6- or 12-month fellowship.

Community Health Assessment Intern, Emory Healthcare

Category : Student Opportunities

Job Title: Community Health Assessment Intern 

Location: Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA 

Duration: Spring Semester 2025 

Overview: Emory Healthcare is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Community Health Assessment Intern to assist with the 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). This internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to public health initiatives and gain hands-on experience in health data analysis and community health research. 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Data Research and Compilation: Gather and analyze health status data for defined market areas surrounding each of Emory Healthcare’s ten hospitals. 
  • Public Health Data Sources: Utilize various public health data sources and databases to extract relevant information.
  • Data Visualization: Assist in creating visual representations of data findings to effectively communicate insights and trends. 
  • Collaboration: Work closely with the CHNA team to support the overall assessment process, including preparing reports and presentations. 

  • Community Engagement: Participate in community outreach efforts to gather qualitative data and insights from local populations. 

Qualifications: 

  • Education: Currently pursuing a degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, or a related field. 
  • Knowledge: Familiarity with public health data sources (e.g., CDC, state health departments) and database tools (e.g., Excel, SQL). 
  • Skills: Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and visualize data effectively. 
  • Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present findings clearly. 

  • Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). 

  • Previous internship or volunteer experience in public health or community health assessment. 

For more information and application instructions, visit the job posting on 12Twenty.

GRA – Spanish Bilingual for MIC-DROP Study, Rollins School of Public Health

Category : Student Opportunities

MIC-DROP is a CDC-funded study which aims to enroll a prospective cohort of 1,275 MSM in Atlanta, Chicago and San Diego to understand men’s strategies to prevent HIV/STIs. Through a combination of Qualitative and Quantitative surveys, the study will evaluate current trends in characteristics of MSM at risk of acquiring HIV, assess behaviors and preferences for using PrEP products, conduct development and testing of prevention messages, and characterize typologies of current and potential PrEP users with identification of prevention protection gaps. Specifically, evaluations will entail men’s use and preferences for prevention modalities, awareness, knowledge, beliefs and perceptions of HIV/STI prevention products, as well as provide structured assessments of prevention messages to develop effective messaging to close identified prevention protection gaps in behavior. Survey data will be used to develop quarterly rapid data reports that will allow for summary and recommendations concerning prevention protection gaps among MSM; development, testing, and iterative revisions of prevention messages; and to provide timely new information to public health programs and decision makers.

This position is eligible for REAL award in Spring 2025. This position will start in early January 2025. The position is primarily remote but may require in-person study activities occasionally.

For more information and application instructions, visit the job posting on 12Twenty.

CDC Biostatistics, Statistics, Mathematical Statistics for Respiratory Virus Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/ORISE

Category : Alumni

CDC’s Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division (CORVD) in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) is dedicated to development and advancement of biomedical research to “improve the health of people by preventing illness, disability, and death from respiratory viruses induced diseases through public health science and practice in the United States and globally”. The Biostatistics, Economics and Modeling (BEaM) Unit, works with epidemiologists and laboratory scientists in the Division’s four branches to adapt existing analytical methodology and develop new techniques for statistical analysis.

Research Project: The fellow will train with BEaM’s statisticians, economists, and modelers and collaborate with the branches in the Division in the area of study design and statistical analysis. The fellow will train in Mathematical Statistics, mentored by senior statisticians in BEaM and will collaborate with epidemiologists and laboratory scientists in CORVD’s four branches. The fellow will learn to apply Bayesian and frequentist analytical techniques, including conditional autoregressive random effects models and probabilistic multiplier models to estimate the burden of COVID-19, RSV, and other respiratory viruses in the United States. This will include collaborating with informatics specialists to automate processes. Various statistical methodologies, adapted from existing and newly developed methods, will be applied to explore the epidemiology and biological science of respiratory viruses, including examining and improving the understanding of viral interference between respiratory viruses. In addition to providing statistical analysis and modeling support, the fellow will gain hands-on experience in the areas of study design, data visualization, and the use of statistical software, as well as authoring and coauthoring publications.

Mentor(s): The mentor for this opportunity is Gordana Derado (uwx8 [at] cdc [dot] gov). If you have questions about the nature of the research please contact the mentor(s).

Anticipated Appointment Start Date: January 6, 2025  Start date is flexible and will depend on a variety of factors.

Appointment Length: The appointment will initially be for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of CDC and is contingent on the availability of funds.

Preferred skills:

  • Strong background in statistics/biostatistics, including Bayesian statistics.
  • Basic understanding of epidemiological methods 
  • Experience with data visualization techniques and statistical methods used for analysis of high-dimensional data
  • Programming skills to conduct statistical analysis e.g., in R, SAS, Python, Stata, Matlab, or other computational software.
  • Familiarity with PowerBI or similar data visualization tools

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Master’s Degree or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing.
  • Discipline(s):
    • Engineering 
    • Mathematics and Statistics 
    • Social and Behavioral Sciences 

Applications due December 6th, 2o24 and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. For more information and application instructions, please visit the job posting on 12Twenty. 

Fuel Up for Finals, PASE

Category : News/Events

Join the Professional Advancement and Student Experience Team for our semester event, Fuel Up for Finals! Take a break and stop by the PASe table, located in the RRR Connector to make a finals snack pack. Snacks will be provided while supplies last.

The event will take place from from 12:00-1:00pm on Thursday, December 5th. For more information, visit the posting on 12Twenty.

Epidemiologist 2, DeKalb Public Health

Category : Alumni

DeKalb Public Health (DKPH) is hiring an Epidemiologist to be based at Richardson Health Center in North Decatur. 

Job responsibilities:

Under supervision, plans, develops, and conducts epidemiologic investigations, surveillance and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implement methods of disease control. Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares epidemiologic reports. Assists with planning and conducting investigations of diseases. Performs formal case control and cohort studies of complex health issues. Provides related consultation to departmental staff and others. Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance. Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares reports. Provides training, technical assistance, and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases. Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues. Performs various duties in support of section operations. Develop policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.

Applications are due December 6th, 2024. For more information and application instructions, visit the job posting linked here.

Public Health Compliance Analyst, Guidehouse

Category : Alumni

Guidehouse is hiring a compliance analyst be based in the DC area. Analysts will assist in applying common best practices in performing monitoring and auditing activities for various Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) models/programs.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Participate in and/or lead meetings, identify areas of improvements, determine audit or monitoring requirements and support audit or monitoring activities as needed.
  • Work closely with CMS model leads and project team to review participation agreements, document, update, and provide responses to model participants’ inquiries.
  • Develop or assist with development of various written reports or project documents.
  • Develop or assist with development of Standard Operating Procedures or Plans.
  • Gather, review, and update existing and/or new requirements, specifications, business processes, make recommendations as needed and lead or assist with implementation of those requirements.
  • Participate in the design, development, analysis, implementation/monitoring of system requirements and user testing, as needed.
  • Conduct or assist with qualitative and quantitative analysis, environmental scans to support the various CMS models monitoring needs.
  • Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and other stakeholders to gather business processes, business requirements, identify and mitigate gaps and coordinate Change Request process as needed.
  • Develop, update, and maintain excel trackers; use power queries to help support automation; apply business analytics skills to support the project as needed.

    For more information and application instructions, visit the job posting linked here.

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