Epidemiologist, Healthcare Staffing Professionals

Description 

Healthcare Staffing Professionals has an immediate need for an Epidemiologist. The Epidemiologist will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and performing QA on data linkage projects. This includes writing code to match between DPH surveillance data and external data sources, running existing matching processes to update surveillance data, validating data linkage outputs, overseeing data import processes, and maintaining data linkage documentation. Analyses will be performed in SAS, R, and/or Python. 

The position will start immediately upon acceptance and employment clearance and is initially funded through 2/22/2022 with potential renewal.

Job Duties 

The Epidemiologist will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and performing QA on data linkage projects. This includes writing code to match between DPH surveillance data and external data sources, running existing matching processes to update surveillance data, validating data linkage outputs, overseeing data import processes, and maintaining data linkage documentation. Analyses will be performed in SAS, R, and/or Python. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in epidemiology or its equivalent and three years of experience assisting in the design, conduct, and evaluation of epidemiologic studies and field investigations -OR- A doctoral degree form an accredited college or university with specialization in epidemiology or its equivalent -AND- one-year work experience as an epidemiologist; and

Desirable Qualifications

• Windows-based laptop or desktop device, with a speaker and mic;
• Reliable Wi-fi/internet access; and
• Knowledge of communicable disease surveillance.
• Experience conducting intermediate epidemiologic analyses, including regression modeling.
• Experience using statistical analysis software (e.g. SAS, R) to manage data and conduct statistical analyses, including coding macros
• Familiar with project management

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YRBS Coordinator/Tobacco Epidemiologist, Georgia DPH

Job Description 

The Epidemiologist, under the supervision of the Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Coordinator, will be responsible for collaborating with the Georgia Department of Education (GA-DOE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and School-Based Surveillance program to conduct two surveys the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the School Health Profile (Profile) as well as provide analytical data support to the Georgia Tobacco Use Prevention Program by analyzing and disseminating tobacco-related data available within the Georgia Department of Public Health such as the Georgia Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (GA-BRFSS), YRBS and the Profile survey.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop partnerships and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and partners
• Coordinate meetings with various stakeholders
• Standardize data collection tool based on CDC guidelines
• Conduct and monitor School-Based surveys (YRBS and Profiles)
• Submit data to CDC based on Guidelines
• Review, Edit and Receive weighted data from CDC related to YRBS and the Profiles
• Analyze, prepare and disseminate epidemiologic products (scientific manuscripts, abstracts, reports, fact sheets and info graphics)
• Work with researchers requesting YRBS and the Profile data sets
• Present findings to stakeholders and at scientific conferences
• Prepare Annual epidemiologic reports
• Assist in writing and reporting to federal funders

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or a closely related field from an accredited college or university AND One year of experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field OR
• One year at the lower level (HCP181) or position equivalent OR
• Master’s degree in Public Health or a closely related field from an accredited college or university AND Four years of experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field OR
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university AND Five years of experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience working as a public health epidemiologist.
• Advanced skills in the use of SAS and SAS Callable SUDAAN software for performing data analysis
• Experience in using large administrative datasets
• Team player – ability to work well with people with different background and skill set
• Possess people skill to collaborate and engage with several partners across the state

How to Apply 

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Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of South Carolina

Job Summary

We are seeking an individual for a postdoctoral fellowship related to maternal and perinatal health with training and experience in epidemiology or a related field. This position involves conducting statistical analyses and write/help in writing peer-reviewed manuscripts. The primary mentor is Dr. Nansi Boghossian. This postdoctoral research fellowship will be focused primarily on maternal health outcomes in the United States, with a focus on severe maternal morbidity, hospital quality, social determinants, and/or geographic disparities. The postdoc will have the opportunity to interact/collaborate with a variety of epidemiologists, clinician-scientists, biostatisticians, and economists from multiple institutions including Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, UTMB, and The Pennsylvania State University. The initial appointment is for one year and renewal for a second year is anticipated if performance is satisfactory.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctoral qualification in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, data science, or a related field with an interest in reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology and maternal and child health.

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with statistical software (e.g., SAS, R)
• Familiarity with GIS recommended but not required
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Strong training in quantitative epidemiologic methods (e.g., causal inference methods)
• Experience analyzing large datasets
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with collaborators
• Highly motivated to make a difference in maternal and perinatal health

How to Apply 

Interested applicants should submit the following materials:

1. Curriculum vitae
2. Cover letter describing research interests to be pursued during training
3. One lead-author published or unpublished manuscript
4. Names of two references

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Please contact Dr. Boghossian at nboghoss [at] mailbox [dot] sc [dot] edu with questions.

Reproductive Health and Disability Fellowship, CDC

Description 

A research opportunity is available in the Division of Reproductive Health (DRH) within the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

The mission of DRH is to promote optimal and equitable health in women and infants through public health surveillance, research, leadership, and partnership to move science to practice. DRH’s Women’s Health and Fertility Branch promotes optimal and equitable reproductive health and advances evidence-based practices through epidemiologic research and surveillance related to health behaviors and outcomes, unintended pregnancy prevention, fertility, and contraception

The selected participant will gain experience examining reproductive health topics among women with disabilities. Approximately 10% to 12% of reproductive-aged women in the United States have a disability. Reproductive-aged women with a disability might face challenges accessing prenatal and postpartum care and finding providers who are knowledgeable about their specific condition. However, there is limited data about pregnancy and postpartum behaviors and experiences among women with disability. CDC’s Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing, state-specific, and population-based surveillance system that collects data from the time before, during, and shortly after pregnancy among women who have had a recent live birth. Beginning in 2019, PRAMS began to gather information about disability. Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant will address gaps in knowledge about reproductive health among women with disabilities through data analysis of the PRAMS Disability supplement and potentially other data sources (e.g., MarketScan, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System [BRFSS]), data interpretation, preparation and dissemination of findings (e.g., fact sheets, peer-reviewed journal articles, presentations). Such information can be used to guide the development of clinical practices guidelines, intervention programs, and other initiatives of federal, state, and local agencies to improve services and the health of women of reproductive age living with disability.

The learning objectives and activities for this appointment include:

• To develop project coordination skills for analytical projects
• To develop skills for analyzing complex survey data using appropriate statistical software
• To develop technical assistance skills on epidemiology, data analysis, and translation

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 May 31, 2021. Degree must have been received within the past five years.

Preferred skills

• Experience in epidemiology and statistical methods
• Experience with complex survey design and data analysis
• Excellent oral presentation skills
• Strong scientific writing skills
• Strong skills in statistical software such as SAS and SUDAAN
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook

How to Apply 

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