Research Associate, Carleton University

Description 

Dr. Paul Villeneuve (Carleton University) is seeking a full-time research associate to help assist across several epidemiology projects. These projects are in the area of an environmental health and cover topics such as: air pollution, greenness, and exposure to low dose radiation. This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate interested in environmental epidemiology and radiation research. This is a two year contract with potential for renewal, or transition into a PhD training. It will provide opportunities for publications.

Duties and Responsibilities 

The research associate will participate in all areas of research, including preparing manuscripts and reports, statistical analyses of data, development of the study protocol, research ethics and sample size calculations.

Skills and Experience 

Required 

• The candidate must have graduate training in epidemiology

Preferred

• Experience in environmental epidemiology
• Experience in preparing manuscripts and reports
• Experience in developing research protocols
• Experience in statistical methods
• The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively

Other Relevant Information

• At this time, the work can be done remotely.
• Salary: To be determined based on experience
• Start date: Immediately

Application Guidelines

Applicants should send a single PDF document via email to Dr. Paul Villeneuve at paul [dot] villeneuve [at] carleton [dot] ca with “Research Associate Application” in the subject line. This document should include:

• Cover letter summarizing your research interests, career plans, and possible start date
• Current CV, and a writing sample
• Names and contact information of two references (current/former supervisors)

Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Rhode Island Department of Health

Description 

General Statement of Duties: 

• To analyze and document the impact of various chronic and infectious disease processes on the population of the state and/or communities, as well as on other specific subpopulations at risk; to monitor and analyze the incidence, prevalence and determinants of disease such as environment, genetics, lifestyle and access to medical care; to identify effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies; to design and/or implement health promotion and disease prevention interventions; and to do related work as required. 

Supervision Received

• Works under the administrative supervision of a superior with latitude for the exercise of initiative and independent judgement; assignments are made in broad outline and work is reviewed upon completion for results attained and conformance to established policies, objectives, provisions of law, rules and regulations.

Skills and Qualifications 

• A thorough knowledge of descriptive and analytical epidemiologic techniques, research and evaluation methodologies, and biostatistics as described in national standards such as the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ Applied Epidemiology Competencies
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external partners; and related capacities and abilities
• Possession of a Master of Public Health, a Master of Science in Epidemiology, or a master’s degree in a related health field with specialization in the area of epidemiology.

Application Information

• Application Deadline: January 14th, 11:59PM EST 
• Click here to read more about this position and apply online! 
  • If you have any questions regarding the position or application, contact Abby Berns at abby [dot] berns [at] health [dot] ri [dot] gov. 

Injury Prevention Fellowship, CDC

Description 

A research opportunity is available with the Division of Injury Prevention (DIP), within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the major operation components of the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC works to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries in people aged 65 and older and they can lead to significant medical costs, injuries, functional decline, and reduced quality of life. As evidenced by a recent CDC report, more than one in four older adults in the United States reported falling, totaling nearly 36 million falls in 2018. More than eight million of these falls require emergency department care. Further, about 32,000 older Americans who die as a result of these falls. Falls and fall injuries are increasing the U.S. and associated annual medical expenses are about $50 billion. These costs will only continue to surge given the aging of the U.S. population. The participant will collaborate with a team to support DIPs effort to help older adults age without injury. Specifically, the participant will support efforts to enhance surveillance, research, and program implementation related to the review and management of modifiable fall risk factors. Specifically, the participant may be involved with the Safety Promotion team on the following tasks:

• Participate with the Team in developing a business case for evidence-based clinical fall prevention activities.
• Analyze data and evaluate strategies to reduce hospital readmissions due to falls.
• Provide technical support for health system implementation, use, and evaluation of falls prevention activities.
• Pursue opportunities to educate and incentivize clinicians and health systems for integrating fall prevention.
• Participate in analyzing, interpreting, and publishing a report on fatal and non-fatal injury data to estimate the overall health and economic impact of falls and other injuries.
• Review and report on the health and economic burden related to unintentional injuries that impact adults as they age. As well as describe the availability of evidence-based interventions. 

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 and will reach completion by the appointment start date. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.

Preferred skills

• Strong writing skills
• Excellent oral skills
• Ability to synthesize research and public information quickly and concisely
• Ability to interpret statistical tests commonly used in public health

How to Apply 

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*Deadline to Apply: January 22, 2021 3:00PM (EST)*

Clinical Research Coordinator II, Emory University School of Medicine

Job Description

• Handles administrative activities generally associated with the conduct of clinical trials.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Manages research project databases, develops flow sheets and other study related documents, and completes source documents/case report forms.
• Interfaces with research participants, determines eligibility and consents study participants according to protocol.
• Approves orders for supplies and equipment maintenance.
• Assists in developing recruitment strategies and conducting screenings for study participants including interviews and questionnaires.
• Supervises collection of study specimens and processing.
• Establishes case packages for study procedures, monitors scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinates other services as needed.
• Ensures compliance with research protocols, reviews case report forms and audits for accuracy with source documents, attends monitoring meetings with sponsors.
• Prepares regulatory submissions. With appropriate credentialing and training.
• May perform phlebotomy or diagnostics.
• Performs related approved responsibilities as required. 

Minimum Qualifications

1. High School Diploma or GED and five years of clinical research experience. OR
2. Two years of college in a scientific, health related, or business administration program and three years clinical research experience OR
3. Licensed as a practical nurse (LPN) and two years clinical research experience OR
4. Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, health related, or business administration related program and one year of clinical research experience OR
5. Master’s degree, MD or PhD in a scientific, health related or business administration program

How to Apply

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Health Policy Analyst I, Maryland Department of Health

Position Description 

This full time contractual position will support and enhance public health surveillance and detection capacities of OP&R by coordinating biosurveillance and other drug-overdose monitoring and analysis activities resulting in improved public health services, policies, and programs.

Qualifications 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: One year of experience evaluating, analyzing, researching and developing health care services, policies and programs.
• Note:  A Master’s degree in Health Sciences, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Public Policy or closely related field may be substituted for the required experience.

Preferred Qualifications 

• The desired candidate should have experience/education in biosurveillance and/or working with morbidity or mortality data sets/systems, knowledge/experience summarizing data analysis and recommendations into reports, presentations and/or policy proposals and knowledge/experience working/addressing the Opioid epidemic.

Application Information 

• Application Deadline: December 23rd, 2020
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Data Analysis Fellowship, CDC

Description 

Three research opportunities are currently available with the Prevention Research and Translation Branch, within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. 

NCBDDD’s mission is to improve the health of children and adults by preventing birth defects and developmental disabilities, and complications of heredity blood disorders; promoting optimal child development, and the health and wellness among children and adults living with disabilities. The Birth Defects Monitoring and Research Branch conducts birth defects surveillance and research into the possible causes and long term outcomes of birth defects. The purpose of this research opportunity is to provide an educational experience to individuals interested in the field of public health and reproductive and birth defects epidemiology. Opportunities are aimed at furthering the health communication science, epidemiological and analytical knowledge of participants. Participants will train within the Birth Defects Monitoring and Research Branch in the analysis of public health data, and learn about the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health communication products and activities. Participants are assigned to train on various projects and can expect to gain valuable learning experiences in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health communication campaigns, surveillance and research study management, database cleaning, data analyses, interpretation of the results, writing manuscripts and giving oral presentations. 

Participant training involves:

• literature searches
• translation of scientific research and data into consumer-focused materials
• development and evaluation of social media
• website management
• use of statistical software, analyses of data and summarization of findings
• participation in surveillance and research projects
• preparation of scientific manuscripts, posters, presentations, and fact sheets, and other information
• utilization of MarketScan or other claims or health record data
• assessing risk factors for birth defects and the long term morbidity and mortality of infants born with birth defects
• verbal and written presentations of epidemiologic studies or surveillance activities at scientific conferences 

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 and will reach completion by December 2020. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date. 

Preferred skills:

• Background in biostatistics or epidemiology, as well as maternal and child health
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research
• Experience conducting scientific literature searches  

How to Apply 

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• If you have questions, send an email to ORISE [dot] CDC [dot] NCBDDD [at] orau [dot] org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity (CDC-NCBDDD-2021-0030) in your email.

Supervisory Health Scientist, Dept. of Health and Human Services

Position Description 

As a Health Scientist for the Division of Epidemiology, you use extensive knowledge and expertise in research methodology, maternal and child health, and leadership to serve as a program administrator, senior scientist, and supervisor.

Your major duties and responsibilities will include:

• Serving as a technical expert in surveillance programs related to maternal, infant and child health.
• Supervising administrative, technical and/or professional staff and provides leadership and guidance to staff on all matters related to the design, administration and monitoring of the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).
• Directing activities that may include performance analytics and research that advances state of the art approaches in population level data collection and public health surveillance for maternal and child health populations.
• Providing expertise and direction on the appropriate application of survey methodology as well as other qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Establishing long and short term program goals, performance measures, policies, objectives and priorities based on knowledge of and professional experience in the field of maternal and child health and maternal and child health research and needs assessment.
• Researching and writing reports or other working documents that provide authoritative guidance on complex and wide-impacting program issues related to the design, administration and management of the NSCH and surveillance efforts for maternal and child health populations.
• Overseeing professional initiatives under contracts, grants and agreements in the performance of work necessary for designing, implementing, and monitoring the NSCH and dissemination of resultant data.

Qualifications 

• You must have a Bachelor’s or graduate degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position being advertised. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
• In order to qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-13 level in the federal service.
• Evaluating population level data related public health and/or health care delivery systems in order to make recommendations regarding the data’s limitations, validity, interpretation, and usefulness; serving as a technical advisor on local, state or national public health data collection and analysis of studies or surveys related to maternal and/or child health (e.g., physical and mental health, health care access and quality, etc.); and, preparing and presenting results in reports, which state research methodology and pertinent findings for use in informing Federal public health care policy direction.

How to Apply 

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COVID-19 Surviellance Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health

Position Descriptions 

Epidemiologist II

• These positions will support priority surveillance capacity in COVID-19 response. Incumbents will contribute to the COVID-19 response mission by serving in a surveillance role focusing on one or more of the following tasks: analyzing data to respond to questions, producing routine daily and weekly COVID reports, evaluating and analyzing surveillance data to develop guidance and inform policy development, and working to coordinate surveillance activities with other parts of the office.

Epidemiologist III 

• These positions will also support priority surveillance capacity in COVID-19 response. Incumbents will contribute to the COVID-19 response mission by serving in a surveillance role focusing on one or more of the following tasks: surveillance reporting, data integration and quality assurance, surveillance process and special projects.

This recruitment will be used to fill multiple project and non-permanent positions at each level outlined above. Grant funding for these positions is anticipated to last between 12 and 22 months. These positions will work from a remote or home-based location.

These positions are a part of the Office of Public Health Outbreak Coordination, Informatics and Surveillance (PHOCIS). PHOCIS’s responsibilities align directly to Goal 1 of the Agency Strategic Plan (2017-19 Update) that calls to “Protect everyone in Washington from communicable diseases and other health threats.”

Required Qualifications

• All levels – A Master’s degree or higher in epidemiology; OR a master’s degree in public health or a closely allied field including 12 graduate quarter hours or equivalent (500 level or above) in epidemiology and 12 graduate quarter hours or equivalent in biostatistics. And
• Epidemiologist 2 Level: One (1) or more years of experience working in a public health agency or a similar setting.
• Epidemiologist 3 Level: Two (2) or more years of experience working in a public health agency or a similar setting.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience effectively performing data analysis and using statistical software.
• Experience working with local health jurisdiction disease investigators.
• Two (2) or more years of experience working in communicable disease epidemiology

How to Apply 

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Data Analytics Epidemiologist III, Texas DHHS

Job Description

The Infectious Disease Data Analytics Epidemiologist III position is located within the Emerging and Acute Infectious Disease Unit (EAIDU). Under the supervision of the COVID-19 Infectious Disease and Data Informatics Manager and the Director, EAIDU, the Data Analytics Epidemiologist III performs highly advanced senior-level research and epidemiological work requiring specialized knowledge of infectious disease surveillance. Designs and conducts advanced epidemiological research, evaluating populations and their risk factors for infectious disease using data from the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System and other large data sets from throughout the agency. Prepares and presents research findings on emerging and acute infectious diseases in reports, professional journals, national conferences, and state meetings. Plans and assigns the work of others. Serves as a mentor for other Data Analytic and EAIDU team members. Works under minimum supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions

• (30%) Utilizes advanced statistics and/or statistical packages, which can analyze population’s characteristics and their relationship to disease states or outcomes. Methods and techniques may include random, stratified, clustered, and convenience sampling; confidence intervals, tests of differences between rates and proportions, odds ratios, relative risk ratios, measurement of sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value; linear and multiple logistic regression; and survival, factor, cluster, discriminant analysis, and spatial analyses. Calculates sample sizes. Utilizes, as necessary, the following: SAS, Epi Info, R, GIS, and other graphics and spreadsheets software.
• (30%) Prepares and presents presentations, technical reports, briefings, and professional journal articles related to EAIDU surveillance activities. Reviews reports and special publications of staff and monitors the preparation of special and annual reports. Provides EAIDU consultation and data to the regional/local health departments, public, other DSHS program areas and other consumers of data. Provides consultation to hospital administrators, physicians, state and national organizations, and others on the EAIDU surveillance activities.
• (25%) Serves as a resource epidemiologist for ongoing projects within EAIDU, working as a team leader on epidemiological investigations and evaluation studies. Serves as a technical expert and consultant on statistical design, epidemiologic methodology and analysis, interpretation of data, and epidemiologic soundness. Directs the preparation and responds to complex requests for EAIDU information, data, and analyses as requested by the Group Manager, Unit Director, or other department staff, outside agencies, the public and the media.
• (15%) Performs related work duties as assigned. Other duties as assigned may include actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or COOP activation. Such participation may include an alternate shift assignments and/or location

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of the basic principles and methods of epidemiology and the rules and regulations governing the control of notifiable conditions
• Knowledge of statistical concepts, research methods, and their applications to public health surveillance and research.
• Knowledge of the natural history and epidemiology of common infectious diseases
• Knowledge of programming logic and scripting.
• Knowledge of issues of confidentiality.
• Skills in utilizing Word, Epi Info, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and graphic presentation software such as Tableau
• Skill in using epi-related statistical software, especially SAS, and in writing syntax to perform analyses.
• Skill in database management, especially relational database structures.
• Skill in working with sensitive personal health information.
• Ability to manage and query complex databases.
• Ability to use population data for public health planning and evaluation.
• Ability to conduct research projects and data collection efforts.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and show initiative.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and prepare grant requests
• Ability to present statistical and technical data in a clear and concise format
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to devise and develop solutions
• Ability to train others

Qualifications 

• Graduate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in informatics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, or related field preferred.
• Two years’ professional experience as an epidemiologist or public health data analyst, or similar job function.
• Experience with SAS, Epi Info, R, GIS, and other graphics and spreadsheets software.
• Experience in public health and infectious disease prevention and control preferred.
• Skills with programming in statistical software SAS preferred.

How to Apply 

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Epidemiologist, IHRC Inc.

Description

IHRC, Inc. provides scientific, information management, management consulting, bioinformatics, and administrative program support to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other Federal and private sector clients. The successful candidate will be a full-time employee of IHRC, Inc., and will be assigned to the Mycotic Diseases Branch (MDB), Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases (DFWED), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), at the CDC, located at 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, to provide program and administrative support for the branch.

Scope of Work

The Epidemiologist will participate as a team member with MDB staff to provide written materials, determining that deliverables are being provided on time and within budget, and organizing periodic conference calls with Epidemiologist to assess progress.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing expert knowledge of infectious disease surveillance. Work will include coordination with internal and external partners.
• Providing epidemiology technical knowledge for diagnosis of fungal diseases.
• Verifying Human Subjects documents are submitted and tracking continuations and due dates.
• Performing data analysis, including preparation of 2×2 tables and graphs.
  Writing manuscript drafts and meeting abstracts, approximately 2 – 5 per year.
• Designing sessions or workshops on fungal diseases at conferences, approximately 2 – 5 per year.
• Developing communication debriefs to update the Mycotic Diseases Branch and other interested CDC parties on development and activities of the screening program.

Qualifications

Required:

• Master of Public Health (MPH), or Master’s degree with a concentration in public health.
• 2-4 years of work experience in public health.
• Must be fluent in Spanish.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Quantitative skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent organizational, intrapersonal, writing and speaking skills for working with an interdisciplinary team including scientific and non-scientific collaborators.
• Experience preparing written documents and giving oral presentations.

Desirable:

• Strong background in data management and program evaluation.
• Global health and health communication experience is desirable.

How to Apply

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