Information Analyst I, Emory University

Description 

Abstractor II, Public Health Institute

Position Description 

The Cancer Registry of Greater California (CRGC), a program of the Public Health Institute (PHI), is seeking an Abstractor II to support its important work in the cancer community.

The Abstractor II will perform casefinding by reviewing pathology reports, electronic medical records, the Medical Record Disease Index (MRDI) and other casefinding documents, and later abstracting identified cases. They will also assist with other regional abstracting activities as necessary.

Organization Description

PHI is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally and internationally. PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 “Best Non-profit Organizations to Work For” by the Non-Profit Times in a national search. To learn more about our meaningful work visit www.phi.org.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Review casefinding documents such as online pathology reports to determine hospital, state, and national reportability.
• Abstract and code data from electronic medical records according to specific guidelines.
  Accurately interpret and code American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), Collaborative Staging, ICD-O-3 coding, Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules, and the Hematopoietic reporting requirements.
• Maintain a clear understanding of Cancer Reporting in California, Volume I.
• Abstract for assigned contracted reporting facilities, which include but are not limited to surgery centers, radiation centers, or hospitals.
• Provide abstracting training for Abstractor I, as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and relevant healthcare experience.
• Credentialed by the National Cancer Registrar’s Association (NCRA) as a CTR (Certified Tumor Registrar).
• 5 years of abstracting experience. Either regional registry, hospital, contract, or combination abstracting accepted.
• Ability to maintain at least 97% 97% abstracting and coding accuracy.
• Solid understanding of California reportability requirements.
• Knowledge of cancer therapy, Collaborative Staging, ICD-O-3 coding, Multiple Primary and Histology Coding Rules, cancer reporting in California utilizing Volume I and the Hematopoietic reporting requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of medical terminology, medical procedures, anatomy and physiology and the cancer disease process.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with electronic medical records (EMR).

Important Information

• This is a full-time (40 hours per week) position based in Sacramento, CA.
• This position is eligible for PHI’s full suite of benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, and generous time off.
• This is a reading-intensive position as nearly all aspects of this position are performed on a computer and from reading online source material.

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Environmental Epidemiology Research Opportunity, ORISE

Position Description 

A research opportunity is currently available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA), located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. EPA ORD recently reorganized and this is the newly named Center. This was formerly in the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL).

This research opportunity is to evaluate the beneficial influences of the natural environment on human well-being. This research opportunity focuses on the influence of local natural environment (e.g. residential neighborhood) on human health and well-being. The research participant may collaborate with a dynamic multidisciplinary team of Federal scientists and research fellows with expertise in environmental health, landscape ecology, remotely-sensed earth observations, and social surveys. The research project may involve geospatial and statistical analyses of large existing national databases including individual-level health survey data.

Duties

Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant may be involved in the following research activities: developing and computing indicators of ecosystem services; estimating exposure or dose; identifying and compiling relevant socioeconomic and additional environmental data; and modeling individual-level human physical and mental health outcomes using these variables. Analyses may explore land use and land cover within residential buffers, temporal and/or residential relocation effects, and climate and latitudinal variability that may influence the local natural environment’s effect on health behaviors and outcomes.

The research participant will have the opportunity to support the development of manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed scientific journals. The research participant may have the opportunity to attend at least one scientific conference to present research and continue professional development.

*Anticipated Appointment Start Date: Spring/Summer 2020

Qualifications

The qualified candidate must have received a doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.

Preferred skills

• Statistical and geospatial analysis and programming using ArcGIS, Python, SAS, and/or R
• Knowledge of ecosystem services

How to Apply

A complete application consists of:

• An application
• Transcript(s) – For this opportunity, an unofficial transcript or copy of the student academic records printed by the applicant or by academic advisors from internal institution systems may be submitted. All transcripts must be in English or include an official English translation. 
• A current resume/CV, including academic history, employment history, relevant experiences, and publication list
• Two educational or professional references

Epidemiologist II, Cecil County Health Department

Description

This position will manage and analyze public health surveillance data, in order to discover disease trends and their impact on the community. Such data will also provide clarity regarding prevalent health problems affecting the community.

Additionally, based on information provided by this data, this position will be able to make recommendations for disease control and prevention, as well as assist in setting priorities in community health planning. Lastly, this position will provide epidemiological assistance in the agency’s emergency preparedness planning and response activities.

Location: MDH/Cecil County Health Department, Division of Administrative Services, Elkton, Maryland

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: Two years of experience in designing and conducting epidemiological studies and investigations for disease surveillance as an Epidemiologist, after receipt of the Master’s degree.

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.

Desired Qualifications 

The desired candidate should have experience collecting and analyzing data from multiple data sets, as well as experience communicating with diverse stakeholders.

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Senior Research Associate, NYC DOHMH

Position Description 

The NYC DOHMH’s Bureau of Health Promotion for Justice-Impacted Populations is currently recruiting a Senior Research Associate to support surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation activities across the Bureau. The ideal candidate will have a masters or doctorate degree in public health, experience with health services research, strong program management and quantitative and qualitative research skills, and experience and interest in working with justice-impacted populations.

Responsibilities 

• Work as part of a team dedicated to promoting the behavioral and physical health of justice-impacted populations by using and integrating health services, financial, epidemiological and surveillance data to develop evidence-based public health policies and programs.
• Participate in developing a surveillance, monitoring and evaluation strategy to support the work of BHPJIP, including leading and conducting high-level analytic activities to inform Bureau policy and program interventions, including:
  
  • Characterizing the behavioral, mental and physical health of people with a history of justice involvement living in the community and of justice-impacted populations.
  • Identifying and monitoring behavioral, mental and physical health disease trends.
  • Evaluating behavioral, mental and physical health care and program gaps.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to identify, integrate, and analyze available health information and health outcomes data for underserved populations in New York City.
• Participate in the coordination of research activities, including database management, data analysis and reporting.
• Prepare written documents, including manuscripts, memos, reports, and presentations.
• Participate in special studies and activities as assigned and other duties as deemed necessary by the Director of Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation, the Assistant Commissioner of BHPJIP, or their designee.

Minimum Qualifications 

• For Assignment Level I (only physical, biological and environmental sciences and public health)
  • A master’s degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological or environmental science or in public health.
• To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above, candidates must have:
  • 1) A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory, administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
  • 2) A master’s degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical, biological, environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization
  • Education and/or experience which is equivalent to “1” or “2” above. However, all candidates must have at least a master’s degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in “2” above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in “1” and “2” above.

To Apply

Click here to learn more about the position and access the application page. Apply online with a cover letter. In the Job ID search bar, enter: Job ID number # 430881.

Oral Health Epidemiologist, Wisconsin DHS

Position Summary 

The incumbent will provide statewide leadership and expertise for surveillance methodologies, design, and evaluation of collection protocols, statistical analysis, interpretation of results, and presentation of findings for oral health issues. In response to requests for technical assistance, the incumbent will provide consultation, resources, and guidance to state and local oral health partners related to oral health issues, concerns and planning for local basic screening surveys. In this position, the incumbent will serve as the primary lead in compiling and developing narrative, statistical, visualizations, maps, fact sheets and major reports to include but not limited to the burden of oral disease, disparities, Medicaid utilization, community water fluoridation, sealant application, workforce and other reports for dissemination to policy makers, program decision makers, local agencies, health professionals, and others as appropriate.

The incumbent will be responsible for developing and implementing oral health surveillance using the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors Basic Screening Survey guidance. Specifically, leading the planning, implementation, analysis and reporting for Head Start/preschool children, third grade children, ninth grade children, adults and older adults. The incumbent will also be responsible for working with other program staff to assure that surveillance activities are aligned with programmatic activities to achieve deliverables and desired outcomes.

Qualifications

Minimally qualified candidates will have:

• Experience identifying populations and sub-populations at greatest risk for poor health outcomes.
• Experience using statistical methods and computer applications to input and analyze epidemiologic data (e.g. MS Excel, SAS, STATA, SPSS, ArcGIS, Infogram, Tableau, etc.).
• Experience applying epidemiologic methods relevant to oral health or chronic disease surveillance such as creating surveys; data matching to identify areas for quality improvement and outcomes; identifying trends; economic burden and impact; etc.
• Experience using data visualization techniques to develop materials for dissemination of results/findings for quality or performance improvement.
• Ability to work as a team including establishing and maintaining effective relationships.
• Ability to organize, multi-task and prioritize workload demands.
• Effective communication skills.

In addition, well-qualified candidates will also have:

• Experience directing epidemiological surveillance of oral health issues aimed at reducing the burden of oral health disease (e.g. dental caries, periodontal disease, access to care, etc.).
• Experience working in a public health setting.

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Public Health Analyst, CDC/NCIRD

Position Description 

The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), Office of Director (OD) is offering an opportunity to an unclassified set of duties to serve as a Public Health Analyst. The mission of the Division of Viral Diseases (DVD) is to prevent disease, disability, and death from viral diseases through immunization and other prevention measures. This office is within the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, which plays a critical role in outbreak response, diagnostic epidemiology, vaccine development, and control of respiratory and vaccine-preventable disease nationally and globally. The incumbent will work in the Global Health Sciences (GHS) team and will support in part the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) initiative. The GHSA is a United States Government initiative and provides a framework to ensure that all nations are able to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to infectious disease threats in order to protect Americans from emerging infectious disease threats such as Ebola and Zika.

Duration of Detail: one year

Unclassified Set of Duties: 

• Strengthen international epidemiological capacity for enhanced surveillance for emerging respiratory and other viral pathogens
• Draft, review training materials for surveillance
• Provide training and other capacity building activities internationally
• Provide technical assistance for monitoring and evaluation of global surveillance

Desired Qualifications: 

• An understanding of surveillance at the operational level
• Knowledge of written communications to prepare responses for inquiries, reports, proposals, etc.
• Fluency in English;
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and be flexible
• Able to travel and train globally

Percent of travel required: 20%

Special Requirements:

• Medical requirements – No
• Work locations (i.e., BSL-3 laboratory) – No
• Language requirements (i.e., bilingual) – No
• Training requirements – No
• Security Clearance – No

Application Procedures:

Interested applicants should submit the following to Arun Balajee at fir3 [at] cdc [dot] gov NLT 4 pm EST on Friday, 14 February, 2020. Please include “NCIRD/DVD/OD, Public Health Analyst, GS-12, Epi” in the subject of your email. Include: 

• Resume or CV
• Appropriate items such as transcripts, SF-50, etc.

Or, click here to view the job post on Handshake. 

Selection/Acceptance Process:  

Applications will be reviewed and there may possibly be interviews. The program offices (losing and gaining), in coordination with HRO, will notify the selectee and negotiate the effective date of the detail between the losing and gaining CIOs. HRO will process the paperwork based upon the terms of the memorandum of understanding. Travel expenses to the duty site will be paid.

Research Project Manager, Dartmouth School of Medicine

Position

Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine is seeking a Research Project Manager in the Department of Epidemiology. Functioning independently and working alongside the Research Project Director, the candidate will manage the development and implementation of a large scale, ongoing environmental maternal and child health study being conducted throughout New Hampshire and the Dartmouth Hitchcock service area that is contributing to a national effort to address how pre- peri- and postnatal environmental exposures impact childhood development and health outcomes.

Responsibilities 

• Responsibilities will include participating in the development of research protocols including selection and design of questionnaires and biologic sample collection and measurement methods (clinical measures, anthropometry, neurodevelopment).
• Responsibilities will also include oversight of data and sample collection, supervision and training of study personnel at multiple sites to ensure that maternal/pediatric assessments are completed correctly and that study milestones and goals are met in a timely manner.
• Other responsibilities include providing assistance with report, grant and manuscript preparation, and budget planning and monitoring.
• This position requires the ability to work a flexible schedule, occasional travel to study sites within New Hampshire, and to attend national meetings

Qualifications

Expert Analyst–STARS, Advantasure

Summary:   

The Expert Analyst is responsible for identifying, collecting, analyzing, and maintaining data to evaluate issues that support prospective business decisions.  This role also coordinates projects for senior management.

Responsibilities/Tasks:

• Conduct trend analysis, report development, ad-hoc analysis and support
• Applies advanced statistical methodology to answer specific questions or problems. Advanced statistical methodology includes, but is not limited to, multiple linear regression, multiple logistic regression, trend analysis, hierarchical linear modeling, generalized linear mixed models, and sampling techniques. Assist in design and implement epidemiologic studies to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical programs
• Ensure complete, accurate and timely data for reporting purposes.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously by establishing project plans and objectives to ensure goal attainment within defined parameters
• Communicate results of analysis to management via reports/presentations and assist management in implementing programs that provide solutions.
• Develop documentation, reports and presentations for all levels within the organization including executive leadership.
• Compile data from a variety of sources and conduct analytics using software, including Excel, Oracle (SQL) and SAS to support business decisions
• Collaborate with team members to ensure data and reports meet contract deliverables

Employment Qualifications  

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Health Care, Statistics or a related field.  Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or another related field preferred.  Continuous learning, as defined by the Company’s learning philosophy, is required.  Certification or progress toward certification is highly preferred and encouraged.

Experience:

Five (5) years of experience in a related field required to provide the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities for the role.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities Required:

• Strong communication skills are required to understand, interpret, and communicate ideas.
• Strong knowledge and use of existing software packages (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, etc.).
• Strong analytical, organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• High level working knowledge of data programming language such as SAS and/or SQL
• Ability to effectively interface with employees at all levels
• Administer and adhere to corporate and departmental policies, practices and procedures.
• Other related skills and/or abilities may be required to perform this job.
• Knowledge and experience with Medicare Advantage Stars and/or HEDIS data is a plus

Location

This position can be remote, or located in one of our offices in Michigan, Virginia, or Las Vegas. 

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Epidemiologist Fellowship, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health