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Epidemiologist, GS-12 Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria Malaria Branch/Strategic and Applied Science Unit

Category : Alumni GLEPI

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Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria

Malaria Branch/Strategic and Applied Science Unit

601/602/701 GS-12

Duty Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Application Deadline: March 21, 2019

The Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Malaria Branch, announces an exciting opportunity to work in the Strategic and Applied Science Unit (SASU) in the Malaria Branch. This position is open to:

  • Physicians (602 series), Veterinary Medical Officers (701 series), and PhD Epidemiologists (601 series);
  • Lateral reassignments at GS 12 level for Medical Officers, Veterinary Medical Officers, or PhD Epidemiologists.

The Malaria Branch in the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM) is recruiting for a vacancy in the SASU in the Malaria Branch. The Strategic and Applied Science Unit includes a staff of approximately 16 persons including medical officers, epidemiologists, and entomologists. Dr. Alexander Rowe is the SASU Chief. The incumbent will design, implement, and lead critical clinical and operational research studies in close coordination with host governments and national and international partners, including the nongovernmental and private sectors.

This is a unique professional opportunity to contribute to the global reduction in malaria, a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. The employee will collaborate to identify pressing public health research questions and to strive to answer those questions using appropriate research methods, designing, planning, implementing, and analyzing data from a wide breadth of research projects, including observational studies (e.g. surveys), experimental designs, (e.g. randomized controlled trials) and other relevant methods (e.g. qualitative studies, economic analyses, and systematic reviews). The employee will develop and write protocols, questionnaires, and manuscripts and mentor less experienced staff to do the same.  He or she will serve as an internationally recognized consultant and expert on malaria and epidemiology. The employee will develop and test interventions to identify, treat or resolve various malaria or other public health problems, and will provide malaria-specific, epidemiological or public health technical advice to Ministries of Health or domestic authorities.

International travel will be required at least 33% of the time.

Responsibilities:

  • The incumbent will support two specific research projects: a study of the effect of a spatial-repellent product, and the evaluation of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Pilot.
  • The incumbent is responsible for ensuring high quality data collection, quality control, and/ or data utilization methods used to understand the epidemiology, prevention, and control of malaria. Develops and coordinates the sharing of health-related educational or informational materials so that medical advice and assistance are shared. Applies new scientific methods, approaches, and technology, or extends, revises, and adapts existing methodology to new and unusual situations.
  • More generally, the incumbent represents CDC in global health working groups related to malaria and other health priorities; provides program and policy advisement to the global malaria community; and assists with the management of malaria, maternal child health, field epidemiology, global health security and other programs when and as directed by the Malaria Branch Chief.

Additional information:

  • This position is located in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Non-bargaining unit position
  • This is two-year term position that may be extended an additional two years

Qualifications: Candidates should have a strong background and interest in field epidemiology; surveillance, monitoring and evaluation; and public health program implementation. Candidates should also have demonstrated effective diplomatic and communications skills at the national and/or local levels, and at least one to two years of public health experience in an international developing country setting.

How to apply: Candidates eligible for a lateral transfer at the GS-12 level and non-US citizens may contact Alexander Rowe (arowe [at] cdc [dot] gov) for more information.  Please include your CV and SF-50.

Other candidates should apply via www.USAJobs.gov using the announcement number below: 

Epidemiologist, GS-0601-12

HHS-CDC-D4-19-10442442: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/526654400

The deadline for applications and inquiries is close of business March 21, 2019.


The American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO), 4/5-7

The American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO) is a nonprofit organization that hosts an annual conference simulation of the World Health Assembly. In our sixth year, the 2019 AMWHO International Conference theme is on “Breaking the Stigma: Sexual and Reproductive Health,” which will focus on developing creative solutions to health concerns involving four primary sub-themes: Maternal and Newborn Health, Adolescent Health, Middle Age and Elder Health, and Reproductive Health and Rights.

Students register to represent either a WHO Ambassador, NGO Representative, Media Correspondent, or UN Agency. In representing a role, students learn of the critical debate and policy-making tools necessary for a future career in global health policy. The conference simulation invites over 200 delegates from across the country and world to discuss policies regarding improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes in the six WHO regions, and will offer networking opportunities with professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. March 8th is the deadline for registering; for more information, please review the below details:

Registration Details
Location: Atlanta, GA at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Dates: April 5-7th, 2019
Registration Fees: Regular registration is $65 until March 8th, and Late registration is $75 from March 9-22nd
Registration click HERE

Regular registration ends on March 8th and spots are filling up fast, so register soon! Questions or concerns? Please email general [at] amwho [dot] org.


Climate and Health Coordinator, ICF

Category : Alumni GLEPI

Working at ICF

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth. If you’re seeking to make a difference in the world, visit www.icf.com/careers to find your next career. ICF—together for tomorrow.

ICF seeks to hire a research coordinator at the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) National Coordination Office (NCO) to support federal interagency working groups and initiatives, primarily in the area of climate change and human health. The successful candidate will serve as the primary facilitation and coordination support to the USGCRP’s Interagency Crosscutting Climate Change and Human Health Group (CCHHG), foster the integration of health activities and expertise in other areas of the Program, and provide coordination support as needed to interagency efforts in other areas of Program need.

The USGCRP coordinates and integrates global change research and supporting activities conducted by 13 Federal Agencies and Departments. It is overseen by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) of the Executive Office of the President and by representatives from the 13 member agencies. The day-to-day activities and operations of the USGCRP are facilitated by the USGCRP NCO.  The NCO is responsible for promoting interagency coordination and integration of Federal climate and global change research programs and facilitating international cooperation.

Key Responsibilities of the Successful Candidate:

Coordination and support of the CCHHG:

  • Works with the CCHHG Federal co-chairs to conceptualize, plan, and execute CCHHG monthly meetings and intersessional calls.
  • Supports the co-chairs in managing CCHHG meetings, including scheduling, materials distribution, and follow-up.
  • Assists the CCHHG with communications, member requests, and general inquiries.

Project management and support of CCHHG projects and initiatives.

  • Works with the CCHHG federal co-chairs and NCO leadership to provide support for planning, execution, and management of CCHGG events (e.g. conference exhibitions and sessions, workshops, etc.).
  • Manages and supports development, review, and editorial processes of CCHHG work products (e.g. fact sheets, workshop reports, special assessments).
  • Provides logistical, technical, and meeting support for individual project task teams as they form under CCHHG.

For more information and to apply, click HERE.


Data Systems Associate, RTI International

Category : Alumni GLEPI

Duties and Responsibilities:

Electronic data collection platform management

  • Prepare server for each survey event including uploading questionnaires, adding new users, and clearing out test data
  • Modify Open Data Kit (ODK) questionnaires (XLS and XLM forms) as required for each country
  • Act as liaison with in-country and HQ teams to plan and implement EDC portion of surveys
  • Support country teams to set up mobile devices and troubleshoot data collection issues
 

Survey Data management

  • Monitor data during times when surveys are in the field and issue feedback to countries promptly
  • Create or update data monitoring, data cleaning, and analytical output scripts in STATA or R  
  • Identify opportunities for data analysis and visual analytics to increase efficiency and effectiveness of survey activities both through online and offline tools including GIS software
  • Continually improve database and interface by writing requirements, validating requirements, working with developers as needed, and testing new functionality
  • Perform statistical analysis on individual and cross-country datasets for routine reporting and special requests
 

Information management and training

  • Review protocols and reports to ensure that EDC and survey data management is described appropriately
  • Create and maintain “standard” questionnaires for typical surveys and track changes and versions through version control platform such as GitHub
  • Contribute to the creation of training materials for EDC surveys including field training manuals, presentations, and other materials as needed
  • Coordinate with Learning Specialist to identify and compile lessons learned based on field implementation of EDC
  • Maintain a repository of protocols, questionnaires, and reports for all surveys
  • Create and maintain a machine-readable database for tracking survey document information, results, and datasets for surveys
  • Occasional travel to countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and South East Asia to support training in EDC and data management

 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree experience in statistics, computer science, or a related field and 3 years of experience; OR Master’s degree in public health, statistics, or another analytics field, plus 1 year of experience (a must)
  • Prior experience with electronic data capture systems specifically use of ODK
  • Strong quantitative analysis skills
  • Proven programming ability in STATA or R statistical software
  • Experience working in and querying SQL database environment
  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Excellent attention to detail and highly organized
  • Exceptional teamwork and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate in a cross-functional environment
  • Intercultural mindfulness and sensitivity
  • Strong English oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

For more information and to apply, click HERE.

For questions, please contact Clara Burgert Brucker at cburgert [at] rti [dot] org


Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT) Program, due 3/25

The Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT/MHIRT) program is a national program designed to encourage predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees who are from health disparities populations to pursue research, teaching and leadership careers in biomedical, clinical and behavioral sciences. The program provides support for predoctoral (predoctoral graduate students and undergraduate students) and postdoctoral trainees to do research work in global settings. MIRT is funded by The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health as part of the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MIRT/MHIRT) Program. The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health MIRT Program (formerly the University of Washington MIRT Program) builds on established linkages with academic institutions throughout the world including in Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, India, South Africa, and the USA.

Program Objectives:

(1) To encourage predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees who are from health disparities populations to pursue research, teaching and leadership careers in biomedical, clinical and behavioral sciences
(2) To enhance the research efforts and research training of students who are from health disparities populations to include consideration of global health issues
(3) To stimulate and support international research and research collaborations seeking to address local, regional, national and global health disparities between Harvard faculty and faculty at research institutions in developing countries
(4) To assess hypothesized environmental, economic, social, geo-political, and genetic determinants of health disparity so that innovative strategies for closing health disparities gaps may be developed, implemented and evaluated.

For more information and to apply, click HERE.


ATTENTION: Global APE & Global Field Experience Finical Award (GFEFA)

Students planning to do a Global APE or apply to the Global Field Experience Finical Award are required to complete the Pre-Departure Saftey and Security Course in canvas!


Global Field Experience, due 2/21

Apply for Global Field Experience funding by February 21.


Oxfam, Data and Information Analyst

Category : Alumni GLEPI

Oxfam International has been refining and improving processes related to annual planning (programs and resources), program quality reflection, operational progress and budget reporting, and program results reporting. These processes and formats generate quantitative and qualitative data, as well as information on Oxfam programs and resources.

The data and information are to be collated, aggregated, analyzed, visualized/displayed, and used in decisionmaking and governance processes. Some of the analyses are routine and pre-defined by Oxfam’s annual and quarterly management and reporting processes; others are ad-hoc, one-time, and/or tailored to specific questions and needs. Quantitative analyses require descriptive and some inferential work, as well as data visualization. Analyses may be both inductive and deductive, depending on purpose and questions raised. It may be necessary to set up syntax, in appropriate statistical software, to import, merge and analyze data and provide visualization on a routine basis with new data collected annually. Products will range from PowerPoints summarizing findings, to brief written narrative pieces, to Excel sheets with aggregated data, to infographics visualization pieces. When analyses are written up in narrative form, they should be suitable for brief, user-friendly, wide-consumption pieces such as Workplace posts, blog posts, podcasts, etc.

Examples of existing processes that need data analysis

1. Evaluation reports

2. Planning and reporting exercises from different groups, from which we need to extract topline summaries

3. Questionnaires (e.g. customer satisfaction; consultations, systems for mutual accountability and stakeholder feedback)

4. Analysis and sense-making of progress reports

5. Output reports (quantitative and qualitative data)

Approach

The clients of analyses, and main consumers of the analyst’s work, are mainly management and governance staff, such as regional directors, country directors, regional leadership teams, global program director, knowledge for impact director and team, operations director and team, governance bodies. The approach of the analyst will entail:

• working with clients to understand and help define/sharpen their questions based on their purpose and needs;

• preparing datasets as needed (e.g., by importing, or merging, or extracting, etc.);

• conducting analyses;

• preparing and sharing the output in an appropriate and user-friendly format;

• discussing and validating it with clients;

• advising, in an iterative process as appropriate, on what questions the data, information and analyses can and cannot answer;

• refining, adding, or adjusting as necessary based on client inputs and requests; and

• finalizing the analysis products to be used internally and externally

In this, the analyst will take a strong customer-focused approach and maintain customer satisfaction as a key measure of success. At the same time, the analyst will maintain the appropriate level of rigor in handling, managing, and analysing all data and information. While not setting the agenda for analyses or defining the purpose and questions, the analyst will be expected to liaise with various Oxfam teams and departments to understand the work well enough – particularly the larger processes that produce the data and information – to perform analyses and advise on them in ways that are appropriate and fit-for-purpose.

In addition, the analyst will collaborate with Oxfam Affiliates to bring together datasets for cross-confederation use and analysis. These may be data expressly collected for monitoring, evaluation, and/or research purposes, or data generated in the course of Oxfam performing its work, such as data in various management systems and reports. In either case, the work will require designing the merge and resulting new dataset, and working with colleagues in Oxfam Affiliates to carry out the

Skills

• Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods analysis

• Statistical software (with preference for open-source solutions)

• Qualitative analysis software a plus • Strong customer focus

• Ability to balance rigor with creative approaches to arrive at fit-for-purpose products

• A sense of humour and a dose of patience

• Problem-solving attitude and track record

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to communicate analyses to management without jargon, in a succinct, easy to digest manner

• Cross-cultural communication or experience in cross-cultural/international settings a plus

• Experience working virtually and remotely

• Willingness to work outside of usual office hours to accommodate different time zones

• Ability to plan work, self-direct, and meet short deadlines

• Fluent in both oral and written English. Working knowledge of Spanish and/or French is desirable.

Conditions:

This is offered as a consultancy for 12 months, from late January/early February 2019, on a full-time basis (approximately 35 hours per week). Why a short-term assignment? This is a new function that we need to test and learn. Eventually adapt or develop into a longer-term position in the program teams. The position will be reporting to the Knowledge for Impact Team (KIT) of Oxfam, with a % of the time dedicated to joint work between KIT and Operations, mainly the planning 2019-20 and the reporting 2018-19 cycles.

Location: home-based or one of the Oxfam offices.

Remuneration: to be discussed

Contact: Velina Petrova (Velina [dot] petrova [at] oxfam [dot] org) and Cristina Sette (Cristina [dot] sette [at] oxfam [dot] org)


WHO Cambodia position

Category : Alumni GLEPI

WHO Cambodia is looking for a P4 epidemiologist to join their WHE team as soon as possible. In the interest of time, we would offer a 5.5 month position to the successful candidate with a possibility of extension if the work is satisfactory. The terms of reference are as follows:

Expected specific outputs/outcomes:

·        Clear guidelines and technical support given to national counterparts at various levels as required in all aspects of programme planning, organization, implementation, scale-up and evaluation of activities for the prevention and control of emerging diseases;

·        Strengthened coordination and collaboration in Cambodia between all stakeholders and partners working for emerging diseases and Applied Epidemiology Training (AET) in Cambodia

·        Strengthened linkage between AET and Veterinary Epidemiology Training

·        Investigated communicable disease outbreaks or health security events in the country

·        Coordination and supervision of epidemiological evaluation of surveillance systems, identifying constraints in control measures, examining the potential for policy development, assisting Member States with implementation and reviewing the surveillance systems to ensure quality improvement

·        Recommend methods for enhancing capacity for surveillance, risk assessment and response in the country

·        Information sharing of influenza and respiratory disease surveillance, and preparedness and response plan to pandemic

·        Technical and financial gaps identified and resources mobilized

 

Specific roles to be undertaken within this job:

1.      To provide technical advice to the government in further developing Applied Epidemiology Training in Cambodia

2.      To support capacity building strategies by providing course materials and supervising trainees of Applied Epidemiology Training in Cambodia

3.      To advise on human health epidemiology for Veterinary Epidemiology Training and supervise trainees of the programme

4.      To identify needs for technical assistance and to work with Ministry of Health (MoH) and other WHO staff to strengthen core capacity in national communicable diseases surveillances, risk assessment and response to ensure MoH can meet APSED 2010 and IHR 2005 requirements

5.      To provide technical advice to the government and collaborate with partners in influenza and respiratory disease surveillance, and pandemic preparedness and response

6.      To assist in the joint MoH – WHO investigation and response to communicable disease outbreaks and unusual health events in Cambodia as the need arises

7.      To analyze and interpret epidemiological information and share with partners

8.      To assist in any other tasks as instructed by WHO Representative

 

Specific skills and knowledge required:

1.      Broad knowledge of principles, practices, methodology and techniques in public health and epidemiology

2.      Significant knowledge and skills in communicable disease control, including teaching and advisory techniques

3.      Ability to develop plans, organize resources and take actions to ensure objectives are achieved within realistic timeframes

4.      Very good interpersonal skills

5.      Ability to work independently and to take initiative

 

Education (Qualifications):

Essential: University degree in health or social science with postgraduate degree in epidemiology or public health from a recognized university.

Desirable: Completed a course in Field Epidemiology Training Programme.

 

Experience:

Essential: Minimum seven years’ work experience in epidemiology and /or public health and Field Epidemiology Training Programme, including experience at international level.

Desirable: Experience in managing Field Epidemiology Training Programme or modified Field Epidemiology Training in developing countries.

Please contact Asheena Khalakdina, Team Leader for WHE Cambodia (khalakdinaa [at] who [dot] int) with CV and letter of interest.


Global Child Health Fellowship, apply by 2/28

The Centre for Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children is recruiting fellows for the Academic Global Child Health Fellowship training program for the start date of July 2020.

The Global Child Health Fellowship program is the first in Canada to concentrate on preparing candidates for academic careers in global child health. The exceptional training program will serve to develop leadership and scholarly skills in working with disadvantaged paediatric populations (from neonates to adolescents), and their families, throughout the world.

Applicants should be looking to start a challenging 1 to 2-year fellowship program. This interdisciplinary program will be accepting applicants from a variety of clinical, health care, research, and other related professional backgrounds (e.g., MDs, nursing, allied health, epidemiology, etc.)

For more information and to apply, click HERE.

Interested applicants can contact the Global Child Health Fellowship Program Committee at cgch [dot] fellowship [at] sickkids [dot] ca for further information.


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