GenTech is looking to fill vacant Data Analyst position(s) from May – July 29, 2022 with the Birth Defects Monitoring Research Branch (BDMRB) at CDC. 

Specific projects:

• • • create historic overview of BDMRB branch multiple project databases.
    • landscape analysis of public access databases at different CDC CIOs.
    • assess feasibility of public access data for BDMRB projects.

Skills:

• • • Self-motivated
    • Team player
    • Excellent communication skills
    • Experience working in data management or public health
    • Masters in public health, computer science or comparable experience

Contract:

2.2.1    Review, clean, analyze the state birth defects and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) surveillance data.

2.2.2    Prepare and maintain human subjects, Institution Review Board (IRB), assurance of confidentiality and other human subjects protection documentation.

2.2.3    Work with Information Technology staff to establish, document, and facilitate data reporting mechanisms.

2.2.4    Establish a database variable structure for housing multi-state data submissions to CDC.

2.2.5    Develop and execute data quality control protocols to identify data issues.

2.2.6    Communicate with state birth defects surveillance systems to resolve data issues.

2.2.7    Prepare documentation of the multi-state birth defects and NAS surveillance databases including data dictionaries, file formats, and data cleaning procedures.

2.2.8    Identify program improvement opportunities and recommendations to increase the timeliness and accuracy of data.

2.2.9    Perform statistical analyses of data, e.g. prevalence ratios, trend analyses.

2.2.10  Generate files, reports and data tables, as needed.

2.2.11  Prepare written and oral reports of program improvement recommendations and analytic findings.