Epidemiologist

🕒 June 24

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $95k - $105k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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CDC Foundation

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1995

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Non-profit • Healthcare Insurance

CDC Foundation is a non-profit organization that collaborates with donors and partners to advance public health initiatives globally. By leveraging collaboration, the foundation works to improve community health, enhance health communication, and develop workforce solutions. The foundation supports over 1,400 programs since its inception, contributing to data modernization, global health security, and emergency responses to health threats. Through partnerships with community-based organizations and global entities, the CDC Foundation empowers thriving communities and promotes effective health communications, all while focusing on contemporary challenges such as COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance.

📋 Description

• Participate in a systematic review to describe methodology currently used to measure drug consumption using wastewater samples; serve as the main liaison in DOP to staff leading this effort in the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). • Serve as the DOP liaison for the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) community of practice on wastewater analysis for drug consumption; joining all meetings and sharing discussion with OADS and staff managing the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) cooperative agreement; ensuring any necessary synergies between state-funded OD2A staff and those working on wastewater activities within the state. • Assist APHL in development of an ethical framework for wastewater analysis for drug consumption; join meetings with APHL and serve as liaison with OADS. • Assist NCEH in the development of standards and methods; participate in meetings and potentially write sections of technical guidance. • Assist OADS with overall management of the wastewater project to include developing key objectives & deliverables along with timelines and parties responsible for completion.

🎯 Requirements

• A Master’s degree is required (preferably in public health or a health-related field). • Organizational skills demonstrating high attention to detail and the ability to organize multiple priorities. • Strong communication skills, both written and oral. • Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and engaging in strategic partnerships and strong interpersonal skills required for teamwork and interaction with people across CDC and with external partners. • Strong understanding of design and implementation of research and epidemiologic studies. • Experience with data analysis and synthesizing literature. • Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams. • Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams. • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and Zoom. • Prior experience in drug overdose epidemiology, wastewater or laboratory activities (preferred). • Experience working directly with a local and state health department (preferred). • Experience developing technical guidance for health departments (preferred).

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation expenses are not included. • The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.