Epidemiologist III

Data Quality, Reporting, and Reconciliation • Develops and conducts surveillance data-quality assessments and identifies systemic issues affecting completeness, validity, consistency, classification, timeliness, or reporting. • Supports annual reconciliation, CDC reporting validation, historical data updates, and resolution of state-to-federal data discrepancies. • Supports infectious disease program areas in preparing technical reports, surveillance summaries, dashboards, presentations, and other data products. May also lead the development of similar deliverables when the scope involves contribution from more than one program area. • Serves as a senior technical resource, leads complex surveillance projects, and mentors less experienced epidemiologists without formal supervisory responsibility. Enteric Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Response • Serves as a senior surveillance epidemiologist for enteric diseases, including routine surveillance, trend and cluster monitoring, outbreak investigation, and interpretation of epidemiologic, laboratory, and whole-genome sequencing data. • Serves as a surveillance point of contact for CDC and other federal partners and supports required reporting, grant deliverables, national calls, data requests, and coordination with public health laboratory partners. • Conducts advanced epidemiologic and statistical analyses to monitor infectious disease trends, identify emerging issues, support outbreak detection and response, and inform public health decision-making.

Other Duties • Demonstrates knowledge of and supports mission, vision, value statements, standards, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior. • Works effectively in team environment, participating and assisting their peers.

Requirements
Master of Science or Master of Public Health degree with an emphasis on epidemiology, biostatistics, biological, medical, or health science. The following courses are strongly preferred: 6 semester hours in epidemiological methods and 6 semester hours of other epidemiological coursework and 9 semester hours in statistical methods and analysis, and a minimum of four years’ experience in public health informatics and infectious disease surveillance. OR • A doctorate (PHD or DrPH) in epidemiology, and • A minimum one year of qualifying experience in public health informatics and infectious disease surveillance.