Senior Public Health Program Associate - Rollins School of Public Health

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The research team of Dr. Aaron Siegler (Bio: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) in the Epidemiology Department at Emory University is seeking to hire multiple positions, including a Senior Public Health Program Associate to work on several NIH‑funded studies in HIV prevention epidemiology and digital health intervention research across local and/or international settings.

These studies include:

• Establishing a PrEP Epidemiology, Modeling and Surveillance System (PREMISE), a study to support the development of consistent national HIV Pre‑Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) data to describe its patterns of use, and to understand which programs and policies are effective at facilitating PrEP uptake in the US.
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  PrEP initiation and retention outcomes in the US:
  The MISTR+ study, an NIH‑funded series of clinical trials to support the development of low‑touch interventions (such as tailored messaging) and testing their effectiveness on PrEP initiation and retention outcomes.
• The Elección (Choice) Cohort:
  Developing and testing a scalable, platform‑agnostic digital intervention in Peru, an NIH‑funded clinical trial to improve understanding of the factors associated with HIV acquisition and PrEP uptake, and evaluate the preferences for and effectiveness of an adapted digital health messaging intervention (mHealth) among men in Peru.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Independently uses a specialized knowledge of, and experience, with public health principles to analyze, develop, implement, and promote solutions to public health issues/problems.
• Collects and analyzes data.
• Prepares proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.
• Addresses public health issues by providing education, technical assistance, advocacy, public awareness, and research.
• Works with programs or studies designed to evaluate the prevalence or surveillance of public health issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions.
• May coordinate clinical study sites to ensure compliance with patient recruitment and data collection standards.
• May provide technical assistance to organizations to include presentations, websites, strategies, and educational forums to address specific public health issues.
• May design, develop, and conduct targeted training initiatives.
• May collaborate with external organizations to develop action plans and goals to achieve specific objectives.
• Identifies new potential projects, studies or partners.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

The Program Associate will have the opportunity to work on multiple projects as described above, with specific work distribution depending on experience and interests. The Program Associate may have the opportunity to contribute to other ongoing projects in Dr. Siegler’s research lab, co‑author manuscripts, and present scientific work at national/international scientific conferences if interested.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under limited supervision, support the coordination and implementation of Research Protocols, including tracking timelines, deliverables, and project milestones.
• Assist with day‑to‑day project management activities to ensure successful execution of project objectives.
• Coordinate meetings and follow‑up activities with internal and external project collaborators.
• Conduct frequent written and verbal communication with internal and external project collaborators.
• Assist with data collection, management, and analysis.
• Assist with documentation of project activities including protocols, IRB submissions/reviews, and other project‑related reports.
• Contribute to proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.
• Perform other related responsibilities and/or project‑related tasks as required.

The position will be based at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.…