Medical Screening Epidemiologist

Date:
Feb 13, 2026

Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Medical Screening Epidemiologist

Epidemiologist II

Dept of State Health Services

NBS/Med Scrning QI/Test Supp

13927

02/27/2026

Internal and External

Life, Physical, and Social Science

TEXAS-B-21

$4,523.26 - $5,416.67

Monthly

Day

Not Eligible for Telework

Up to 5%

Regular

Full time

Nonexempt

AUSTIN

1100 W 49TH ST (DBGL)

230X,43EX,43HX,43TX,4E0X1,61G,HM,SEI
12

Under the supervision of the Medical Screening Unit Quality Improvement and Testing Support Branch Manager, performs advanced (senior-level) epidemiological work and serves as an epidemiologic expert for the DSHS Laboratory. Provides and coordinates data analysis of newborn screening and clinical chemistry testing results to implement prevention and control measures, improve testing quality, and optimize outcomes for Texas public health initiatives. Assists with coordinating and performing NBS programmatic evaluations.

EJF1 (30%) Initiates, develops, organizes, and prepares protocols to investigate and improve the quality of public health laboratory testing and follow-up protocols, including managing program epidemiologic projects. Provides expertise in the design, management, and evaluation of study protocols and health status questionnaires, sample selection, and analysis. Determines the appropriate formats for epidemiological reports and coordinates the technical preparation, graphics design, and compilation of finished reports.

Performs research activities to develop methodologies and improve processes to ensure the best possible outcomes for individuals affected by conditions identified in laboratory testing, including newborn screening, microbiology, and clinical chemistry.

EJF2 (30%) Monitors and evaluates program operations for quality and effectiveness and makes recommendations for improvement of processes and procedures. Monitors program data and epidemiologic investigation reports for accuracy. Performs data audits to identify trends and patterns to recommend control measures.

EJF3 (15%) Prepares administrative reports related to public health laboratory testing. Prepares presentations, communications materials, press releases, and other media-related materials. Coordinates and implements analysis on programmatic and service-related data such as Maternal and Child Health data.

EJF4 (10%) Provides consultative services and technical assistance to physicians, educators, researchers, government health officials and others regarding best practices based on analysis findings. Plans, administers, and evaluates health safety standards and programs to improve public health, conferring with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others. Participates in development and implementation of public health issues related to laboratory testing and their impact on public policies or scientific studies or surveys.

Identifies areas of collaboration with partners to achieve public health program objectives.

EJF5 (10%) Manages public health laboratory epidemiologic projects. Designs and implements surveillance processes for adverse health conditions and conducts evaluations of surveillance processes. Coordinates activities related to the reporting of epidemiological investigations. May serve as the liaison between the DSHS laboratory and scientific/lab community, stakeholders, and other healthcare professionals.

EJF6 (5%) Other duties as assigned including but not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency's obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or continuity of operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.

Knowledge of major functions of public health; principles and methods of epidemiology and related biostatistics; infectious diseases, adverse reproductive outcomes, cancer, or other chronic diseases; occupational and environmental diseases or injuries; how causes of disease affect epidemiologic practices; local, state, and federal laws related to newborn screening; complex inferential statistical methods; statistical concepts and their applications to public health surveillance and research;

health status, socioeconomic and demographic measures; population,…