Surveillance Epidemiologist

Overview

The position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by leading data management activities for the Surveillance and Data Management Unit (SDMU) within the Office of STIs and HCV (OSH), in partnerships with CDPH, local health jurisdictions (LHJs), and other public health entities.

The Research Scientist II (RS II) [Epidemiology/Biostatistics (Epi/Bio)] will conceive, plan, conduct, organize, and lead moderately complex STI, mpox, HCV, and HIV/STI/mpox/HCV coinfection and other emerging infections surveillance and statistical analyses using established guidelines, research methods, and techniques. The incumbent will research, develop, and execute editing and coding procedures for data processing and write complex computer programs using a variety of software packages (including SAS, RStudio, RShiny, RWorkbench, SQL, Power

BI, and Tableau) to assure data quality. This position will analyze data extracts, produce tables and presentation materials, produce state and local maps depicting the spatial distribution of STI cases, and write scientific reports summarizing the results of analyses for program use. Under general supervision, the RSII (Epi/Bio) disseminates scientific results, findings, and program and policy recommendations to management, staff, contractors, external public health partners, and federal funders at professional meetings and conferences, and publishes research findings in scientific journals and California statewide reports.

Moderate overnight travel is required. The incumbent works under the general supervision of the Research Scientist Supervisor I (RSS I), Surveillance and Data Management Unit (SDMU), Surveillance, Epidemiology, Assessment, and Evaluation (SEAE) Section.