Public Health Environmental Epidemiologist

Overview

Job Category: Academic Staff
Employment Type: Regular
Job Profile: Researcher II

This position is located in the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Public Health (DPH), Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health (BEOH), Environmental Epidemiology and Surveillance Section, and is maintained through a contract and ongoing partnership with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Population Health Sciences. The incumbent provides epidemiologic leadership to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) grant-funded Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) program.

The program’s goal is to develop and maintain tools to increase the accessibility and availability of data on health outcomes and related environmental hazards and exposures.

• Assists in developing grant applications and proposals to secure research funding
• Collects and analyzes increasingly complex research data, conducts experiments and interviews, and documents results according to established policies and procedures
• Conducts literature reviews, prepares reports and materials, co-authors publications, and disseminates information to appropriate entities
• Assists in maintaining environmental data surveillance systems, including CO poisoning or other notifiable conditions
• Trains individuals and groups on equipment operations, research protocols, and techniques within a specialized laboratory or research area
• Develops and implements increasingly complex research methodologies, procedures, and criteria
• Reviews and edits protocols to ensure accuracy, thoroughness, and consistency

• In addition, the incumbent conducts epidemiologic analyses related to specified health effects with links to environmental factors and disseminates findings to appropriate audiences
• Provides epidemiologic expertise to incident-specific responses within the Bureau and conducts epidemiological investigations and surveillance of exposure to environmental agents related to specific diseases and reportable conditions
• Interfaces with local public health and other stakeholders to report conditions and address case-specific issues
• Leads the development of peer-reviewed manuscripts, surveillance briefs, and presentations to the scientific community at professional conferences
• Under the guidance of the principal investigator, contributes to the development and submission of federal grants and cooperative agreements and assists with reporting to CDC on performance measures and progress reports

It is anticipated that this position will be remote and requires work be performed at an offsite, non-campus work location. This position is full or part-time, 80%-100%.

University sponsorship is not available for this position. Selected applicant must ensure continuous eligibility to work in the United States on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is ongoing and requires continuous work eligibility. If selected, you must provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.

• Required: Minimum of 2 years of work experience in epidemiology, with preference for environmental health or public health; experience creating, cleaning, and manipulating large datasets; technical expertise in SAS or R for statistical analysis
• Preferred: Experience using Tableau for interactive dashboards; experience writing manuscripts, scientific reports, or grant-required reports; experience training on technical public health concepts; experience developing or evaluating surveillance systems using health data; ability to communicate technical information to diverse audiences

Master’s degree required (MPH or MS in Epidemiology)

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