Research, Epidemiology and Program Evaluation Specialist

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State Funded Projects Professional New York

Salary Range: $31.25 To $33.65 Hourly

Position Title: Research, Epidemiology and Program Evaluation Specialist (Office of Sexual Health and Epidemiology)

Compensation: $31.25-$33.65/hour at 37.5 hours per week

Position End Date: 9/30/2031

Location: New York State Department of Health (hybrid - Albany, NY area)

About the CDC Foundation

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission.

Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has launched approximately 1,000 programs and raised over $740 million. The CDC Foundation managed over 300 CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 130 countries last year.

Overview:

The CDC Foundation is seeking a Research, Epidemiology and Program Evaluation Specialist to support the New York State Department of Health. Under the direction of the New York State Department of Health, contracted staff will assist senior staff in the Office of Sexual Health (OSHE), AIDS Institute in performing epidemiologic analyses, data management and quality assurance activities, and program evaluation related to sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance and the Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Initiative.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of nine (9) semester hours of mathematics or statistics; and a minimum of two (2) years of research, evaluation, or epidemiologic experience OR a Master’s degree in public health or a related field and a minimum of one (1) year of research, evaluation or epidemiologic experience.
• Intermediate to strong SAS skills.
• Strong computer skills with the ability to learn new programs.
• Strong data management and analytical skills, with the ability to gather and analyze information from various sources and work with complex data systems.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, with the ability to clearly and thoroughly present quantitative and qualitative review findings to interested parties with varying technical backgrounds.
• The ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the AIDS Institute populations (STI, HIV, HepC, Drug User Health, etc.) or other communicable diseases, preferred but not necessary.
• Experience working with confidential datasets and/or protected health information (PHI), preferred but not necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct data management activities, including the manipulation of large-scale databases and assisting with the development, implementation, collection, processing, and analysis of databases maintained by the AIDS Institute.
• Perform epidemiologic research and evaluation work related to STI morbidity and prevention/intervention strategies such as PEP, PrEP, and Expedited Partner Treatment) to guide programmatic decisions.
• Assist with other research and evaluation efforts by performing literature reviews, conducting and interpreting data analyses, reporting findings, and contributing to research publications and presentations.
• Facilitate the use of AIDS Institute maintained databases for programmatic purposes by assisting with data quality assurance activities and preparing analytic datasets.
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