Public Health SME / Epidemiologist

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Position: Public Health SME / Epidemiologist

Location: Remote

Duration: 10+ Months

Job Description:

Education / Qualifications:

Master's degree preferred in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Infectious Disease, Health Sciences, or a related field. MPH, MS in Epidemiology, DrPH, PhD, or equivalent advanced public-health qualification is preferred.

Experience:

Preferably 5+ years of experience in epidemiology, public-health surveillance, infectious-disease surveillance, syndromic surveillance, disease monitoring, or public-health analytics.

Required Skills / Experience:

Epidemiology

Public-health surveillance

Surveillance-system evaluation

Disease or syndromic surveillance

Public-health data analysis

Data-quality assessment

Statistical interpretation

Surveillance methodology and validation

Public-health reporting

CDC surveillance guidance or methodology

Evaluation of surveillance processes and algorithms

Preferred Experience:

Influenza or Influenza-Like Illness surveillance

Syndromic surveillance systems

CDC ILINet or similar surveillance programs

Infectious-disease surveillance

Tribal, IHS, or public-health agency experience

Surveillance modernization projects

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Public Health SME / Epidemiologist will provide subject-matter expertise in epidemiology, public-health surveillance, disease surveillance, and surveillance-system evaluation.

The resource will support evaluation of the existing ILI surveillance system using applicable CDC surveillance evaluation attributes, including simplicity, flexibility, data quality, acceptability, sensitivity, predictive value positive, representativeness, timeliness, and stability.

The resource will review surveillance methodologies, algorithms, calculations, assumptions, reporting participation, data completeness, and output interpretation. The SME will support validation of surveillance results against relevant CDC measures, including ILINet indicators where appropriate, and provide recommendations for modernization, sustainability, and future expansion to additional syndromes.