Epidemiologist

Summary AJANTA CONSULTING, LLC | Wright Patterson AFB, OH. THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON BID AWARD. The Epidemiologist for Missile Community Reproductive Outcomes will provide, design, analyze, monitor, create data for the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Responsibilities Assess and monitor the health status of the USAF population by analyzing surveillance databases including ESSENCE and DRSi and provide feedback, support, quality control, and administrative maintenance associated with these data systems. Assist in designing written communication for internal and external purposes. Assist and advise military team leaders on outbreak investigations, and coordinate novel public health research. Assist in granting access to the surveillance systems/applications to authorized users and ensure data maintained within these systems are current, accurate, and edited as needed. Assist in data collection in support of USAFSAM/PHR’s mission. Assist in the oversight of health surveillance data. Serve as the initial point of contact for users/customers requesting data and/or data-related support services (e.g., data analysis, data interpretation, report generation) and provide input on data systems design, upgrading, and integration. Create and maintain professional relationships with appropriate data creators and IT support staff to ensure data quality, completeness, and integrity. Represent USAFSAM/PHR during collaborative efforts to increase data sharing capabilities and surveillance partnerships with base-level users and other stakeholders in the USAFSAM/PHR surveillance systems. Establish the relationship of available data to existing data sets, map the data between data elements and coding for these specific data elements, and create a comprehensive data dictionary. Assist with public health/epidemiology and epidemiologic study design and execution. Provide assistance to USAFSAM/PHR data users in producing timely and accurate routine and ad‑hoc reports, special study methods, IRB proposals, and surveillance protocols. Assist in prioritizing research areas, working with base-level, MAJCOM, and Air Force-level personnel in determining which health issues among AF members warrant future study. Assist in creating research protocols for prioritized research areas and submit these protocols to the appropriate IRB. Coordinate with appropriate personnel at identified research sites; generate summary reports of findings for base-level personnel, USAFSAM/PHR, MAJCOMs, Air Force Medical Command (AFMEDCOM), and the Defense Health Agency (DHA). Assist in designing and maintaining data management protocols and policies for USAFSAM/PHR surveillance reporting and special projects. Identify and recommend improvements for existing data collection/management, and design requirements/protocols for new systems. Provide conference support assistance by active participation in professional conferences, preparing posters and presentations to be presented by USAFSAM/PHR personnel, and publishing peer‑reviewed manuscripts. Brief research findings at appropriate meetings or forums as determined by the government. Provide technical automation support for all versions of MS Windows, Microsoft Office (e.g., MS Access, MS Excel, MS Publisher), and Adobe. Assist in the data creation and administration in support of USAFSAM/PHR’s analytical capabilities. Document products for the actual computer code used to allow government personnel to access these files for review or generating copies as required. All requirements shall be prepared in accordance with USAFSAM programming standards and standard commercial practices including any procedures implemented as part of this task. Incorporate permanent reports into a menu‑driven format to allow transparent user manipulation or reproduction of these reports, including formatting macros. Assist in building training materials in the fields of public health and epidemiology. Provide training courses/workshops focused on epidemiology or surveillance related subjects at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. Provide training to USAFSAM/PHR personnel on all data products created. Educate USAFSAM students and others as appropriate. Provide advisory and assistance support to USAFSAM/PHR on outbreak investigations, library research, and special data requests. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or a similar master’s‑level degree approved by USAFSAM/PHR. Current HIPAA training or ability to complete HIPAA training within one month of employment to access and process identified medical data. Current STINFO training and preferred CITI training. Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Ability to complete HIPAA training within one month of employment to access and process identified medical data. Knowledge of epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health. Experience and knowledge of descriptive statistics, measures of association, determining statistical significance, and data modeling. Experience using MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide. Knowledgeable with using R and/or STATA. Experience utilizing USAFSAM/PHR data repositories. Experience creating research protocols for prioritized research areas and submitting these protocols to the appropriate IRB. Ability to complete training within one month of employment. Ability to learn and utilize health surveillance systems including DRSi, MHS Genesis, ESSENCE, DOEHRS‑HC, ILER, ASIMS, and Envision. Possess analytical skills in public health/epidemiology and epidemiologic study design and execution. Ability to complete STAT and CITI training within one month of employment. Physical Demands Employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Any estimated salary provided by this job board may not align with Chenega's compensation program. Please apply to connect with a recruiter who can provide more details. #J-18808-Ljbffr