Surveillance Epidemiologist

Summary

Join a team of epidemiologists and public health consultants as a Surveillance Epidemiologist in Florida. This role involves managing disease surveillance data, responding to inquiries, and providing guidance to county health department epidemiologists.

Requirements

• MPH, MSPH, MS, or equivalent degree in epidemiology or a health-related field
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong data analysis and data visualization skills and a firm understanding of public health surveillance, syndromic surveillance, and surveillance system evaluation methodologies
• Experience with analysis software such as SAS, SQL, Access, R, and/or other analytical tools

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert on influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, coronavirus disease 2019, and other diseases of public health significance
• Manage, analyze, and summarize disease surveillance data from a variety of sources and systems, including syndromic surveillance data, mortality data, outbreak data, and laboratory data
• Manage and report Florida’s data in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) disease surveillance systems
• Respond to respiratory disease-related inquiries from the media and public
• Assist county health department (CHD) epidemiologists with investigations of deaths and other disease case investigations
• Coordinate laboratory testing and report data to CDC as needed
• Provide written and verbal guidance to CHD epidemiologists reporting disease outbreaks in Merlin, Florida’s reportable disease surveillance system
• Review disease outbreak reports in Merlin
• Assist CHD epidemiologists with conducting respiratory disease surveillance in their counties, including reporting of activity levels to the state
• Conduct yearly trainings for CHD epidemiologists on disease surveillance
• Produce and distribute resource packets to CHDs to support county-level disease surveillance activities
• Communicate disease surveillance information at regular meetings with colleagues at CHDs and at the state office
• Coordinate grant-related activities, including ensuring all deliverables are met, submitting quarterly reports, and writing a yearly application
• Serve as a liaison between the various sections within Florida's public health departments