Senior Epidemiologist for Sexually Transmitted Disease

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as a Senior Epidemiologist for Sexually Transmitted Disease! This remote, full-time position, ending 6/30/2025, offers a salary between $75,000 and $100,000 plus benefits. You will support epidemiology efforts for the New Mexico Department of Health's STD program, conducting investigations, supporting surveillance, and analyzing data on syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. The role focuses on congenital and early syphilis, aiming to eliminate the disease in the state. This position requires a Master's degree in Public Health or a related field with an emphasis in Epidemiology or Biostatistics, along with significant experience in epidemiologic work and data analysis. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Public Health or a related field from an accredited program or university with Epidemiology or Biostatistics emphasis
• Two years of experience analyzing and interpreting infectious disease or similar surveillance data
• At least five (5) years of relevant work experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field
• Strong data management, analysis, and visualization skills
• Experience developing and tracking performance indicators for infectious diseases and grants
• Experience with data visualization software (e.g., MS Power BI)
• Proficiency in design and implementation of research and epidemiologic studies
• Experience with Geographic Information Systems (e.g., ArcGIS)
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders with minimal supervision
• Proficiency managing multiple complex projects concurrently with different timelines and resources to accomplish short- and long-range objectives ahead of schedule. Capable of maintaining meta-data and code repositories enabling other staff to conduct similar projects
• Strong interpersonal skills required for teamwork and interaction with people across state agencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and with external partners
• Proficiency in SAS, SQL, R and other analytic software
• Excellent written and oral communications. Proficiency in writing comprehensive statistical and analytical reports

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced level work in epidemiology, biostatistics, database design and management, and data visualization. Produce written reports, slide decks, and data dashboards
• Work effectively in teams and with diverse professionals including epidemiologists, program managers, data analysts, physicians, and other health professionals to design, implement, and evaluate disease prevention, investigation, surveillance, and control strategies
• Implement the presentation of data and information to display trends and probable causes and risk factors for STDs
• Characterize findings in collected data and make recommendations for the implementation of control or prevention measures
• Plan and provide consultation to implement new or innovative disease surveillance, prevention, and treatment programs
• Work with database architects and developers for enhancing system performance, automation, and data quality
• Conduct data quality management to deduplicate and clean data for analyses and implement methods for addressing missing data
• Serve as a technical expert for reportable STD and their prevention and control
• Provide training, technical assistance, and consultative services to program staff and others regarding epidemiology and the control of STD
• Provide review of technical and non-technical summaries of work, scientific reports and manuscripts as prepared by team members

Benefits

• Salary: $75,000 to $100,000 plus benefits
• Remote