Remote Tobacco Epidemiologist

Summary

Join the CDC Foundation as an Epidemiologist to support surveillance and evaluation efforts for the Office of Statistics and Evaluation within the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This position will provide data collection, analysis, and visualization support for the Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program.

Responsibilities

• Conduct computer-based data collection and analysis using SAS, Excel, REDCap, Tableau, NVivo, and ArcGIS
• Using SAS, analyze statewide, national, and program data sources to identify prevalence and risk factors for tobacco use, access, secondhand smoke exposure, and cessation behavior among different priority populations
• Utilize ArcGIS, Tableau, and/or other mapping/data visualization software to create maps, data visualization dashboards, and spatial analyses to support programmatic decision making and data requests
• Provide evaluation and CDC reporting support by compiling metrics from disparate data sources
• Thoroughly engage with literature to conduct literature reviews on important and emerging topics related to vaping, tobacco-related disparities, tobacco policies, and other topics
• Support survey instrument development by researching existing survey questions or developing new questions
• Prepare descriptive and analytic dissemination products that include graphs, charts, tables, and GIS maps
• Provide data, technical assistance, and present findings to both internal staff and external stakeholders on relevant surveillance and program data
• Respond in a timely and accurate way to internal and external data requests
• Create and/or assist in the development of abstracts, peer-reviewed publications, and presentations of programmatic findings
• Apply an equity lens to program evaluation, including assessing adequacy of data sources and performing analyses to measure impact of DPH activities on equity
• Utilize data to inform health equity approaches in programming, and educate and inform key stakeholders, including the public, on these issues
• Give oral presentations of data findings to internal (DPH) and external audiences
• Participate in internal meetings and external training opportunities
• Participate in key meetings, internal and external working groups, and conferences within BCHAP/OSE, as well as local and national webinars and conferences
• Participate in Division, Bureau, OSE, and Department related health equity and racial equity trainings, workgroups, and activities
• Collaborate with other epidemiologists within the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention (BCHAP) to support cross-cutting work and community-based initiatives
• Perform other duties as required (including in-state and occasional out-of-state travel)