Cluster Investigator, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
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About The Position
The NYC Health Department's Bureau of Tuberculosis Control (BTBC) aims to prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) and eliminate it as a public health problem in New York City. The goals of BTBC are to identify all individuals with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis disease and ensure their appropriate treatment and to ensure that individuals who are at high-risk for progression from latent infection to active disease receive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection and do not develop disease. To achieve these goals, BTBC conducts surveillance and data analysis, monitors patient care, conducts case management, detects, investigates, and responds to outbreaks, and conducts provider and community outreach. Universal whole genome sequencing (WGS) for all tuberculosis cases with a positive culture has been available in NYC since 2016. BTBC uses WGS routinely to characterize TB strains, identify and refute transmission, detect clusters and outbreaks, identify potential contamination, and inform public health intervention. TB cases and clusters are systematically reviewed, prioritized, and assigned for epidemiologic investigation. The Outbreak Detection and Response Team in the Office of Epidemiology is seeking a TB Cluster Investigator.
