Epidemiologist

Advent Services•Wright Patterson AFB, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Advent Services is seeking an Epidemiologist to support clients in technically demanding industries. This role involves promoting innovation, empowering partners to manage risk, protect information, and achieve organizational objectives. The position is critical for supporting mission-critical systems throughout their lifecycle to ensure national forces can accomplish their missions. The Epidemiologist will be responsible for assessing and monitoring the health status of the USAF population by analyzing surveillance databases, assisting in outbreak investigations, coordinating public health research, and providing technical automation support.

Requirements

Possess a Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or other similar master’s level degree as approved by USAFSAM/PHR and strong knowledge of epidemiology, biostatistics, and public health.
Contractor personnel shall be current in Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training or be able to complete HIPAA training within one month of employment to be able to access and process identified medical data.
Possess expertise in utilizing surveillance systems and be capable of learning and utilizing the following health surveillance systems: Disease Reporting Surveillance internet (DRSi), Military Health Systems Genesis (MHS Genesis), Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE), Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System- Hearing Conservation (DOEHRS-HC),the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record (ILER), Aeromedical Services Information Management System (ASIMS), and Envision.
Possess the expertise and capability to utilize Microsoft Office, SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide and at least knowledgeable with using R and/or STATA.
Possess the expertise and capability to utilize USAFSAM/PHR data repositories.
Possess advanced analytical skills in public health/epidemiology and epidemiological study design and execution.
Shall have experience and knowledge of descriptive statistics, measures of association, determining statistical significance, and modeling of data.
Possess the expertise and capability to create research protocols for prioritized research areas and submit these protocols to the appropriate institutional review board (IRB).
Possess expertise in using MS Office, and Adobe Acrobat.
Be current in Scientific and Technical Information (STINFO) training and Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) or be able to complete training within one month of employment.

Responsibilities

Assess and monitor the health status of the USAF population by analyzing surveillance databases to include ESSENCE, and DRSi and provide feedback, support and 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 called out in PWS paragraph 2.1.1.2. to authorized users and ensure data maintained within the surveillance systems/applications are current, accurate, and edit said information as needed/requested by customers.
Assist in data collection in support of USAFSAM/PHR’s mission.
Assist in the oversight of health surveillance data. More specifically, 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.
Assist in creating and maintaining professional relationships with appropriate data creators and Information Technology (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 principal 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 epidemiological study design and execution.
Provide assistance to USAFSAM/PHR data users in producing timely and accurate routine and ad hoc reports, special study methods, institutional review board (IRB) proposals and surveillance protocols.
Assist in prioritizing research areas, work with base-level, MAJCOM and Air Force-level personnel in determining which health issues among AF members require future study, for the purpose of prioritization of these research efforts.
Assist in creating research protocols for prioritized research areas and submit these protocols to the appropriate IRB.
Coordinate with appropriate personnel at the identified research location site; 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 designs requirements/protocols for new systems.
Provide conference support assistance by active participation in professional conferences, preparation of posters and presentations to be presented by USAFSAM/PHR personnel, and publication of 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 in order for government personnel to access these files for review approval or for generating copies as required. All requirements shall be prepared in accordance with USAFSAM programming standards and standard commercial practices inclusive of any/all procedures implanted 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 and provide training courses/workshops which focuses 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.