Epidemiologist

BESTICA INC•Dayton, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Bestica is hiring for an Epidemiologist to provide their services at Wright Patterson Air Force Base located in Dayton, OH. The 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, is the first human-centric warfare wing to consolidate human performance studies, education and consultation under a single organization. Established under the Air Force Laboratory, the 711 HPW is comprised of the Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH) and the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM). The Wing delivers unparalleled capability to the Air Force through a combination of world class infrastructure and expertise of its diverse workforce of military, civilian and personnel encompassing 75 occupational specialties including science and engineering, occupational health and safety, medical professions, technicians, educators, and business operations and support.

Requirements

MPH, MS, or PhD in Epidemiology, Statistics, Data Science, Bioinformatics or other similar degree as approved by USAFSAM/FES and strong knowledge of their field of expertise.
Minimum of 5 years of experience with statistics in public health.
Advanced analytical skills, to include visual analytics in population health and health data surveillance.
Ability to design, formulate, conduct, and lead data analysis of operational studies on health surveillance data/health records/other relevant military records and risk reduction of negative health outcomes affecting the USAF total force population.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide, and Adobe Acrobat.
Current in Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training.
Capacity to learn new analytical technology tools such as Envision, Tableau, Python, R, SAS Viya, or Qualtrics.
Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) in place with their company.

Nice To Haves

Board certification in Public Health is highly desired.
Experience within a health analytics related field and working with USAF related data is desired.

Responsibilities

Assist in designing, formulating, conducting, and leading data analysis of health surveillance data/health records, military personnel, records, military operational records, and other relevant military records at the individual, unit, and total force populations to provide human performance and operational surveillance support.
Use judgement and originality in developing innovative approaches to define and resolve highly complex situations.
Assist in designing, formulating, conducting, and leading data analysis of health surveillance data/health records, operational records, and other relevant military records at the individual, unit, and total force populations to provide program evaluation for a wide variety of programs related to human performance, readiness, operational performance, administrative performance or other performance as requested.
Assist in the management of the retrieval and integration of health information data, personnel records, deployment-related records, health surveillance registries, and other military-related data into useable formats for end-users.
Draft reports, prepare, and/or present reports, documents, and/or presentations pertaining to the status of the research and data analysis as requested, and meet FES projected suspense dates.
Present results of studies or investigations through briefings, technical reports, and publication into scientific journals.
Apply knowledge of science/technology to analyze and resolve multifaceted issues/problems with minimal guidance and collaborate with technical area stakeholders to develop strategies for effective execution within a particular technology area.
Perform statistical analysis of existing data sets and creation of datasets for statistical analysis in SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide.
Assist in the development of credible, theoretically driven statistical models exploring the relationship between variables identified in data sets and outcomes of interest to the Air Force.
Perform, under guidance, validation and verification protocols, to ensure that the products of study are performing as expected, and assist in performing corrections, in the event of models failing to perform to standard.
Assist in the drafting of written communication for internal and external purposes.
Participate as an expert in health statistics in interdisciplinary planning and analysis.
Acquire data access permissions necessary to perform stated tasks.
Demonstrate or acquire familiarity with Air Force medical, personnel, and operational records systems and standards.
Demonstrate or acquire familiarity with all relevant data repositories used as part of work, or which are generated in pursuit of work.
Collect data from various databases, pursuant to agreements with database owners.
Establish the relationship of available data to existing data sets, map the data between data elements and code for these specific data elements, establish data storage architecture requirements, and create a comprehensive data dictionary.
Provide conference support assistance by active participation in professional conferences, preparation of posters and presentations, and publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts, in order to support distribution of study products.
Brief study findings at appropriate meetings or forums, as determined by the Government.
Interface with USAFSAM/FES leadership and staff.
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.
Assist in briefings and production of documents as appropriate to transfer knowledge of study products to customers in USAFSAM and Air Force at large.