Epidemiologist

JYG Innovations•Fairborn, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Epidemiologist, you will support the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) by assessing and monitoring the health status of the USAF population through the analysis of surveillance databases, including ESSENCE and DRSi. In this role, you will provide feedback, support, quality control, and administrative maintenance for these data systems while assisting with internal and external written communications. You will also assist and advise military team leaders during outbreak investigations, coordinate novel public health research, and support authorized user access to the surveillance systems and applications identified in the Performance Work Statement. In addition, you will help ensure surveillance system data remains current and accurate, update information as requested by customers, and assist with data collection in support of the USAFSAM/PHR mission. This position also supports the oversight of health surveillance data by serving as the initial point of contact for users and customers requesting data or data-related support services, including data analysis, interpretation, and report generation. You will also provide input on data system design, upgrades, and integration.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen and be able to pass a security background check
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.
Current certification 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
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.
Experience processing complex data sets within an Oracle, or similar, relational database. This includes reading, understanding, designing, writing, and modifying complex SQL queries, stored procedures and functions
Expertise and capability to utilize Microsoft Office, SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide and at least knowledgeable with using R and/or STATA.
Expertise and capability to utilize USAFSAM/PHR data repositories
Advanced analytical skills in public health/epidemiology and epidemiological study design and execution.
Experience and knowledge of descriptive statistics, measures of association, determining statistical significance, and modeling of data
Demonstrated expertise and capability to create research protocols for prioritized research areas and submit these protocols to the appropriate institutional review board (IRB).
Proven 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

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 request