Epidemiology Fellow: District 3-5 DeKalb Public Health in Decatur, GA - Rollins School of Public Health
About The Position
Under supervision at the health district, day-to-day activities of the fellows include, but are not limited to planning, developing, and conducting epidemiologic investigations, surveillance, outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease control. Fellow duties also include collecting, analyzing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic reports. The applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming. Hired into the Rollins Epidemiology Fellows Program, fellows serve as early-career MPH-level epidemiologists for a two-year term within one of Georgia’s 18 local health districts or at the Georgia Department of Public Health. This position is not located at Emory, but rather at District 3-5 DeKalb Public Health in Decatur, GA. Up to 2 – 3 days / week of remote work is a possibility, negotiated with the health district supervisor. Under supervision at the health district, day-to-day activities of the fellows include, but are not limited to planning, developing, and conducting epidemiologic investigations, surveillance, outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease control. Fellow duties also include collecting, analyzing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic reports. The applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming.
Requirements
- Master's degree in public health or Master of Science degree in public health, epidemiology, or related field from a CEPH accredited school/program of public health obtained within the last three years.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s of Public Health graduates of CEPH-accredited schools or programs of public health in Georgia and the Southeast are encouraged to apply.
- MPH with a concentration in Epidemiology.
- Closely supervised work experience demonstrating competence in conducting public health surveillance, analyzing surveillance data, reporting analytic results, and conducting outbreak investigations.
- Multilingual candidates are preferred, especially Spanish speakers.
Responsibilities
- Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of communicable diseases.
- Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance.
- Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares reports.
- Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or interested in disease outbreaks or data.
- Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.
- Provides training, technical assistance, and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases.
- Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues.
- Performs various duties in support of section operations.
- Cross trains with other district departments.
- Attends weekly epidemiology team meetings.
- Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance systems and/or best-practices.
- Performs other duties as required.
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Career Level
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