FIFA Syndromic Surveillance Fellow

Boston Public Health Commission • Boston, MA

23h

About The Position

The FIFA Syndromic Surveillance Fellow will support the Boston Public Health Commission’s preparedness efforts for FIFA-related events by conducting syndromic surveillance activities. The Fellow will monitor priority conditions and syndromes using the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) platform.

The role includes establishing baseline levels for selected syndromes, configuring and maintaining alerting systems within NSSP, and developing reproducible workflows in R to clean, process, and analyze syndromic surveillance data. The Fellow will contribute to identifying emerging public health trends and potential signals of concern.

The Fellow will design and produce data visualizations and summary reports to communicate findings to internal stakeholders and support situational awareness during event preparedness and response. The role may also involve collaborating with epidemiologists and other public health professionals to refine surveillance strategies and ensure timely, actionable insights.

Requirements

• Master’s or doctoral degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics, or a related field.
• Three years of related work experience doing advanced data wrangling and statistical analysis, particularly to assess the social determinants of health.
• One to two years of experience working with syndromic surveillance data, including anomaly detection.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with statistical software, including R or RStudio.
• Experience with version control systems, particularly Git and GitHub.
• Experience managing, cleaning, and analyzing data.
• Experience coordinating complex projects.
• Experience reporting and visualizing public health or epidemiologic data.

Responsibilities

• Monitor priority conditions and syndromes using the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) platform.
• Establish baseline levels for selected syndromes.
• Configure and maintain alerting systems within NSSP.
• Develop reproducible workflows in R to clean, process, and analyze syndromic surveillance data.
• Identify emerging public health trends and potential signals of concern.
• Design and produce data visualizations and summary reports to communicate findings to internal stakeholders.
• Support situational awareness during event preparedness and response.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists and other public health professionals to refine surveillance strategies and ensure timely, actionable insights.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time