Public Health Consultant-A, PH Genomics Section

State of Michigan • Lansing, MI

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position serves as the recognized resource of the Michigan BioTrust for Health program, providing leadership for restructuring, oversight, and modernization. This role will guide strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder engagement, and implementation of program improvements, working closely with internal teams, external partners, and community stakeholders to guide the BioTrust through a comprehensive transformation. The coordinator will facilitate national and statewide participation in research studies and special projects involving public health genomics, birth defects, newborn screening (NBS), and the Michigan BioTrust for Health. BioTrust program activities encompass administrative oversight of the research use of residual NBS dried blood spot specimens (DBS). The role requires oversight of complex, multi-institutional research projects and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, department policies, ethical standards, and scientific best practices. This includes managing research inquiries, facilitating review processes, and supporting researchers through all phases of project approval, specimen access, and data coordination. The position is based in the Lifecourse Epidemiology and Genomics Division at MDHHS in Lansing and works closely with genomics, birth defects, NBS follow-up, epidemiology, vital records and laboratory personnel as well as external partners such as the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), Community Values Advisory Board (CVAB), contractors and researchers nationwide working in academia, clinical settings or the private sector.

Requirements

• Possession of a master's degree in public health, health communication, health policy or a public health-related field such as nursing, epidemiology, health education, health economics, dietetics/nutrition management, genetics, or speech and audiology; a master's degree in social work; master's degree in counseling; master's degree in special education with specialization in blind/visual disabilities; or a master's degree in public or business administration with a health care concentration.
• Three years of professional, post-master's experience as a consultant in a field of public health equivalent to a Public Health Consultant.
• One year of experience equivalent to a Public Health Consultant P11.
• Successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal records check.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership for restructuring, oversight, and modernization of the Michigan BioTrust for Health program.
• Guiding strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder engagement, and implementation of program improvements.
• Facilitating national and statewide participation in research studies and special projects involving public health genomics, birth defects, newborn screening (NBS), and the Michigan BioTrust for Health.
• Providing administrative oversight of the research use of residual NBS dried blood spot specimens (DBS).
• Overseeing complex, multi-institutional research projects and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, department policies, ethical standards, and scientific best practices.
• Managing research inquiries, facilitating review processes, and supporting researchers through all phases of project approval, specimen access, and data coordination.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior