Senior Public Health Program Associate - School of Medicine Neurology

Emory•Atlanta, GA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Georgia Memory Net (GMN) is a statewide program developed to expand access to early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and to support people living with dementia, including caregivers. The Senior Public Health Program Associate supports program evaluation, with a focus on quantitative analysis of large, complex datasets, including Medicare claims data. The role also supervises and trains junior analysts. Other responsibilities may include developing and managing project plans, summarizing survey results, facilitating focus groups, preparing manuscripts, and presenting at local and regional conferences. Quantitative software skills in SAS, Stata, or R are required. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, willing to problem-solve, and able to communicate findings clearly, verbally and in writing. The position uses specialized public health knowledge and experience to analyze, develop, implement, and promote solutions to public health issues. It may involve coordinating clinical study sites to support compliance with patient recruitment and data collection standards, providing technical assistance to organizations, and collaborating with external organizations to define action plans and goals. The role may work from home regularly, but the employee must be able to commute to an Emory University location as needed, sometimes on short notice. Emory reserves the right to change this work arrangement with notice.

Requirements

A master's degree in Public Health, a Master of Science degree in Public Health or Health Education, or a master's degree in Development Practice, and three years of relevant applied public health experience; OR a master's degree in another field and four years of public health experience.
Quantitative software skills in SAS, Stata, or R.
Ability to commute to an Emory University location as needed, sometimes on short notice.

Nice To Haves

Detail-oriented approach.
Willingness to problem-solve.
Ability to clearly communicate findings verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

Analyze, develop, implement, and promote solutions to public health issues using specialized public health knowledge and experience.
Collect and analyze data.
Prepare proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentations of study findings.
Address public health issues through education, technical assistance, advocacy, public awareness, and research.
Work on programs or studies evaluating the prevalence or surveillance of public health issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions.
Supervise and train junior analysts.
Develop and manage project plans, summarize survey results, facilitate focus groups, prepare manuscripts, and present at local or regional conferences as needed.
Potentially coordinate clinical study sites to ensure compliance with patient recruitment and data collection standards.
Potentially provide organizations with technical assistance, including presentations, websites, strategies, and educational forums addressing specific public health issues.
Potentially design, develop, and conduct targeted training initiatives.
Potentially collaborate with external organizations to develop action plans and goals for specific objectives.
Identify potential new projects, studies, or partners.
Perform related responsibilities as required.