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Viral Hepatitis Epidemiologist – Public Service Administrator

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Location Type: Office

Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $8,281 - $12,223 per month

About the role

  • Provides epidemiologic consultation to the Tuberculosis and Viral Hepatitis programs.
  • Plans and conducts epidemiological investigations, studies, or surveys to monitor trends among various target populations with tuberculosis and viral hepatitis and to monitor outbreaks and trends.
  • Participates in the dissemination of research findings, the application and translation of best practices to disease prevention and intervention activities, assists with grant writing, implementation, and compliance with grant objectives.
  • Participates in the annual development of federal grant applications through the provision of data relative to need, determining program performance measures, and setting performance targets for monitoring and evaluation.
  • Prepares and presents summaries from literature reviews, data analyses, and study results for Department and public presentation.
  • Provides epidemiological surge support for the Office of Disease Control.
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Requirements

  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree in public health, registered nursing, microbiology, sociology, anthropology, veterinary medicine, biology, psychology, chemistry, epidemiology, or a related field
  • Requires four (4) years of professional experience in communicable disease or infectious disease surveillance and/or control programs at the local, state or federal level.
  • Preferred Qualifications: A Master’s degree in epidemiology or informatics.
  • Thorough knowledge of STI/HIV epidemiology, advanced statistical methods including logistical regression and GIS (Global Information Systems) analysis, and software used in epidemiologic analysis, including SAS and Microsoft Access software.
  • Three (3) years experience providing epidemiologic consultation on tuberculosis or viral hepatitis.
  • Three (3) years experience planning or conducting epidemiological investigations, studies or survey to monitor tuberculosis or viral hepatitis outbreaks or trends.
  • One (1) year experience analyzing administrative problems and adopt an effective course of action.
  • One (1) year experience maintaining cooperative working relationships, especially with community members.
  • One (1) year experience in applied epidemiology, informatics, or related research field.
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