UMS

Research Associate II – Epidemiology

UMS

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Augusta • Maine • United States

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Salary

💰 $73,312 per year

About the role

  • The RAII carries out a full range of complex epidemiologic and surveillance activities, with a focus on Chronic Disease, Maternal and Child Health, and/or Injury.
  • The RAII works with the University of Southern Maine (USM) Disease Prevention Epidemiology (DP Epi) team, a team of epidemiologists dedicated to building epidemiology capacity at USM and the Maine CDC.
  • The RAII provides epidemiology and subject matter expertise to state, federal, and local partners.
  • The RAII is responsible for creating, implementing, and sustaining systems for public health surveillance for the Maine CDC.
  • This includes championing work on measuring health disparities and social determinants of health, as well as assessing the burden and trends of health-related outcomes, including morbidity, mortality, natality, exposures, and risk factors in the general population and among sub-populations.
  • The RA II will lead and collaborate on epidemiologic studies in program-specific areas with Maine CDC programs and other local, state, and federal partners.
  • The RA II will train other staff members to improve data visualization and other analytic skills such as data management, complex sample survey data analysis, and documentation.

Requirements

  • Masters Degree in Epidemiology or related field, preferably from an accredited school of public health, and a minimum of 6 years related work experience.
  • Demonstrated mastery of advanced principles of epidemiology and public health.
  • Experience developing and implementing public health surveillance systems.
  • Experience working with the major public health surveillance systems related to chronic disease, maternal and child health, and injury.
  • Expertise conducting analysis of complex sample survey datasets, preferably with SAS or R.
  • Experience building partnerships and successfully collaborating with internal and external partners.
  • Ability to identify the need for applied epidemiologic studies and the types of studies best suited for the situation.
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills, including knowledge of programming in major computer-based statistical packages, preferably SAS or R.
Benefits
  • 13 paid holidays plus earned vacation time and sick time.
  • Health, dental and vision insurance.
  • Low-cost short-term disability insurance and employer-paid long-term disability insurance.
  • Employer-paid basic life insurance and supplemental life insurance.
  • A tuition waiver program for employees and their spouse or dependent child(ren).
  • A 403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution.
  • Free access to the METRO system, including the Husky Line with service between our Portland and Gorham campuses.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
epidemiologypublic healthpublic health surveillance systemsdata visualizationdata managementcomplex sample survey data analysisquantitative researchqualitative researchSASR
Soft Skills
collaborationpartnership buildingtrainingcommunicationleadership
Certifications
Masters Degree in Epidemiology