Epidemiologist III

Epidemiologist III – Viral Vaccine-Preventable Disease Programs

Program/Org: CDC, NCIRD, Division of Viral Diseases (DVD), Viral Vaccine Preventable Disease Branch

Work Type: Epidemiological support services (surveillance, analytics, studies, publications, and outbreak response support)

Location: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329

• • Building 24, 8th floor
  • Building 18, 5th floor

Work Schedule / Core Support Hours: Monday–Friday / 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM 

Travel Requirements: Travel for outbreak response / special studies / routine travel

Role Summary

The Epidemiologist III provides epidemiologic and analytical support to CDC’s VVPDB viral vaccine-preventable disease programs. The work spans surveillance system support, data quality and workflow improvement, statistical analysis, study operations, protocol/IRB support, joint publications, stakeholder communications, and outbreak/emergency response support.

Experience: 1 year experience interpreting/analyzing data using statistical software

Technical Skills:

• Statistical software (SAS, R, SPSS, STATA, Python, etc.)
• Data collection, cleaning, manipulation, visualization
• Epidemiologic study design and analysis
• Administrative and survey data analysis
• Protocol and IRB support (knowledge, not prior gov access)
• Microsoft Office Suites: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.

Primary Responsibilities (All Programs) - Across assigned VVPDB programs, the Epidemiologist III will:

• Conduct epidemiologic studies aligned to public health mission.
• Assemble, organize, and manage epidemiologic and laboratory data; ensure data quality/accuracy/completeness.
• Improve data workflows and develop process improvements supporting epidemiologic and research activities.
• Communicate with CDC staff and remote sites to ensure:
  • protocol compliance
  • secure data transfer and processing
• Perform statistical analyses using packages such as SAS, SPSS, Epi-Info, R, or SUDAAN
  • Generate tables/figures suitable for presentation/publication.
• Support analytic projects addressing key epidemiologic questions using survey/administrative datasets (examples listed in the PWS).
• Support development of joint analyses/publications; co-author scientific papers and present at scientific meetings.
• Provide day-to-day support, including responding to public phone/email inquiries.
• Monthly Reporting.
• Handling PII
• Support emergency response activities for outbreaks/agency priorities (as applicable).
• Other duties as assigned.

Program-Specific Duties - A) Measles, Rubella, and CMV Program

In addition to the core responsibilities, this role includes:

• Support surveillance systems, including:
  • data ingestion
  • data merging
  • dashboard maintenance
  • posting dashboard content to a website

• Attend conference calls with study sites and monthly coordinator/nurse calls (or other project calls); record meeting minutes.
• Assist with protocol development and IRB submissions/revisions.
• Provide analytical support to other VVPDB programs as needed (including Mumps, VZV, and other Herpes programs).

B) HPV Program

• Attend/participate in:
  • site visits
  • scientific meetings
  • ad hoc meetings as needed to support/learn current activities
• Statistical analysis and deliverables consistent with the broader epidemiology role requirements (SAS/SPSS/Epi-Info/R/SUDAAN; tables/figures; publications; inquiry response; emergency response; monthly reporting).

C) Mumps, Varicella Zoster Virus, and other Herpes Program (Epi Support)

• Support activities related to Herpes/Zosters (HZ) surveillance and epidemiology research.
• Develop analytic plans and execute analytic projects using administrative and electronic medical record data.
• Disseminate HZ/HZ vaccine information via:
  • CDC Shingles webpage revisions
  • FAQs
  • presentations
  • publications
• Provide analytical support to other programs (Measles/Mumps/Rubella).

• Experience selecting appropriate statistical tests, implementing them, and interpreting results for public health research projects.

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