CDC Foundation · 9 hours ago
Data Analyst (Epidemiologist II)
The CDC Foundation is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the CDC to enhance public health initiatives. They are seeking a Data Analyst/Epidemiologist II to provide advanced epidemiologic and analytic support for infectious disease surveillance and outbreak response, particularly during a measles outbreak in South Carolina.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Conduct routine and emergency-response epidemiologic analyses to support measles surveillance, case investigation, and contact tracing activities
Perform data cleaning, reconciliation, and linkage across multiple data sources (e.g., surveillance systems, laboratory data, immunization records)
Develop and maintain analytic datasets to monitor outbreak trends, transmission patterns, and response performance indicators
Conduct special epidemiologic analyses during outbreaks, including assessment of exposure settings, secondary attack rates, vaccination status, and geographic clustering
Evaluate and improve the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of case investigation and contact tracing data; provide feedback to data collectors and program staff
Collaborate with epidemiologists, informatics staff, and response leadership to identify data gaps and analytic needs during a measles outbreak
Prepare clear written summaries, data tables, figures, and dashboards to support situational awareness and leadership briefings
Provide technical assistance and guidance on data and analytic best practices to response leadership during emergency responses
Qualification
Required
A Master's degree in Epidemiology and professional experience involving the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of quantified data
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
Statistics or associated professional degree, professional experience involving the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation/visualization of quantified data
Experience supporting outbreak investigations and emergency response activities, including vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g., measles)
Ability to manage work and provide updates to jurisdictional leadership
Experience in conducting epidemiological studies and investigation skills in analyzing and interpreting epidemiological data
Proficiency with analytic and data management tools (e.g., SAS, R, SQL, Excel, or comparable platforms)
Experience working with surveillance systems, case investigation databases, and contact tracing platforms
Employee functions under limited supervision. Must be able to function with a high degree of independence and discretionary judgment to seek assistance from other team members
Employee will support the measles outbreak response as directed
Preferred
Work experience with disease outbreak and/or emergency response is ideal but not required
Company
CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation builds innovative partnerships to advance the Centers for Disease Control.
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