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Title: Drug User Health Epidemiologist
$61,089 - $86,424 / Posted Thru: 05-16-24
Location: Remote/Virtual - Must Live and Work in Michigan
PURPOSE: The individual in this position is responsible to complete professional, epidemiological, and investigative work by assisting in the design, analysis, and execution of epidemiological investigations for communicable disease surveillance or special studies. The Drug User Health Epidemiologist will use data from multiple programs and sources, including the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS), Michigan Medicaid data warehouse and the Michigan Inpatient Database (MIDB) to identify trends to address co-occurring conditions and infections (e.g., hepatitis C, HIV, COVID-19) among people who use substances. This position will collaborate across areas in infectious diseases, harm reduction, and the opioid space to translate these insights into actionable data-driven strategies to reduce the morbidity and mortality related to medical complications of substance use.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
Education: Possession of a master's degree with a major in epidemiology or public health with a minimum of 8 semester (12 term) graduate-level hours in epidemiology and biostatistics courses.
Experience: Two years of professional experience carrying out a variety of surveys, investigations, tests, and analyses of human disease and health conditions. The candidate should have strong computer processing (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) and statistical methodology and software skills (e.g. SAS, R). Previous experience matching large data sets or working with Medicaid or communicable disease surveillance data preferred.
Important Skills and Characteristics:
Work Environment and Physical Requirements: Job may require moderate physical effort including lifting materials and equipment of <25# and involves viewing a CRT or VDT screen 50% to 75% of the time. Standard office environment. Requires valid vehicle operator's license where needed to perform duties of the position. Frequent deadlines. In-state and out-of-state travel for related meetings.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS: No assigned responsibility.
IMPACT ON PROJECTS, SERVICES AND OPERATIONS: As part of a team, will help ensure data quality and assist stakeholders with technical assistance. This position will also support data requests, data matching, special projects, and annual reports for other conditions of public health interest.
REQUIRED COMMUNICATION
Contact Person/Group Frequency Purpose
Viral Hepatitis Unit Manager Daily General Supervision
Harm Reduction Unit Manager Weekly Program Coordination
Harm Reduction Analysts Weekly Program Coordination
Section Manager Weekly Program Coordination
Viral Hepatitis Epidemiologists Weekly Data Coordination
Opioid and Emerging Drugs Unit Weekly Data Coordination
Syringe Services Programs As needed Technical Assistance
Local Health Departments As needed Technical Assistance
"For purposes of employment standards, this classification is "Exempt" from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act."
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