Epidemiology Fellow (District 9-1 Coastal: Savannah, GA) - Rollins School of Public Health

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Under supervision at the health district, day-to-day activities of the fellows include, but are not limited to planning, developing, and conducting epidemiologic investigations, surveillance, outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease control.
• Fellow duties also include collecting, analyzing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic reports.
• The applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming.
• Primary Duties and Job Responsibilities: Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of communicable diseases.
• Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares reports.
• Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or interested in disease outbreaks or data.
• Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.
• Provides training, technical assistance, and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases.
• Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues.
• Performs various duties in support of section operations.
• Competency Achievement Plan To successfully complete and graduate from the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship, fellows are minimally expected to complete an oral presentation, a surveillance evaluation/quality improvement project, and a significant data analysis project over the course of the two years.
• Fellows are expected to work on projects and activities related to seven Core Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment, Public Health Sciences, Communication, Health Equity, Community Partnership, Policy Development and Program Planning, Leadership and Systems Thinking.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

Hired into the Rollins Epidemiology Fellows Program, fellows serve as early-career MPH-level epidemiologists for a two-year term within one of Georgia’s 18 local health districts or at the Georgia Department of Public Health. This position is not located at Emory, but rather at District 9-1 Coastal in Savannah, GA. This position will be fully in-person.  
 
Under supervision at the health district, day-to-day activities of the fellows include, but are not limited to: planning, developing, and conducting epidemiologic investigations, surveillance, outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease control. Fellow duties also include collecting, analyzing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic reports. The applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming. 
 
Primary Duties and Job Responsibilities:  

• Investigating all Georgia notifiable diseases and outbreaks with the exception of STDs/HIV/TB.  
• Emergency preparedness activities as needed due to geographic location (Coastal Georgia). Collaboration with the health equity and chronic prevention programs. 
• Interacts with the community, community partners, and clinic staff. 
• Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of communicable diseases. 
• Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance. 
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares reports. 
• Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or interested in disease outbreaks or data 
• Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs. 
• Provides training, technical assistance, and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases. 
• Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues. 
• Performs other duties as required. 

Competency Achievement Plan: 
 
To successfully complete and graduate from the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship, fellows are minimally expected to complete an oral presentation, a surveillance evaluation/quality improvement project, and a significant data analysis project over the course of the two years. Fellows are expected to work on projects and activities related to seven Core Competencies:  
 

• Data Analytics and Assessment 
• Public Health Sciences 
• Communication 
• Health Equity 
• Community Partnership 
• Policy Development and Program Planning  
• Leadership and Systems Thinking  
  

Example projects include: 

• Assisting with updating a strategic plan for the Coastal Health District.  This would involve assessing the community’s health status, implementing, evaluating and improving policies, programs, and services, focus group facilitation/information collection, policy development and programmatic planning, as well as leadership and systems thinking 
• Assisting with development of a District Program Annual Report.  
• Collecting and/or analyzing data on notifiable diseases of interest (retrospective analysis of zoonotic disease in the Coastal Health District for example) 

 

• Fellows will be placed in their health districts with a start date of August 5, 2024  
• Applications close: April 26, 2024 
• Application review: March / April 2024 
• Matching and interview process: April / May 2024 
• Final placement offers: May and June 2024 
  
• More information about the fellowship is available at rollinsepifellows.org 
  
• The job may require local travel within the assigned district. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in public health or Master of Science degree in public health, epidemiology, or related field from a CEPH accredited school/program of public health obtained within the last three years.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s of Public Health graduates of CEPH-accredited schools or programs of public health in Georgia and the Southeast are encouraged to apply.
• MPH with a concentration in Epidemiology
• Closely supervised work experience demonstrating competence in conducting public health surveillance, analyzing surveillance data, reporting analytic results, and conducting outbreak investigations.
• General microbiology knowledge

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