Epidemiologist II

Job Summary

Battelle's Health Research and Analytics (HRA) business line is seeking an Epidemiologist II to support our government customer in Portsmouth, VA (remote work available). This Public Health program enables government customers to maximize readiness through force health protection strategies and solutions for current and potential Public Health threats. The position supports the EpiData Center (EDC), which provides data analysis for public health surveillance for Navy and Marine Corps members and dependents.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiological analyses using in-theater, OCONUS, and CONUS military data systems to conduct biosurveillance activities and report medical and environmental health data for operational decision support.
• Conduct epidemiological analyses related to injury risk, tuberculosis, influenza reporting, wounded, ill, and injured populations, healthcare associated infections, infectious diseases, mental health/behavioral health conditions, deployment related conditions, and environmental health.
• Conduct comprehensive investigations to identify and characterize risk factors, assist development of strategies to reduce injury and disease incidence, and evaluate and recommend methods of control including preventive measures.
• Conduct studies and develop metrics for evaluation of the effectiveness of public health programs, disease prevention programs, and health promotion activities to support data-driven decisions.
• Analyze antimicrobial use and resistance data to inform prevention strategies, stewardship efforts, and policy recommendations.
• Support outbreak detection, investigation, and response related to antimicrobial-resistant infections, including coordination with laboratories and healthcare partners.
• Perform detailed biostatistical analyses and apply advanced statistical software (e.g., SAS) to tasks involving large amounts of data or extensive data cleaning.
• Facilitate cross-functional teams of professional and support personnel to conduct routine and non-routine epidemiologic evaluations.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelors in a related field (Epidemiology, Public Health) and 5 years of epidemiology work experience, or a master's degree and 2 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two to five years of epidemiology work experience in one or more areas of public health such as health analytics, clinical health surveillance, disease surveillance, biosurveillance, population health, behavioral health, mental health, suicide analysis, deployment health, injury analysis, environmental health, occupational health, Industrial Hygiene, Preventive Medicine, medical readiness, acute and chronic disease and illness, health risk assessment, emerging PH threats, and disease investigation.
• A minimum of five years' experience using Statistical Analysis System (SAS).
• Advanced experience analyzing health care data and large, complex data sets.
• Advanced experience using epidemiological methods for public health surveillance and/or program evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).

Preferred Qualifications

• Strongly prefer 3-8 years of epidemiology work experience.
• Advanced knowledge of public health surveillance monitoring systems.
• Experience conducting surveillance and epidemiological analyses of antimicrobial-resistant organisms (AROs).
• Experience designing, implementing, and evaluating AMR surveillance systems.
• Experience with military health care system data.
• Experience analyzing MHS GENESIS laboratory, encounter, and pharmacy data, TMDS, DRSi, eDHA, DMDC, and PDTS.
• Extensive analytical experience reviewing epidemiological data on injury prevention, tuberculosis, flu reporting, wounded, ill and injured populations, healthcare associated infections, infectious disease, mental health/behavioral health conditions, deployment related conditions, and environmental health.
• Experience with DATA Step Processing, SQL Processing, SAS Macro Language, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, CDISC Standards, and Data Management with Large Datasets (ETL).
• SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 or SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9.
• Experience publishing and presenting findings at state and national conferences.