What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at CDC Foundation?
Overview
The Data Scientist will play a crucial role in advancing the CDC Foundation's mission by leveraging data to inform strategic decisions and initiatives in a public health organization. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements. Working within Maine CDC’s Informatics team, as part of the Division of Disease Surveillance, the Data and Informatics Specialist will utilize advanced analytics, statistical techniques to derive insights that support public health efforts. The data scientist will develop a data visualization plan for the Infectious Disease Epidemiology program, adapt existing visualizations, and complete data analysis projects in collaboration with our Epidemiology team. The Data Scientist will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Maine CDC Informatics team, as part of the Division of Disease Surveillance. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for based candidates.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and improve data analysis and visualization tools for use by organization staff, to provide timely, relevant information that informs decisions affecting the public’s health.
- Analyze diverse datasets related to public health issues to identify trends, patterns, and correlations.
- Apply statistical methods to extract actionable insights.
- Develop predictive models to anticipate disease patterns, assess risk factors, and guide intervention strategies.
- Continuously optimize algorithms for enhanced accuracy and performance.
- Create compelling visualizations and reports to communicate findings to partners and decision-makers.
- Present data-driven insights in a clear and understandable manner to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Collaborate with the public health organization and its partners to understand their data needs and objectives.
- Provide data-driven support and guidance to inform public health policies and initiatives.
- Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and methodologies in data science and analytics.
- Explore innovative approaches to address complex public health challenges and improve data analysis capabilities.
- Implement and maintain robust data security measures to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
Qualifications
Special Notes This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.
