Chronic Diseases Epidemiologist

• Conducts data analysis, creates chronic disease information summaries, and writes comprehensive reports for periodic release. Conducts spatial analysis to determine hot spots in Harris County for public health interventions and assist in drafting scientific manuscripts and abstracts for public health conferences. Special topics include but are not limited to long term impacts of COVID-19 and maternal and child health.
• Builds upon existing resources, implements and maintains an ongoing and robust chronic disease surveillance system for Harris County, Texas.
• Identifies, obtains, and as necessary, submits requests for federal, state and local health data sources concerning chronic diseases. Cleans, manages, analyzes, and interprets such data as well as internal program data.
• Participates with other divisions and offices to identify needs as related to epidemiological investigation. Serves on a variety of agency wide committees that may focus on chronic disease, long term impacts from COVID-19, injury and violence prevention, drug use prevention, etc. and assists with grant writing where needed.

• Master's degree in one of the Public Health disciplines such as Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, or Health Policy 

• At least one (1) year of experience conducting data analysis working with chronic disease data in public health related area, such as local health department, college or university public health project, clinical or public health laboratory, disease surveillance, or statistical project.

• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and Access.
• Proficient with statistical analysis software (STATA, R studio, SAS or SQL).
• Excellent organizational skills and communication skills (verbal & written).
• Ability to write reports and technical papers.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and foster teamwork in a diverse environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.
• Ability to work well with public and staff members.
• Use your personal mobile device for our Multifactor Authentication process.

• Understands the organizational mission.
• Understands ethics and public good; is concerned with public trust.
• Demonstrates respect for the opinions and beliefs of others.

• Contributes to an inclusive workplace where equity, diversity, inclusion, and individual differences are valued and leveraged to achieve the vision and mission.
• Demonstrates a sense of responsibility for the success of the group.
• Collaborates with others to improve quality and address needs.

• Ability to adapt to change.

• Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.
• Behaves in an honest, fair, and ethical manner.
• Assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses.
• Uses sound judgment.
• Self-motivated.
• Organizes and maintains work environment to allow for maximum productivity.

• Communicates clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.

•  Doctor of Philosophy in a science-related field.

• This is a full-time position.
• Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
  Other days and hours as necessary.

• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

• This is a largely sedentary role; however, some duties would require the ability to lift up to 20 pounds and bending & standing for periods at a time.

• Harris County Public Health: Office of Epidemiology, Surveillance & Emerging Diseases - 1111 Fannin St. Houston, Texas. 77002.

Salary : $69,264