Epidemiologist 2 - Office of Epidemiology & Prevention Services - Kanawha Co.



Epidemiologist 2 - Office of Epidemiology & Prevention Services - Kanawha Co.

Salary

$54,842.00 - $97,037.00 Annually

Location

Kanawha County, WV

Job Type

Full-Time Permanent

Job Number

EPS2534 PSA

Department

HEALTH - BPH - OFFICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY & PREVENTION SERVICES

Opening Date

05/08/2025

Closing Date

5/23/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

LOCATION OF VACANCY

KANAWHA

Nature of Work

This position supports the Division of Surveillance and Informatics (DSI) in adopting and implementing national data modernization standards, and practices within the Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services (OEPS). Employee manages data modernization related activities and grants including public health informatics projects that streamline infectious disease manual data processes, enhance data quality and visuals and connect silo-d data sets. Employee manages electronic case reporting, including monitoring facility reporting, data quality analysis, and management of federal promoting interoperability (meaningful use) requirements. Employee will support OEPS epidemiology staff in adopting and implementing modern technologies such as utilizing data analysis software for data analysis and implementation of predictive analytics into public health practices

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Minimum Qualifications

Training: A Doctorate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in epidemiology, public health, veterinary medicine, preventive medicine, medicine, biological, physicalbehavioral or environmental sciences including at least two courses in epidemiology covering additional epidemiology principles, methods and design concepts, or at least two courses in statistical design methods courses for the behavioral sciences, or at least two publications in two different peer-reviewed journalsand at least one course in biostatistics or other research-oriented statistics course.
OR 
A Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in epidemiology, public health, biology, nursing, physical, behavioralnatural, or veterinary sciences, preventive medicine, or medicine including two courses in epidemiology and one course in biostatistics OR certification in infection control (CIC); AND three years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in epidemiology.

Substitution: Completion of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service or public health prevention specialist training can substitute for the required training.
OR 
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in biology, nursing, physical, behavioral, or natural sciences, AND five years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in conducting epidemiology, including disease investigation, risk assessment or environmental epidemiology may substitute for the required training.
OR 
Three years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in performing Epidemiologist 1 responsibilities, including disease investigation, risk assessment, or environmental epidemiology may substitute for the required training.
 

 

 

 

 

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Employer
West Virginia
Address
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Building 3 Suite 500
Charleston, West Virginia, 25305
Phone
(304) 558-3950