Rapid Analytics and Evaluations Group Openings

1. Data Analyst II

DESCRIPTION

The Data Analyst II will provide mid-level support under moderate supervision in applicable public health disciplines to collect, abstract, code, analyze, or interpret scientific data contained within information systems and databases related to public health.

Responsibilities:

Develop data management systems, including computer programs to clean, mine, and store data and monitor data quality.

Communicate with project areas regarding study activities and protocols.

Analyze data for reports, presentations and publications.

Assist in the review of study data for data quality.

Organize study files, including data and correspondence files.

Perform scientific, medical and research literature searches in fields including but not limited to Behavioral and Social Sciences, Epidemiology, and Laboratory.

Prepare data sections of slides for scientific presentations.

Provide analytic support to multi-disciplinary teams in order to accomplish public health research and program goals.

Provide knowledge and technical assistance for users reporting data into national databases.

Review data entered into databases and provide feedback and support to ensure data quality.

Assist in the development and maintenance of databases by submitting system change requests, performing application testing, managing data collection forms, and identifying system defects.

QUALIFICATIONS

Develop data management systems, including computer programs to clean, mine, and store data and monitor data quality.

Communicate with project areas regarding study activities and protocols.

Analyze data for reports, presentations and publications.

Assist in the review of study data for data quality.

Organize study files, including data and correspondence files.

Perform scientific, medical and research literature searches in fields including but not limited to Behavioral and Social Sciences, Epidemiology, and Laboratory.

Prepare data sections of slides for scientific presentations.

Provide analytic support to multi-disciplinary teams in order to accomplish public health research and program goals.

Provide knowledge and technical assistance for users reporting data into national databases.

Review data entered into databases and provide feedback and support to ensure data quality.

Assist in the development and maintenance of databases by submitting system change requests, performing application testing, managing data collection forms, and identifying system defects.

LOCATION

Atlanta, GA

TRAVEL

10% domestic/international travel

2. Public Health Analyst

DESCRIPTION

The Public Health Analyst II will be tasked with providing scientific support to research, implementation, and evaluation studies relating to health communication and social marketing. Responsibilities:

Develop data management systems, including computer programs to monitor data quality.
Communicate with project areas regarding study activities and protocols.
Analyze data for reports, presentations and publications.
Assist in the review of study data for data quality.
Organize study files, including data and correspondence files.
Perform scientific, medical and research literature searches in fields including but not limited to Behavioral and Social Sciences, Epidemiology, and Laboratory.
Prepare data sections of slides for scientific presentations.
Provide analytic support to multi-disciplinary teams in order to accomplish public health research and program goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree in public health, social science, health services research.
Requires a minimum of 3-5 years of related experience, of which approximately 3 years must be specialized in the areas of public health promotion and prevention utilizing public and private partnerships.
Experience performing data analysis and producing data reports.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, SUDAAN, etc.
Experience in qualitative data analysis using software such as NVIVO, MAXQDA.
Experience with troubleshooting and problem-solving.
Experience providing oral presentations to live audiences.
Well-versed in Microsoft Office products.
Ability to use software programs such as Microsoft Power Point, LiveMeeting, and SnagIt.
Strong skills in oral and written communication.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal, collaboration, and organizational skills.

LOCATION

Atlanta, GA

TRAVEL

10% domestic/international travel

3. Epidemiologist

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties maybe assigned.

Responsible for the integration of CNI Core Competencies into daily functions, including:

Commitment to integrity.
Knowledge / quality of work.
Supporting financial goals of the company.
Initiative / motivation, cooperation / relationships.
Problem analysis / discretion.
Accomplishing goals through organization.
Positive oral / written communication skills.
Leadership abilities.
Commitment to Affirmative Action.
Reliability / dependability.
Flexibility and ownership / accountability of actions taken.

Designs, plans and initiates epidemiologic studies, surveys and investigations.
Evaluates data collection, quality control and data utilization methods used to study epidemiological problems and issues.
Evaluates existing surveillance systems to determine if they meet goals and objectives for identifying influenza virus infections.
Uses influenza surveillance data to understand influenza-associated hospital and outpatient burden as well as economic costs.
Assists with correlation and evaluation of control measures during any outbreaks.
Develops and evaluates novel strategies for improving protection among the elderly.
Identifies and troubleshoots problems with data quality (e.g., completeness, transmission, and discrepancies) from a surveillance network to examine the burden of influenza.
Creates and manages laboratory and epidemiology study databases, trains users, and develops manuals to be implemented in sites.
Develops analytic codes for merging and analyzing influenza network surveillance data for statistical analyses.
Conducts systematic reviews of literature to understand factors that influence influenza-associated hospitalizations among populations of all ages.
Develops manuscripts and presentations to understand influenza disease burden for internal and external audiences.
Summarizes findings in tables, figures and maps and communicates information.
Generates summary materials regarding methods and results for dissemination during meetings. May schedule and coordinate meetings.
Tracks, monitors and analyzes data on human cases of novel influenza viruses.
Generates and distributes novel influenza virus reports for internal and external partners.
Contributes to the response to novel influenza virus outbreaks domestically and internationally.
Assists partner sites with gathering necessary paperwork to ensure proper compliance with all appropriate and necessary IRB requirements.
May travel locally throughout jurisdiction.
Responsible for aiding in own self-development by being available and receptive to any training made available by the company.
Plans daily activities within the guidelines of company policy, job description and supervisor's instruction in such a way as to maximize output.
Responsible for keeping own immediate work area in a neat and orderly condition to ensure safety of self and coworkers. Will report any unsafe conditions and/or practices to the appropriate supervisor and Human Resources. Will immediately correct any unsafe conditions as the best of own ability.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s Degree (M.P.H or M.B.A preferred) in an academic field relating to the health sciences or allied sciences or related fields of study in Biological Sciences and a minimum of five (5) years’ hands-on experience working in a public health setting.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION, JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES

Skilled proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Word, Excel Outlook, Project, etc.).
Exceptional organization skills with ability to effectively manage multiple projects and priorities.
Skilled in facilitating teamwork and coordinating efforts for the successful achievement of goals.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Exceptional customer service and relationship-building skills.
Ability to provide background information about the project, answer questions, and provide updates to health department staff.
Ability to interact effectively with individuals who have contracted the influenza virus.
Demonstrates ability to meet deadlines, work independently, stay highly organized, juggle multiple responsibilities, and adjust to new tasks.
Adept analytical and critical thinking skills.
Ability to implement a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Ability to interact professionally with national, state, and local health department officials, team members, corporate management, and clients of all levels.
Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION, JOB SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES

Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform successfully the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. Work is primarily performed in an office environment. Regularly required to sit. Regularly required use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms to handle objects and operate tools, computer, and/or controls. Required to speak and hear. Occasionally required to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Exposed to general office noise with computers printers and light traffic.

LOCATION

Atlanta, GA

TRAVEL

10% domestic/international travel

4. Scientific Data Analyst

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Support study planning, protocol development, and study logistics, possibly including developing and keeping task trackers, protocol organization, organization of study documents (e.g. SOPs, forms, reports, etc.), and preparing study-related materials and overviews. Monitor data submissions from research study partners. The contractor shall complete or assist with analysis of epidemiological studies. All data files for analysis shall be delivered to the COR and/or program designee (e.g. project managers and other researchers).
Contribute to production of study/surveillance summaries or manuscripts for publication.
The contractor shall manage epidemiological and laboratory data by using SAS or equivalent statistical package (e.g. R) as well as other data management software packages (e.g. R, REDCap, Microsoft Access, Excel, EpiInfo, STATA, etc.). The contractor will be required to conduct analyses including frequencies, longitudinal data analysis, and univariate and multivariate modeling techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, generalized linear models, and survival analysis.
The contractor shall perform data quality assurance activities, including identifying and resolving any inconsistencies in data flow, data outside legitimate ranges, and illogical data responses by developing data quality reports and investigation and resolution of data anomalies or errors by using a combination of software packages including SAS or R, MS Access and Excel, and other software (e.g. REDCap) as warranted.
The contractor shall convert existing datasets from a diverse array of file formats (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Access, SQL, and ASCII files) into SAS datasets. Additionally, the contractor shall be able to manage data stored in a variety of file formats such as SAS datasets, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, SQL, and ASCII files. The contractor shall be able to manipulate and transform data that are stored in a variety of file formats.
Explore the use of data visualization platforms (e.g. R, Power BI, mapping software) to quickly summarize study findings. Support data visualization activities (both for hypothesis generation and to share data with the response). Develop communication materials such as data sets, slide sets and summary reports.
Perform daily/weekly data runs and create daily/weekly reports. Trouble shoot issues with daily/weekly data runs. Work on ongoing basis to improve and automate code. Conducts weekly data cleaning and generate weekly error reports. Database management and upkeep as well as complete ad hoc data requests.
Determine sampling methodologies to implement if case counts exceed certain thresholds, characterize surveillance back-fill to help with real-time interpretation of data.
Determine how to best present age/sex/race adjusted estimates in daily/weekly reports, describe and work to minimize biases related to missingness of key variables such as race/ethnicity.
Work with internal staff/programs to push data to interactive public-facing website on weekly basis.
Compile individual-level data submitted from multiple external partners in diverse data formats and merge with laboratory testing results from contract laboratories; Track completeness and quality of data over time; Prepare summary tables and descriptive analyses of results on a regular basis.
Have the necessary resources, skills, and materials to support the following data management lifecycle activities: execute the coordination of data entry processes, create data entry forms in software packages such as Microsoft Access and REDCap and perform data entry as required.
The contractor shall be responsible for tracking of problem resolution related to data quality assurance activities by maintaining data-correction logbooks and/or files in order to improve the quality of the data collection/acquisition process.
Create and modify SAS (or other) programs used for data management and create documentation for programs describing their functions and associated processes and output.
Support the design, development, and implementation of surveillance tools to collect epidemiologic data.
The contractor shall communicate analytic results to internal staff and external partners in a clear, concise and timely manner.
Assist researchers in developing analytical programs in SAS or R and assist researchers in determining the appropriate statistical techniques to apply to their analyses.

SUPERVISOR/MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

No supervisory/management authority.

EDUCATON AND EXPERIENCE

Must have a Bachelor’s of Science in public health or a related field. A Master’s Degree in a related field is preferred.
Must have a minimum three (3) years of related qualitative analysis experience.
(2) years of experience in health/public health is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Previous experience, preferably in an emergency response environment.
FEMA ICS Training.
Attention to detail and ability to manage and plan multiple, complex processes.
Strong interpersonal skills and customer service focus.
Ability to work collaboratively within a team.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong aptitude in critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Ability to prioritize competing task and complete multiple tasks efficiently.
Highly organized, calm demeanor, personable and adaptable to changing situations and priorities.
Ability to coordinate complex projects and think strategically.
Strong organizational and administrative skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.
Strong grammar, spelling, and writing skills
Experience playing a key role on a multidisciplinary team with work hours as deadlines require
Ability to quickly learn and integrate new tools and technologies to meet customer needs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Scientific Data Analyst.

As Scientific Data Analyst;

The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.

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LOCATION

Atlanta, GA

TRAVEL

10% domestic/international travel

5. Senior Healthcare Data Scientist II

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Include but not limited to:

The Candidate shall collaborate to write a protocol for human subjects research review.
The Candidate shall develop a draft query to identify records of all patients in the vendor’s associated health care system that could potentially have been diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease. This will include queries of Lyme-disease laboratory test orders, Lyme disease and related condition diagnosis codes, and free text string queries, as applicable. Collaborate to finalize the query.
The Candidate shall apply the final query to electronic medical records during 2016-2019 to create a patient-level dataset of potential Lyme disease diagnoses. The contractor shall provide a dataset with a descriptive summary of the findings to include: a. patterns of demographics, b. diagnosis codes, c. treatments prescribed, andLyme disease laboratory test orders and results that can be used in turn to inform approach to sample selection for medical chart review.
Ability to create a standardized tool for chart reviews with input from the Government to effectively capture findings relevant to defining a Lyme disease diagnosis.
The Candidate shall collaborate in the development of a scientifically sound approach to the selection of patient charts for manual review and verification of diagnosis. Perform all associated chart reviews (not to exceed 800 in number).
The Candidate shall participate in regular telephone meetings to discuss each iterative step in creating the final dataset.
The Candidate shall execute a variety of complex analytical exercises to provide operations, Quality and medical management with actionable, high quality quantitative information that drives effective business decision making, enables interpretation of current, past and future performance, and identifies opportunities to improve patient quality of care. Analyzes the root cause of any identified opportunities and present the story to business decision makers to take appropriate actions using PPTs and dashboards.
The Candidate shall create dynamic and highly effective methods of data delivery and provide critical and insightful data.
The Candidate shall conduct rigorous data mining and statistically sound analytical analyses to develop and report high quality actionable and quantitative information that will drive effective and integrated business decision making, enable interpretation of performance trends.
The Candidate shall develop expertise, thought leadership in the area of analytics, business intelligence and reporting, and provide new and innovative approaches to business data analysis and interpretation.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have at least 5 years of experience in healthcare data analysis, including epidemiologic studies.
Must have at least 2 years of experience in conducting analyses utilizing the data system of the health care institution.
Be affiliated with a research institution linked to a large healthcare system in the Upper Midwest and will consequently have access to patient-level data for a large number of patients with Lyme disease.
Prior collaboration with CDC on research related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are strongly encouraged.
Possess knowledge of the patient-level data will include information about chief complaint, diagnosis type/date, billing codes, laboratory test orders and results, individual medication orders, and patient demographics.
Must have medicare or healthcare experience preferred.
Be proficient with computers, Microsoft Office applications and Windows operating systems.
Knowledge in process development/implementation experience preferred.
Should have strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Must have excellent customer/interpersonal skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Must utilize SQL, SAS, Tableau, R, etc. languages and technologies for the purpose of extracting and processing data.

LOCATION

Atlanta, GA

TRAVEL

10% domestic/international travel

6. Program Evaluator

DESCRIPTION

The incumbent is responsible for the evaluation and monitoring of public health programs, policies, or issues and the application of behavioral and social science theories, methods, and techniques to the study of public health issues and formulation of policy or program development and evaluation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Design, oversee, implement, and conduct program monitoring and evaluation studies or projects to identify public health problems.
Collect, analyze, and interpret data using appropriate quantitative or qualitative methods related to the assessment and improvement of program efficiency and effectiveness.
Plan and conduct program monitoring and evaluation studies or projects to identify public health problems and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public health programs and policies. Recommend evaluation designs appropriate to situations. Apply established methodologies and techniques for data collection, analysis, and presentation.
Search, synthesize, and interpret information and evidence relevant to public health.
Review literature, analyze studies, assess practice-based research, and collaborate with stakeholders and other subject matter experts to make recommendations for processes, procedures, interventions, programs, and/or policies related to public health issues.
Lead collaboration on program monitoring and evaluation projects/studies.

OTHER DUTIES

Translate and disseminate public health evaluation and monitoring findings to appropriate scientific colleagues, practitioners, constituents, stakeholders, and the public. Creating stakeholder assessment and engagement plans.
Developing a program description (usually a logic model).
Identifying the evaluation focus, key evaluation questions, and relevant process and outcome indicators.
Developing a data collection and analysis plan, collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data.
Interpreting the data in the context of the program and justifying conclusions.
Using data and sharing lessons learned.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Master's Degree in Public Health or related field plus at least 2 years of experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
Experience with multiple data management and data analysis programs including NVIVO, MAXQDA, SAS, R, EpiInfo, REDCap.
Understanding of epidemiology and surveillance, including the content of surveillance reports as well as the information needs of health researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and other public health partners.
Ability to work well against deadlines/ under pressure.
Must possess excellent analytical skills and be capable of breaking down complex issues into simplified problem statements.
Must be readily adaptable to different problems.
Well-versed in Microsoft Office.
Background investigation required.