| These six positions are full-time, limited-duration, classified positions and are represented by a union. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention (ACDP) Section in Portland, OR is recruiting for six (6) COVID-19 Epidemiologists to coordinate surveillance and conduct epidemiologic studies for the COVID-19 pandemic. We work with local health departments, other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent and control communicable diseases and outbreaks of acute diseases in Oregon. What will you do? As a COVID-19 Epidemiologist, you will be responsible for the following duties: - Coordinating outbreak investigations, conducting data analyses, and assisting with special studies.
- Analyzing and interpreting data and presenting study findings to study collaborators, local and tribal health authorities, the funding agency, clinicians, and the general public.
- Providing consultation to other ACDP epidemiologists and local health department staff assisting in outbreak investigations.
- Analyzing data to answer epidemiologic questions, displaying data in graphs and tables, and summarizing data from a variety of sources, including reportable disease, hospital reporting, and syndromic surveillance.
- Producing reports on COVID activity and disseminating information to local health departments, OHA and other state agencies, hospitals, laboratories, and interested providers.
- Serving on the Incident Management Team (IMT) in the health intelligence, epidemiologic studies, outbreak investigations, or planning
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