The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is dedicated to advancing the health and well?being of California’s diverse communities. Every CDPH team member plays a vital role in promoting equity, diversity, inclusion, and innovative public health services statewide.

This position supports CDPH’s mission by providing scientific leadership within the Immunization Branch, focusing on advanced epidemiologic and biostatistical analysis of immunization data. The Research Scientist Staff (RSS) independently develops, designs, and implements methodologies to analyze and interpret data from the California Immunization Registry (CAIR) and other data sources to identify coverage gaps, evaluate vaccination progress, and reduce inequities in vaccine?preventable diseases.

The selected candidate serves as a lead to lower?level scientists and works under the general direction of the Research Scientist Supervisor I (RSS I) of the Immunization Registry and Preparedness Unit.

• Lead and collaborate on projects evaluating immunization coverage, equity, and vaccine?preventable disease trends.

• Develop and implement epidemiologic and statistical methods to assess vaccination coverage, gaps, and disparities.

• Estimate vaccine effectiveness and the impact of vaccine allocation or policy strategies.

• Conduct advanced statistical analysis of CAIR and related datasets to evaluate vaccination patterns and trends.

• Perform data extraction, cleaning, linkage, and integration with supplemental datasets such as disease surveillance, school immunization records, and birth certificate data.

• Identify opportunities to improve CAIR data quality, completeness, and utility.

• Disseminate findings through reports, presentations, peer?reviewed publications, and professional conferences.

• Lead the development of datasets, dashboards, and analytical tools characterizing vaccination progress and disparities.

• Create user?friendly data visualizations to support CAIR data submitters, providers, outreach teams, and local health departments.

• Provide scientific input toward the enhancement of CAIR and related immunization information systems.

• Offer epidemiologic and biostatistical consultation to CAIR users, including health departments, health plans, and CDPH programs such as Vaccines for Children, Vital Records, WIC, Medi?Cal, and emergency preparedness programs.

• Assess and respond to data needs across Immunization Branch sections and external partners.

• Maintain expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, immunization science, public health informatics, GIS, and clinical decision support.

• Stay current on Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations and AIRA immunization registry standards.