Epidemiology

This is an entry-level professional epidemiologist position responsible for carrying out a range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities related to the surveillance, detection, and prevention of diseases and injuries. Employees work as a team or project member, under the direction of a senior epidemiologist, conducting routine epidemiologic functions comprising surveillance, data collection, data analysis using basic epidemiologic methods, and assistance with epidemiologic investigations.

This is an intermediate-level professional epidemiologist responsible for carrying out a broad and complex range of investigative and analytical epidemiologic activities related to the surveillance, detection, and prevention of diseases and injuries. Employees work independently or as an experienced team or project member, providing epidemiologic expertise for specific programs or more complex individual epidemiologic analyses. This level of epidemiologic work includes developing and designing methods of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data and requires general, and in some cases specific, understanding of program processes and methods for prevention, intervention, and control of diseases of public health importance.

This is a professional senior or lead epidemiologist responsible for providing expert epidemiologic, scientific, and technical leadership in designing and conducting epidemiologic investigations. Employees conduct advanced professional analytical work in the surveillance, detection, research, and prevention of diseases and injuries. Employees are responsible for overseeing and conducting advanced-level professional epidemiologic work by developing and designing methods of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data and performing appropriate research in areas important to public health. Employees perform advanced and specialized professional work, including extensive applied research in a specific field, such as chronic disease, infectious disease, maternal and child health, environmental health, injury clusters, trend analysis, geographic distribution of disease, or other specific epidemiology program area.

This is a management level position that serves as chief or head of a major epidemiology program unit and is responsible for overall management and supervision of the program and assigned personnel. As a management senior scientist/epidemiologist, the employee performs supervisory and advanced professional analytical work in surveillance, detection, and prevention of diseases and injuries. Employees are responsible for overseeing and conducting advanced-level professional epidemiologic work by managing methods of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data related to leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Responsibilities also include overseeing or performing advanced or specialized professional work, which involves expert knowledge and management in a specific field, such as chronic disease, infectious disease, maternal and child health, environmental health, injury clusters, trend analysis, geographic distribution of disease, or other specific epidemiology program areas.