Epidemiologist

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence by accident by suicide suddenly when in apparent health when unattended by a physician in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

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The Drug Intelligence and Intervention Group (DIIG) at OCME was created for the joint purposes of:
suspected and confirmed overdose deaths
public sector leaders with timely and actionable information about fatal overdose and
direct support to family and friends of overdose victims in NYC.

DIIG conducts public health surveillance of overdose collecting and leveraging data before and after OCME has determined cause and manner of death. Towards this end DIIG is responsible for timely and accurate identification of suspected overdose cases and monitoring and reporting overdose trends. DIIG also plans and facilitates inter-agency collaboration through a citywide initiative called RxStat by planning and hosting monthly interdisciplinary meetings on overdose prevention. These RxStat meetings including the quarterly OCME-led Overdose Fatality Review meeting are attended by representatives from over 30 different local state and federal agencies.

The Epidemiologist II will play a key role in the collection analysis and dissemination of epidemiologic and programmatic data for OCME. They will lead and support various surveillance research and program evaluation projects working closely with DIIG colleagues other city and state agencies and external research partners to:
-Analyze large administrative datasets using SAS PowerBI and excel to identify patterns trends and associations related to overdose deaths
-Design reports data visualizations and dashboards to effectively communicate information to stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise
-Develop and implement data quality control procedures to ensure accuracy and reliability of epidemiological analyses
-Provide technical assistance and training to other staff on data analysis methods and SAS programming
-Response to ad hoc data requests by conducting rapid analyses and assessments to provide agency leadership and partners with data-drive insights
-Collaborate with internal and external researchers on the development of academic publications using OCME overdose-related data
-Create and improve program evaluation tools to track DIIG engagement with overdose bereaved individuals working closely with DIIG Deputy Director and DIIG Social Workers

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744

Qualifications :

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of full-time experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible full-time research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time