Senior Public Health Program Associate Rollins School of Public Health

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.

We are seeking a candidate with experience working with large-scale healthcare claims data to support a new study on pregnancy and cardiovascular health in caring for women with systemic lupus erythematosus. The ideal candidate will have experience working with MarketScan or other large administrative claims datasets and constructing longitudinal cohorts by linking individuals across time and data domains (e.g. enrollment pharmacy inpatient and outpatient files). Familiarity with target trial emulation would be helpful but not required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Independently uses a specialized knowledge of and experience with public health principles to analyze develop implement and promote solutions to public health issues/problems.
• Collects and analyzes data.
• Prepares proposals protocols data analysis plans reports manuscripts and presentation of study findings.
• Addresses public health issues by providing education technical assistance advocacy public awareness and research.
• Works with programs or studies designed to evaluate the prevalence or surveillance of public health issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions.
• May coordinate clinical study sites to ensure compliance with patient recruitment and data collection standards.
• May provide technical assistance to organizations to include presentations websites strategies and educational forums to address specific public health issues.
• May design develop and conduct targeted training initiatives.
• May collaborate with external organizations to develop action plans and goals to achieve specific objectives.
• Identifies new potential projects studies or partners.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A masters degree in Public Health a master of science degree in Public Health or Health Education or a masters degree in Development Practice and three years of relevant applied public health experience OR a masters degree in another field and four years of public health experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong understanding of epidemiologic concepts
• Formal training in biostatistics or related quantitative field
• Experience managing and analyzing large complex healthcare datasets preferably MarketScan or similar
• Familiarity with ICD CPT and NDC coding systems
• Proficiency in SAS or R for data cleaning and analysis
• Commitment to writing clear documentation
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work independently but also comfortable asking questions

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

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