Under supervision at the health district day-to-day activities of the fellows include but are not limited to planning developing and conducting epidemiologic investigations surveillance outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease duties also include collecting analyzing and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of communicable diseases.
- Designs implements and maintains disease surveillance.
- Collects analyzes and interprets statistical data and prepares reports.
- Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or interested in disease outbreaks or data.
- Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.
- Provides training technical assistance and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases.
- Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues.
- Performs various duties in support of section operations.
- Competency Achievement Plan To successfully complete and graduate from the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship fellows are minimally expected to complete an oral presentation a surveillance evaluation/quality improvement project and a significant data analysis project over the course of the two years.
- Fellows are expected to work on projects and activities related to seven Core Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment Public Health Sciences Communication Health Equity Community Partnership Policy Development and Program Planning Leadership and Systems Thinking.
ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:
Hired into the Rollins Epidemiology Fellows Program fellows serve as early-career MPH-level epidemiologists for a two-year term within one of Georgias 18 local health districts or at the Georgia Department of Public Health.
This position is not located at Emory but rather at District 3-1 Cobb-Douglas in Marietta GA. Up to 2 3 days / week of remote work is a possibility negotiated with the health district supervisor. Under supervision at the health district day-to-day activities of the fellows include but are not limited to planning developing and conducting epidemiologic investigations surveillance outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease control. Fellow duties also include collecting analyzing and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic reports. The applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming.
Primary Duties and Job Responsibilities:
- Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence
- of communicable diseases.
- Cross trains with other district departments.
- Attends weekly epidemiology team meetings.
- Designs implements and maintains disease surveillance systems and/or best-practices.
- Collects analyzes and interprets statistical data and prepares reports.
- Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or interested in disease outbreaks or data.
- Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.
- Provides training technical assistance and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases.
- Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues.
- Performs other duties as required.
Competency Achievement Plan
To successfully complete and graduate from the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship fellows are minimally expected to complete an oral presentation a surveillance evaluation/quality improvement project and a significant data analysis project over the course of the two years. Fellows are expected to work on projects and activities related to seven Core Competencies:
- Data Analytics and Assessment
- Public Health Sciences
- Communication
- Health Equity
- Community Partnership
- Policy Development and Program Planning
- Leadership and Systems Thinking
Example projects
1. 2027 Community Health Assessment (CHA)/Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP): The CHA is conducted every five years and provides qualitative and quantitative data on the health status quality of life and risk factors for residents in Cobb County and Douglas County. The CHA includes data analyzed by population subgroups such as age race/ethnicity gender and geographic region to identify health disparities and health inequities. Further trends over time are assessed and compared to state and national averages.
2. MySideWalk Infectious Disease Webpage: The fellow will assist the Health Equity Director with the management of the public-facing MySideWalk infectious disease webpage and ensure the data is current (evaluated 2 times/year). This webpage provides the public with access to the agencys Community Health Assessment (CHA) data and updates on Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) strategies/action items.
3. Informatics and Data Visualization: The fellow will support the Epidemiology Center team in new informatics and data visualization initiatives including syndromic surveillance analysis and disease trend visualization. The district utilizes Power BI to produce reports and dashboards for leadership.
Additional Details:
Fellows will be placed in their health districts with a start date of August 5 2026.
o Applications close: March 13 2026o Application review: March / April 2026
o Matching and interview process: April / May 2026.
o Final placement offers: May and June 2026o Fellowship orientation August 5- 7 at Emory University.
o Health District placement start date August 10 2026.
Please review the open positions and be prepared to select which locations you are interested in: .
The job may require local travel within the assigned district.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters degree in public health or Master of Science degree in public health epidemiology or related field from a CEPH accredited school/program of public health obtained within the last three years.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSS:
- Masters of Public Health graduates of CEPH-accredited schools or programs of public health in Georgia and the Southeast are encouraged to apply.
- MPH with a concentration in Epidemiology.
- Closely supervised work experience demonstrating competence in conducting public health surveillance analyzing surveillance data reporting analytic results and conducting outbreak investigations.
- Strong written/verbal communication skills.
- Strong data analysis and data presentation skills.
NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed and at times on short notice. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.