Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Goldbelt Professional Services specializes in providing expert resources for Public Health missions including scientific, technical, and administrative support. The Data Analyst II supports the CDC by providing data management, statistical analysis, surveillance support, and reporting for multi-state birth defects and NAS surveillance activities.
Responsibilities
- Sort, clean, and analyze birth defects and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) data collected from DBDID population-based birth defects surveillance systems
- Prepare and maintain Human Subjects, IRB, AoC and Other Human Subjects protection documentation
- Work with Information Technology (IT) staff to establish, document, and facilitate data reporting mechanisms
- Establish a database variable structure for housing multi-state data submissions to CDC
- Develop and execute data quality control protocols to identify data issues
- Review submissions and provide suggestions for improvement with State birth defects surveillance systems to resolve data issues
- Prepare documentation of the multi-state birth defects and NAS surveillance databases including data dictionaries, file formats, and data cleaning procedures
- Identify program and process improvement opportunities to increase the timeliness and accuracy of data and provide recommendations to CDC program staff; Prepare written reports of program improvement and process recommendations and analytic findings
- Perform frequent (i.e., weekly) statistical analyses and reporting of data collected from DBDID birth defects surveillance systems. Generate files, reports and tables from the data analyzed in a variety of formats (e.g., SAS, CSV, XML) for CDC program staff, as requested
- Utilize advanced statistical programming (e.g., SAS and R) to collect data from multiple jurisdictions cleaning data, validating the data, analyzing the data using advanced epidemiologic methods (e.g., regression models), and summarizing results
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Data Science, Statistics, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Experience managing and analyzing large public health, healthcare, or surveillance datasets
- Proficiency in SAS, R, SQL, and data visualization tools
- Knowledge of epidemiologic methods, statistical analysis, data quality management, and public health surveillance systems
- Experience preparing technical documentation and communicating analytic findings to diverse audiences
- Master's degree or PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Experience supporting birth defects surveillance, maternal and child health programs, developmental disabilities research, or chronic disease surveillance
- Familiarity with CDC data standards, human subjects protections, IRB processes, and federal data governance requirements
- Experience working with multi-state surveillance systems and collaborating with state health departments and public health partners
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan with company matching
- Tax-deferred savings options
- Supplementary benefits
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
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