The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)'s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Across a range of programs and through extensive collaboration with other parts of NYC DOHMH and external stakeholders, BHHS leads testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; research and evaluation; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. The mission of BHHS HIV program is to end HIV transmission, promote the health of al New Yorkers with or vulnerable to HIV, reduce HIV-related inequities and combat stigma. The HIV Epidemiology Program (HEP) in BHHS is responsible for monitoring trends in the HIV epidemic in NYC and helping develop programming to improve outcomes among people living with and at risk for HIV based on the latest information about the distribution and demographics of HIV in NYC. The surveillance Unit is responsible for data collection, management, and analyses of the HIV surveillance registry, including case identification. NYC has a large and diverse HIV epidemic, and programming and analyses of data from HEP inform HIV-related public health policy at the local, state, and national levels.
The Surveillance Unit is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to lead the pediatric and perinatal HIV Surveillance team and support the activities of various HIV Surveillance projects.
Duties will include but not be limited to:
- Serve as Team Lead for Pediatric/Perinatal HIV surveillance by: - Supervise Pediatric/Perinatal surveillance team
- Develop, maintain and enforce protocols for pediatric surveillance data collection and management. - Develop protocols for high-risk pregnancy investigation and participate in case conferencing.
- Oversee general maintenance and efforts to improve quality of the pediatric surveillance and provider databases. Update surveillance forms and databases as needed. - Oversee QA activities related to pediatric and perinatal surveillance.
- Perform analyses of peds data and oversee dissemination of information on pediatric and perinatal HIV in NYC. - Actively participate in and contribute to stakeholder meetings – NYS, CDC, NYC medical providers.
- Represent NYC in meetings with NYS regarding investigations of interest and importance. - Lead Pediatric / Perinatal Data Modernization Project.
- Lead Fetal Infant Mortality Review Coordination. - Complete matches with Health Department registries.
As a Senior Data Analyst, duties include but are not limited to: - Develop SAS programs to utilize HIV Surveillance System data and other