The NYC Health Department’s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS), within the Division of Disease Control, oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Its mission is to improve the lives of New Yorkers by ending transmission, illness, stigma, and inequities related to viral hepatitis, HIV, and STIs. BHHS does this through testing initiatives; prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; training and technical assistance; community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. BHHS’s over 500 staff members work across eight programs: Administration, HIV Care and Treatment, HIV Epidemiology, HIV Prevention, Policy and External Affairs, Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiatives, STI, and Viral Hepatitis. BHHS seeks an experienced epidemiologist and data analyst for its STI Program. The Data Analyst will analyze surveillance, laboratory, and epidemiologic data; perform complex data analyses; prepare reports; and create data visualizations.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
- Develop, manage and implement database queries; analyze data; and provide data interpretation for STI quality assurance, evaluation, program development, surveillance, and research
- Access and analyze large data sets housed outside the Bureau (e.g., electronic medical records, hospital discharge data)
- Produce data analyses, reports, and visualizations to support decision-making for grant-related, surveillance, and outbreak and response activities
- Ensure proper and complete documentation of code and interpretation guides for all visualizations or reports produced
- Assist with developing study designs, sample size calculations, and methods for epidemiologic studies
- Lead and contribute to the preparation of presentations and manuscripts for scientific journals/peer reviewed health publications
- Supervise interns
PREFERRED SKILLS:
- Strong SAS and analytic skills
- Experience with data visualization software - e.g., Tableau, Power BI, ArcGIS
- Experience working with large databases and/or information systems
- Experience in infectious disease surveillance, outbreak investigation or other applied public health work (STI subject matter expertise is preferred)
- Knowledge of RedCap
Why you should work for us:
- Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal/state loan forgiveness and repayment assistance programs that lessen your payments or even fully forgive your full balance. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website (https://studentaid.gov/pslf/)
- Benefits: