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Program Research Specialist III (JR-0000951)

Responsibilities

The Program Research Specialist III will work within the New York State Emerging Infections Program (NYSEIP) team within the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (BCDC). The incumbent will coordinate, lead and participate in efforts towards the implementation of automated extraction and reporting of select variables from New York’s health information exchange data (HIE) in collaboration with partners within the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and Office of Quality and Patient Safety (OQPS). The incumbent will contribute to the development and testing of business rules to extract health information data, including but not limited to lab testing data, vaccination data, clinical and medical history data, and outcome data, as well as validating the output files to ensure data specifications are met and comparable to legacy data. The incumbent will coordinate with other government agencies as needed to support data collection, integration, standardization, and analysis efforts. The incumbent will supervise staff; monitor the preparation of reports and prepare reports for evaluation of the data modernization activities and lead the preparation of data summary reports, technical guidance, publications, and abstracts for presentations.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, or a related field and three years of research experience in the collection and analysis of data; OR an Associate’s degree in a related field and five years of such experience; OR seven years of such experience. A Master's degree in a related field may substitute for one year of such experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in public health or related field and at least three years of experience in communicable disease surveillance or evaluation activities, with knowledge of associated laboratory testing, results interpretation, and reporting and application of standardized surveillance protocols for data collection. Working knowledge of public health surveillance systems and electronic laboratory reporting systems. Experience with IT systems and/or large, population-based or other health related data sets (e.g., SPARCS, ECLRS), disease registries and working with confidential data, and database design/management and analytics. Advanced knowledge of programming tools such as SAS, R and/or SQL; data analysis from a relational database. Experience preparing reports and analyzing data. Grant writing and IRB submission experience.

Conditions of Employment

Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.

Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel, up to 25% of the time, will be required.

This positon requires that the incumbent will report to the official work location and live within commuting distance to the official work location. Telecommuting will be available.

HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.

HRI has a long-standing dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. HRI is committed to the principle of non-discrimination in all phases of its employment procedures and practices.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Qualified Individuals with Disabilities/Qualified Protected Veterans