Health Research
public health
HourlyProjectAssistantII
“Hourly Project Assistant II at Health Research. Skills: enhanced surveillance activities, data cleaning, data entry, public health data management systems. assisting with enhanced surveillance activities. assisting New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and local health department (LHD) staff with respiratory virus, foodborne and invasive disease surveillance activities”
Industry & Context.
Hourly, grant funded position expected to last through 12/31/2026., 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., The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the official work location specified in the job posting and must also be located in or willing to relocate to one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, or Massachusetts, prior to hire., This position is expected to be performed mostly onsite., Telecommuting may be permitted on a limited or as-needed basis only., HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Graduate student in epidemiology, public health, or health sciences.
Nice to Have
Background knowledge and/or interest in communicable diseases, applied public health practice, and/or microbiology., Experience with public health data management systems, as well as Microsoft Office 365 - Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint., Familiarity with SAS and/or R.
What You'll Do.
assisting with enhanced surveillance activities
assisting New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and local health department (LHD) staff with respiratory virus
foodborne and invasive disease surveillance activities
assisting with case investigation
case report completion
quality assurance (QA) procedures
assisting with data entry into NYSDOH data systems and REDCap
participating in outbreak investigation and special projects as needed
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
assisting New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and local health department (LHD) staff
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