CDC Toxicosurveillance and Environmental Health Fellowship

About the role

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking a fellow to join the Disaster Epidemiology & Response Unit within the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP) of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) in Atlanta, Georgia. The fellow will work on national toxicosurveillance and disaster epidemiology activities to identify, characterize, and respond to emerging public health threats.

Responsibilities

• Gain experience on the activities within the Poison Center Collaboration and Public Health Community of Practice (PCPHCoP)
• Learn how CDC collaborates with poison centers and public health partners to improve toxicosurveillance and public health response
• Develop communication items for community members, including newsletters, announcements, and other related content
• Explore available collaboration platforms to gain experience with information sharing among poison centers and public health partners
• Gain experience in national toxicosurveillance activities using the National Poison Data System (NPDS)
• Learn how poison center data are used for public health surveillance and identification of emerging toxicological threats
• Learn from staff on routine NPDS surveillance activities, including drafting state notifications of incidents of public health significance
• Gain experience reviewing and analyzing poison center data to identify unusual exposure patterns, clusters, and incidents of potential public health significance
• Improve data analysis and epidemiologic skills by training with toxicosurveillance projects, investigations, and applied research activities
• Learn how CDC supports responses to toxic exposures, environmental contamination incidents, and other environmental health threats
• Learn about public health surveillance systems and disaster epidemiology activities
• Gain exposure to surveillance approaches used to monitor toxic exposures, environmental hazards, disasters, and other incidents of public health significance
• Learn about disaster epidemiology activities such as toxicosurveillance, disaster-related surveillance, and rapid needs assessments
• Learn about data analysis, literature reviews, surveillance summaries, situation reports, and other activities that support situational awareness and public health action
• Learn how surveillance findings from multiple data sources are integrated and translated into actionable information for public health practitioners and decision-makers during preparedness, response, and recovery activities
• Learn about the development of scientific products and improve presentation and communication skills
• Learn about data analysis, literature reviews, manuscript development, and other activities related to scientific publications and applied research projects as opportunities arise
• Gain experience in scientific writing, data interpretation, and dissemination of public health findings
• Develop oral and written communication skills through participation in team meetings, trainings, and collaborative projects
• Gain experience by presenting fellowship activities, project updates, or lessons learned at Section, Branch, or other internal meetings at least once per year

Requirements

The successful applicant should have received a master's degree in one of the relevant fields (public health, epidemiology, environmental health, toxicology, environmental sciences, emergency preparedness, or a related field) within the past five years. Demonstrated interest or experience in public health surveillance, toxicology, environmental health, disaster epidemiology, or emergency preparedness and response is preferred.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest or experience in public health surveillance, toxicology, environmental health, disaster epidemiology, or emergency preparedness and response
• Familiarity and/or interest in learning about the toxicological and radiological sciences/fields
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including epidemiologists, toxicologists, clinicians, data scientists, and federal, STLT public health partners
• Experience with data management and analysis of epidemiologic, surveillance, or public health data
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and be on complex projects

Skills

• Training, experience, or interest in epidemiology, public health surveillance, toxicology, environmental health, disaster epidemiology, emergency preparedness, or related public health fields
• Familiarity and/or interest in learning about the toxicological and radiological sciences/fields
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including epidemiologists, toxicologists, clinicians, data scientists, and federal, STLT public health partners
• Experience with data management and analysis of epidemiologic, surveillance, or public health data
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and be on complex projects

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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