Dental Medical Officer/Dentist

Responsibilities

• Provide medical and dental expertise in the planning, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of scientific research studies, public health programs, and related activities.
• Develop hypotheses, concepts, methods, and strategies for obtaining and analyzing data related to dental, oral health, and other relevant medical and public health risks.
• Plan and evaluate long-range scientific programs and research projects addressing critical medical and public health issues and support evidence-based policies and public health action.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and key advisor on the dental, medical, and epidemiological aspects of complex scientific studies, surveillance activities, health services research, and program evaluations.
• Design, conduct, and analyze evaluation studies, surveillance projects, and clinical and health services research to assess the effectiveness, reliability, and validity of public health programs and strategies.
• Collaborate with CDC researchers, program managers, policymakers, and external partners to develop, monitor, and revise research protocols, data collection instruments, questionnaires, and related study documentation.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data from intramural and extramural studies and prepare scientific reports, tables, graphs, analyses, and other professional materials.
• Review research and evaluation proposals, protocols, reports, and study data and provide recommendations regarding study design, methodology, scientific rigor, policy implications, programmatic impact, and corrective actions.
• Ensure research activities and interventions are consistent with applicable clinical practice guidelines, standardized protocols, and CDC research requirements.
• Serve as a scientific and medical consultant, project officer, or technical monitor for assigned grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and applied public health research projects.
• Support and monitor project and study sites, including reviewing data collection methods, assessing protocol implementation, evaluating program performance, and recommending corrective actions when appropriate.
• Lead or support preparation of research protocols and documentation for CDC Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with CDC organizational units, federal agencies, state and local health departments, academic and research institutions, nongovernmental organizations, international ministries of health, and other public health partners.
• Prepare manuscripts and reports describing scientific findings and policy issues for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at national and international professional meetings.
• Present and communicate scientific, medical, and programmatic findings to public health, medical, governmental, and other professional audiences and support development of scientific briefing and communication materials for agency officials.

Qualifications

• Requires a DDS, DMD, or equivalent dental degree and applicable professional licensure or credentials.
• Requires documented experience working with CDC, other federal agencies, or related public health entities.
• Requires licensing or credentials applicable to assigned medical expertise and documented experience working with CDC, federal or related public health entities.
• Experience planning and evaluating extensive, long-range scientific programs and projects targeting critical medical problems.
• Experience preparing and submitting manuscripts on the results of scientific findings.
• Must be able to serve as scientific/medical consultant for assigned grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or research projects and provide technical guidance to multidisciplinary partners.