Epidemiologist - Nashville, TN

About the role

Location: Nashville, TN 37243. Shift: 8:00 AM–4:30 PM. Interview: Phone and in-person. Requirement: Must work in office 1 day per week.

Responsibilities

• Nonfatal Overdose Surveillance
  • Develop expertise in the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE) and support statewide nonfatal overdose surveillance.
  • Collaborate with surveillance staff to develop and validate surveillance definitions for emerging substances, including metetomidine, vape shop products, cannabis, and other emerging drug classes.
  • Collaborate with internal partners to support integration of ESSENCE data with REDCap and other surveillance systems.
  • Train team members on ESSENCE workflows, surveillance definitions, and data management processes.
• Surveillance Reporting and Data Visualization
  • Develop and maintain standardized monthly overdose burden reports to support internal planning and decision‑making.
  • Evaluate available surveillance data sources to identify the most appropriate data for routine reporting.
  • Design and maintain automated reporting tools to efficiently produce monthly trend reports.
  • Perform quality assurance reviews to ensure data completeness, accuracy, and consistency prior to dissemination.
  • Present surveillance findings and provide technical guidance on interpretation of overdose trends to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, or a related field.
• Experience conducting epidemiologic analyses using large administrative or surveillance datasets.
• Experience with SAS, SQL, R, Tableau, or similar analytic and visualization software.
• Knowledge of public health surveillance systems, syndromic surveillance, or overdose surveillance is preferred.
• Experience with study design, data quality assessment, statistical analysis, and interpretation of public health data.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing technical reports and presenting findings to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Skills

• The ideal candidate is a curious, collaborative, and detail‑oriented epidemiologist who enjoys solving complex analytic problems and translating data into actionable public health information.
• They should be comfortable learning new surveillance systems, evaluating data quality, developing innovative surveillance products, and communicating findings to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• A strong commitment to continuous learning, teamwork, and improving overdose prevention efforts is essential.