Epidemiologist – WPAFB. Ohio

Location: Analytic Consultation Data Cell, Aerospace Medicine Studies and Analysis, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, 2510 5th St., Building 840, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7913

U.S. Citizenship required. Tier 1 Background Investigation – National Agency Check with Law and Credit Check, and fingerprints.

About the role

The Epidemiologist will assist in providing operational medicine and human performance surveillance support on a variety of operational, readiness, human performance, and health outcomes, as well as program evaluation and effectiveness analysis for programs within the operational or human performance domains.

Schedule

Normally 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Occasional after-hours or weekend work may be required; schedule will not exceed 40 hours per week. Period of performance: 30 September 2026 – 29 September 2027.

Pay

$45.00 per hour.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Up to 80 hours of paid time off per year (accrued from day one)
• Up to 56 hours of sick leave per year (accrued from day one)
• Eleven paid federal holidays

Requirements

• Minimum of an MPH, MS, or PhD in Epidemiology, Statistics, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or other similar degree as approved by USAFSAM/FES
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with statistics in public health
• Advanced analytical skills, including visual analytics in population health and health data surveillance
• Ability to design, formulate, conduct, and lead data analysis of operational studies on health surveillance data, health records, and other relevant military records to reduce negative health outcomes affecting the USAF total force population
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, SAS, SAS Enterprise Guide, and Adobe Acrobat
• Current HIPAA training to access and process identified medical data
• Capacity to learn new analytical technology tools such as Envision, Tableau, Python, R, SAS Viya, or Qualtrics

Desired Qualifications

• Board certification in Public Health
• Experience within a health analytics-related field and working with USAF-related data

Responsibilities

• Design, formulate, conduct, and lead data analysis of health surveillance data, health records, military personnel records, military operational records, and other relevant military records at the individual, unit, and total force populations to provide human performance and operational surveillance support
• Use judgment and originality in developing innovative approaches to define and resolve highly complex situations
• Assist in designing, formulating, conducting, and leading data analysis of health surveillance data, operational records, and other relevant military records to provide program evaluation for a wide variety of programs related to human performance, readiness, operational performance, administrative performance, or other performance as requested
• Manage the retrieval and integration of health information data, personnel records, deployment-related records, health surveillance registries, and other military-related data into useable formats for end-users
• Draft, prepare, and present reports, documents, and presentations pertaining to research and data analysis status, meeting projected suspense dates
• Present results of studies or investigations through briefings, technical reports, and publication in scientific journals
• Apply knowledge of science/technology to analyze and resolve multifaceted issues/problems with minimal guidance and collaborate with technical stakeholders to develop effective execution strategies
• Perform statistical analysis of existing data sets and create datasets for statistical analysis in SAS and SAS Enterprise Guide
• Assist in developing credible, theoretically driven statistical models exploring relationships between variables in data sets and outcomes of interest to the Air Force
• Perform validation and verification protocols to ensure study products perform as expected, and assist in corrections if models fail to meet standards
• Draft written communication for internal and external purposes
• Participate as an expert in health statistics in interdisciplinary planning and analysis
• Acquire data access permissions necessary to perform stated tasks
• Demonstrate or acquire familiarity with Air Force medical, personnel, and operational records systems and standards, as well as relevant data repositories
• Collect data from various databases pursuant to agreements with database owners
• Establish relationships between available data and existing data sets, map data elements, code for specific data elements, establish data storage architecture requirements, and create comprehensive data dictionaries
• Participate in professional conferences, prepare posters and presentations, and publish peer-reviewed manuscripts to support distribution of study products
• Brief study findings at appropriate meetings or forums as determined by the Government
• Document computer code used for government personnel to access, review, approve, or generate copies as required, prepared in accordance with USAFSAM programming standards and commercial practices
• Assist in briefings and production of documents to transfer knowledge of study products to customers in USAFSAM and the Air Force at large