Surveillance Data Analyst

• Under the guidance of the Director of Injury Monitoring and Prevention the Surveillance Data analyst will provide assistance with the following duties:

Surveillance

• Monitoring media for near misses, fatal and non-fatal SCUBA related events.
• Data entry and data management
• Obtain investigative and medical examiners’ reports and other health surveillance data on SCUBA related events.
• Conduct records abstraction on all fatal and non-fatal SCUBA events
• Read and interpret case records and appropriate diagnosis codes from varied sources.
• Maintain a database of investigative agencies and medical examiners
• Enter and clean all data related to SCUBA events.
• Coordinate Survey Monkey, REDcap and other tools for data collection and analysis
• Communicate effectively with medical professionals and administrative personnel

Bachelor’s degree in public health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Sociology, Demography or related field that included at least 6-semester units in statistics or quantitative analysis methods

Prefer applicants with 1 year of graduate training in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health informatics or related field.

EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to develop and implement questionnaires with Survey Monkey
• Ability to analyze data in SQL, SAS, R, Python, and QGIS
• Familiarity with Public Health concepts
• Ability to manage research datasets
• Familiarity with health surveillance systems
• Ability to write for scientific and non-scientific audiences.
• Ability to conduct a descriptive analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access
• Ability to work in a culturally competent and diverse work environment