Saturday, May 26, 2007

SOCIAL/CLIN RESEARCH SPEC (Office of State Personnel)

SOCIAL/CLIN RESEARCH SPEC
Working Title: ASTHMA EPIDEMIOLOGIST

SERVES AS THE EPIDEMIOLOGIST FOR THE ASTHMA PROGRAM & RESPONSIBLE FOR
IDENTIFYING, MONITORING, DESCRIBING & COMMUNICATING THE BURDEN OF
ASTHMA IN NC. PLAN & DESIGN THE DATA COLLECTION MECHANISM TO SUPPORT
ASTHMA SURVEILLANCE & RESPONSIBLE FOR PERFORMING COMPLEX STATISTICAL
ANALYSES ON DATA FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF SOURCES INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE BRFSS; THE NATIONAL ASTHMA SURVEY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE,
MORBIDITY, MORTALITY AND HOSPITALIZATION DATA; AND OTHER SOURCES. LEAD
DISSEMINATION OF THE ASTHMA BURDEN DOCUMENT AND DEVELOP UPDATES EVERY
THREE YEARS; IDENTIFY ONGOING DATA GAPS AND POTENTIAL NEW DATA SOURCES
INCLUDING WORK RELATED ASTHMA DATA & THE NC DETECT SYSTEM; LEAD PROGRAM
EVALUATION; FORMULATE NEW PARTNERSHIPS; & DEVELOP ONGOING SURVEILLANCE
INFORMATION & PUBLISH THIS UPDATED DATA THROUGH THE ASTHMA EPI-UPDATE.
PARTICIPATE ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY/EVALUATION TEAM WITHIN THE DIVISION OF
PUBLIC HEALTH & WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH
STATISTICS. REQUIRES STRONG WRITING, VERBAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS &
SEEKS CANDIDATE WITH PROVEN WRITING/PUBLISHING/PRESENTATION SKILLS.

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