Senior Associate Director, Infectious Diseases Program

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.

This position will be responsible for management of daily operations within the Georgia Emerging Infections Program. They will ensure appropriate data acquisition, management, epidemiologic analysis and transmission to CDC of project data. They will assign job duties and mentor and supervise project staff. They will assist on regulatory work, contracts, grants and cooperative agreements. They will contribute to grant proposals, protocols, data analysis plans. They will work with their team on case ascertainment, completion of routine audits and case report forms. They will oversee management of EIP Project Coordinators. Experience with SAS is required.

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Directs the strategic planning, development, and implementation of an Infectious Diseases program area within the School of Medicine.
• Serves as a liaison and key spokesperson to various committees and organizations.
• Responds to inquiries and assists in promoting the program.
• Collaborates with project partners including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia Department of Public Health, laboratories, infection prevention, medical providers, and other agencies.
• Conducts research and designs new initiatives.
• Develops protocols, forms, instructions, and standard operating procedures.
• Assists with policy formulation, strategy development, and the management of daily operations.
• Designs, plans, and initiates epidemiologic studies, surveys, and investigations.
• Analyzes data and contributes to publishable articles and papers.
• Ensures appropriate data acquisition, management, epidemiologic analysis, and transmission to CDC of project data using SAS, R, REDCap, SendSS, Access, etc.
• Assigns job duties and mentors project staff and supervises all project staff.
• Reviews laboratory audits; reviews medical records to complete case report forms.
• Evaluates data collection, quality, and management techniques.
• Coordinates program-wide leadership functions. Assists on regulatory work, contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements.
• Contributes to grant proposals, protocols, data analysis plans and management, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.
• Complies with all ethical guidelines for scientific and human subjects’ research.
• Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master’s degree in public health or related field from an accredited school, and four years of direct public health infectious disease epidemiology experience, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Epidemiology specialty preferred. EIP project coordination experience preferred.
• Previous supervisory and program/project management experience is preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Epidemiology specialty.
• EIP project coordination experience.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• SENDSS experience.
• RedCap experience.
• Access and Excel experience.
• Medical record abstraction experience.
• Knowledge of Micro lab terminology is desirable.

 

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department of work.  Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee. 

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