Chronic Disease Epidemiologist

POSITION TITLE: Chronic Disease Epidemiologist – Community Health Division of Community-Based Prevention and Care
LOCATION: Hybrid
POSITION END DATE: 6/30/2026
SALARY: $80,000 (plus benefits)
 
OVERVIEW
The CDC Foundation seeks a Chronic Disease Epidemiologist to support the Office of Statistics and Evaluation (OSE) within the Bureau of Community Health & Prevention (BCHAP) in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The Chronic Disease Epidemiologist provides epidemiologic support to programs within the Division of Community-based Prevention and Care (DCBPC). This epidemiologist will work closely with the Office of Community Health Workers, the Asthma Prevention and Control Program, the Community Health Alignment Program, and other programs within DCBPC to help meet data, surveillance, and evaluation needs and priorities. This includes conducting analysis using various clinical and population-based surveillance data, supporting program evaluation implementation, creating reports and other data communication products, supporting grant deliverables and other requirements, and other support as needed.
 
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
· MPH in epidemiology or biostatistics
· At least two (2) years of relevant work experience performing epidemiologic work or work in a closely related field.
· Superior knowledge of epidemiology study design and statistical methodology
· Experience conducting data analyses using SAS and/or R
· Experience with program evaluation design and implementation
· Experience with a variety of statistical methods including multivariate linear and logistic regression
· Experience with public health program data collection, including designing data collection tools
· Excellent written and oral communication skills
· Detail and process oriented
· Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing priorities
· Experience with chronic disease preferred
 
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Supporting the development and implementation of evaluation and analysis plans for the Of...