District 9-1 Coastal
This fellowship position is in District 9-1 Coastal in Savannah, Georgia. The fellow selected for this position will be an employee of Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health for the duration of the fellowship, but will spend their time working as a level 1 epidemiologist within the Coastal district. The Fellow should expect to work in-person, although a hybrid work schedule may become available to the fellow based on performance.
The Fellow can expect to engage in a variety of routine epidemiologic activities in this position including:
- Emergency preparedness activities as needed due to geographic location (Coastal Georgia).
- Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of communicable diseases.
- Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance systems and/or best practices.
- Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.
In addition to regular duties, the Fellow will need to complete an oral/poster presentation and at least two required analytic, evaluation, or quality improvement projects. Examples of projects in this district include:
- Assisting with updating a strategic plan for the Coastal Health District. This would involve assessing the community’s health status, implementing, evaluating and improving policies, programs, and services, focus group facilitation/information collection, policy development and programmatic planning.
- Quality Improvement initiatives. Development, oversight and management of a new performance management dashboard.
Preferred Fellow background and skills include:
- Closely supervised work experience demonstrating competence in conducting public health surveillance, analyzing surveillance data, reporting analytic results, and conducting outbreak investigations.
- Experience with Qualtrics survey software.
- Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to multitask.
Emory Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship
The Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship’s mission is to enhance Georgia’s state and local public health programs by training exceptional epidemiologists who passionately serve their communities through critical surveillance, outbreak response, and general public health practice.
