The incumbent works under the supervision of the Research Scientist Supervisor I (RSS I), Chief of the Home Visiting Federal Data Reporting Unit, and will serve as a staff scientist contributing to the design and implementation of Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) program monitoring and federal data reporting efforts for the California Home Visiting Program (CHVP). The Research Scientist (RS I) plans, organizes, and carries out scientific research studies of limited scientific scope and complexity, and uses tools and methods in the areas of statistics and statistical programming (SAS), data system management, evaluation, epidemiology, project management, stakeholder communication, informatics, and other scientific methods to promote public health in maternal, child and adolescent health populations. The primary objective of these activities is to inform the design, targeting, and evaluation of prevention efforts. This position includes some statewide and local travel or visits, up to 5%, to implementing sites and professional meetings.

The primary responsibilities of the RS I are to provide scientific planning for data operations of existing statewide data systems for CHVP evidence-based home visiting models including configuration of system platform, data collection and variable determination, data analyses and data quality; to provide technical assistance to CHVP programs, program implementation teams and local health jurisdictions to support CQI , data collection, or data interpretation as needed for program evaluation.

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Experience: Three years of research experience in the stated specialty or a closely related field. The research experience must have included responsibility for determining research design, choice of methods, and analysis of findings. The research involved in completion of the dissertation required for the doctoral degree may be substituted for one year of the required experience. and

Education: Possession of a master's degree in the stated specialty or in a closely related field.

Diversity and inclusion are core values of the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division, Center for Family Health, California Department of Public Health. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.