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| Job Title: |
CDC Epidemiologist Fellowship
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| Organization: |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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| Posted: |
3/8/2023
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Full-Time
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| Number of Openings: |
1
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| Location: |
Atlanta, GA USA
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| Position Description: |
The fellow in this appointment will train in the Foodborne Outbreak Response Team (FORT) and focus on investigating and preventing outbreaks of enteric illness associated with foodborne infections caused by Salmonella, STEC, and Listeria. The participant will be involved in learning how to develop, implement, and evaluate tools and strategies for the prevention and control of multistate foodborne and other enteric disease outbreaks; communicating risk to the public and other stakeholders during ongoing outbreaks; create educational materials to prevent enteric illnesses; and collaborating closely with laboratorians to use whole genome sequencing and other advanced laboratory techniques in enteric pathogen outbreak investigations
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| Qualifications: |
The qualified candidate should have received a master's degree in one of the relevant fields, or be currently pursuing the degree with completion before May 31, 2023. Degree must have been received within the past five years.
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| Organization Description: |
CDC's Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch (ORPB) collaborates with epidemiologists, laboratorians, and other public health officials who investigate clusters of foodborne, waterborne, zoonotic, and other enteric (gastrointestinal) illnesses in the United States. ORPB works to ensure rapid and coordinated surveillance, detection, and response to multistate outbreaks caused by Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Listeria. Focus areas for the branch include: (1) coordinating the national network of public health officials who investigate foodborne, waterborne, zoonotic, and other enteric disease outbreaks; (2) providing outbreak assistance to state and local health departments and other groups at CDC who investigate multistate enteric disease outbreaks; (3) develop, implement, and evaluate tools and strategies for the prevention and control of zoonotic enteric disease outbreaks; (4) communicating risk to the public and other stakeholders during ongoing outbreaks and create educational materials to prevent enteric illnesses; and (5) collaborating closely with laboratory colleagues to use whole genome sequencing and other advanced laboratory techniques in enteric pathogen outbreak investigations.
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| Closing Date: |
6/10/2023
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| Contact Name: |
Zachary McCormic, CDC Epidemiologist Fellowship
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| Contact Location: |
1600 CLIFTON RD. NE, ATLANTA, GA 30333
Atlanta GA 30329
United States
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| Contact Location: |
1600 CLIFTON RD. NE, ATLANTA, GA 30333
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Atlanta GA 30329
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United States
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| Contact Phone: |
4047183403
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| Contact Email: |
orpbadmin@cdc.gov
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| Web Site Delete Date: |
6/10/2023
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