Injury Prevention Epidemiologist The injury prevention epidemiologist supports the efforts of the Division of Trauma and Injury Prevention through data collection, reporting, evaluation, and dissemination for the injury program priorities in Indiana. The incumbent is responsible for monitoring a wide spectrum of unintentional and intentional injury-related data, identifying gaps, submitting data and reports to the CDC, writing state injury reports and data briefs, and preparing legislatively required and other requested data and information reports in support of injury prevention focus areas. Also responsible for working with injury prevention coalitions and assisting with developing and disseminating best practices to share with stakeholders. Essential duties/responsibilities include identifying injury-related data and surveillance needs, developing and implementing injury data and surveillance plans, collecting, managing, and analyzing injury-related data from various sources, summarizing and disseminating data analysis results related to injury, creating and updating burden reports, fact sheets, and social media messaging, providing assistance with funding opportunity and grant proposal preparation and grants management, updating and creating new content for the Preventing Injuries in Indiana: A Resource Guide, collaborating with members of the Trauma and Injury Prevention Division, providing epidemiologic expertise and technical assistance to internal and external partners, assisting staff and state health officials in preparing reports and communications on epidemiology of injury, actively participating in ongoing intra- and inter-agency collaborations and initiatives related to injury, and overseeing the Injury Prevention Advisory Council (IPAC).Job requirements include a Master's of Public Health degree with specialization in epidemiology preferred, previous injury prevention epidemiology experience preferred, ability to multitask and manage overlapping deadlines, thorough knowledge of public health principles and practices, epidemiology, study design, data analysis, and an understanding of the use of health data in making program and policy decisions, extensive experience in the use of statistical software for data analysis, considerable knowledge of computers and competent in using software applications including: Microsoft Word, Access, and Excel, considerable knowledge of available injury-related databases, qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and their limitations, advanced ability to develop assessment protocols, extensive ability to effectively communicate with health care and public health professionals, policy makers, agency staff, and the general public, both verbally and in writing, advanced experience in the writing of formal reports and articles and oral presentations, advanced ability to work cooperatively with staff and representatives of State, Local, Federal and private partner agencies and to coordinate efforts of administrative and professional personnel, extensive ability to prepare data analysis documents and reports, extensive ability to interpret information related to epidemiologic and assessment studies, working knowledge of organizational structure, administrative process, and quality improvement, considerable skill in coordinating complex work tasks, and experience in using Tableau is preferred.
