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Hired into the Rollins Epidemiology Fellows Program, fellows serve as early-career MPH-level epidemiologists for a two-year term within one of Georgia’s 18 local health districts or at the Georgia Department of Public Health. This position is not located at Emory, but rather at District 3-4 Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale in Lawrenceville, GA. There is a potential for hybrid schedule based on performance, negotiated with the health district supervisor. 

Under supervision at the health district, day-to-day activities of the fellows include, but are not limited to: planning, developing, and conducting epidemiologic investigations, surveillance, outreach and interventions limited in scope and/or complexity to determine the causes of diseases and implementing methods of disease control. Fellow duties also include collecting, analyzing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing epidemiologic reports. The applied epidemiology experience is supplemented by competency based professional development trainings and comradery-building programming.

COMPETENCY ACHIEVEMENT PLAN

To successfully complete and graduate from the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship, fellows are minimally expected to complete an oral presentation, a surveillance evaluation/quality improvement project, and a significant data analysis project over the course of the two years.  Fellows are expected to work on projects and activities related to seven Core Competencies:

• Data Analytics and Assessment.
• Public Health Sciences.
• Communication.
• Health Equity.
• Community Partnership.
• Policy Development and Program Planning.
• Leadership and Systems Thinking.

Example Projects

1. Epidemiology and Community Health Data Dashboard: Assist with creating and maintaining an internally developed dashboard utilizing RedCap, R, Tableau or other data visualization platforms. The fellow will have responsibility for pulling, analyzing, and submitting both qualitative and
quantitative infectious disease data for our Epidemiology and Community Health Data Dashboard. The data on the dashboard will need to be pulled and updated incrementally throughout the year.
2. Infectious Disease Program Evaluation: Work collaboratively with the Epidemiology and Infectious Disease teams to continue to standardize and improve program evaluation and analytics. Building on current work, continue a standardized program report and analytics for the District’s ongoing HIV, STI, and TB Prevention Programs and assisting with the development of a GNR Public Health Infectious Disease Dashboard. Gwinnett County is among the 57 jurisdictions with the highest new case rates of HIV in the nation. As such, increased efforts on prevention activities, and developing and maintaining analytics to measure program impact are underway. The fellow will also have the opportunity to participate in outreach and education efforts aimed at the provision of equitable and inclusive services for the population disproportionately impacted with the HIV epidemic, and additionally, assist with infectious disease investigations.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence
  of communicable diseases.
• Cross trains with other district departments.
• Attends weekly epidemiology team meetings.
• Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance systems and/or best-practices.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares reports.
• Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or
  interested in disease outbreaks or data.
• Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control
  programs.
• Provides training, technical assistance, and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the
  control of diseases.
• Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic
  issues.
• Performs other duties as required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists in the implementation of timely disease intervention strategies to decrease the prevalence of communicable diseases.
• Designs, implements, and maintains disease surveillance.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets statistical data and prepares reports.
• Conducts engagement and outreach with community members and/or stakeholders affected by or interested in disease outbreaks or data.
• Assists with the development of policies and procedures for new and existing disease control programs.
• Provides training, technical assistance, and consultative services regarding epidemiology and the control of diseases.
• Serves as a point of contact for various personnel regarding moderately complex epidemiologic issues.
• Performs various duties in support of section operations.
• Competency Achievement Plan To successfully complete and graduate from the Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship, fellows are minimally expected to complete an oral presentation, a surveillance evaluation/quality improvement project, and a significant data analysis project over the course of the two years.
• Fellows are expected to work on projects and activities related to seven Core Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment, Public Health Sciences, Communication, Health Equity, Community Partnership, Policy Development and Program Planning, Leadership and Systems Thinking.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

• Fellows will be placed in their health districts with a start date of August 5, 2026.
• Applications close: March 13, 2026o Application review: March / April 2026
• Matching and interview process: April / May 2026.
• Final placement offers: May and June 2026.
• Fellowship orientation August 5- 7 at Emory University.
• Health District placement start date August 10, 2026.
• Please review the open positions and be prepared to select which locations you are interested in: rollinsepifellows.org.
• The job may require local travel within the assigned district.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in public health or Master of Science degree in public health, epidemiology, or related field from a CEPH accredited school/program of public health obtained within the last three years.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s of Public Health graduates of CEPH-accredited schools or programs of public health in Georgia and the Southeast are encouraged to apply.
• MPH with a concentration in Epidemiology.
• Closely supervised work experience demonstrating competence in conducting public health surveillance, analyzing surveillance data, reporting analytic results, and conducting outbreak investigations.
• Strong written/verbal communication skills.
• Strong data analysis and data presentation skills.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University location as needed and at times, on short notice.  Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.

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