New Mexico: Medical Epidemiologist, New Mexico Department of Health

Job Title: Medical Epidemiologist
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Organization: New Mexico Department of Health
Posted: 4/16/2007
Type: Full-Time
Classification: Public Health - General
Industry: State Government
Number of Openings: 1
Location: Santa Fe, NM USA

Position Description: New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH), Epidemiology and Response Division (ERD), Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau (IDEB) is recruiting for a full-time medical epidemiologist to serve as Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) Principal Investigator (PI) for the New Mexico Emerging Infections Program (NM EIP)- member of the national EIP Network-and to work with the core infectious disease surveillance and response team within ERD. 50% of duties will be as ABCs PI and 50% as medical epidemiologist with core infectious disease surveillance and response duties.
ABCs PI duties will include: a) supervise two EIP-related positions housed at NMDOH; b) collaborate with FoodNet PI (employed at University of New Mexico [UNM]), including shared responsibilities of overseeing ABCs and FoodNet ‘surveillance officers’ (employed at UNM); c) participate in Respiratory Disease Activity program of EIP (collaborative duties with FoodNet PI); d) participate in national EIP network activities with focus on ABCs.

Medical epidemiology duties with core infectious disease surveillance and response programs will include: a) provide consultation to the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program staff (nurses, mid- level medical providers and epidemiologists) on surveillance, case/outbreak investigations, program projects and research; b) assure the integration of EIP with the current NMDOH infectious disease surveillance system; c) oversee and publish analytic epidemiology studies and projects; c) respond to public inquiries; d) provide after-hours ‘on-call’ duties (compensated).

Salary is competitive.


Qualifications: Applicant must be a licensed physician in the state of New Mexico at the time of hire. Other desirable training and experience would include: a) public health academic training (e.g. MPH, DrPH, PhD); b) public health practice experience; c) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) training; d) experience and/or ability to perform analytic epidemiologic analyses and/or studies; e) clinical experience; d) knowledge of the N.M. public health system; e) ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Organization Description: NMDOH is a centralized state department of health whose authority and responsibilities extend statewide. IDEB is responsible for surveillance and response activities for all reportable infectious diseases except tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections.

Closing Date: 5/14/2007
Desired Starting Date: 6/1/2007

Contact Name: Joan Baumbach, Medical Epidemiologist
Contact Location: 1190 St. Francis Drive N1350
Runnels Building
Santa Fe NM 87502
Contact Phone: 505-827-0011
Contact Fax: 505-827-0013
Contact Email: joan.baumbach@state.nm.us
How to Apply: Please contact Joan Baumbach, MD, MPH, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau Chief at: 505-827-0011 or joan.baumbach@state.nm.us for specifics about how to apply