Recent publications include a DPH Data Brief on COVID-19 mortality in Connecticut during the first 12 months of the pandemic and a 2018 CT Registration Report that evaluates 15-year trends in perinatal risk factors and outcomes, such as low birthweight, prenatal care, and infant mortality.
This position will be part of a team of epidemiologists developing surveillance projects and publications on natality (births) and mortality (deaths) with a focus on identifying health inequities. This position with the Vital Statistics program has an integral role in programming quality assurance reports for the modern systems to ensure high quality birth and death data are available for surveillance. Publish population estimates for the State of Connecticut, in collaboration with the US Census Bureau, and serve as the subject matter expert on population estimates for the StateĭPH is modernizing its systems and establishing FHIR-based interoperability between the Office of Vital Records, CDC, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and various DPH surveillance systems.Undertake advanced analytic projects, such as Life Expectancy estimates, town-level population estimates with demographics, linkages with other datasets, longitudinal data linkages, and Data Briefs to support agency needs.Produce annual surveillance reports summarizing vital health indicators (e.g., fertility rates, infant mortality, low birthweight rates, leading causes of death) for use by the agency, local health directors, and other stakeholders.Develop quality assurance workflows and reports to ensure high quality birth and death data are available for public health needs.Prepare and disseminate vital event (births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages) statistical files.The Health Statistics and Surveillance section (HSS) is responsible for data collection, analysis, and dissemination of a wide range of critical public health data. Within HSS, the Surveillance Analysis and Reporting unit has several primary responsibilities for the agency As a member of the Surveillance Analysis and Reporting (SAR) unit in the Health Statistics and Surveillance section, you will expand your technical, analytic, and epidemiological skills through a variety of applied public health activities and daily mentoring by experienced epidemiologists. Data Scientist? Statistical (SAS, R) programmer? Quality Assurance Engineer? Health Informatician? Statistician? Each of those roles have skills that are valuable to this Epidemiologist 2 position at the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH).
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