This position serves as the Disaster Epidemiologist overseeing the Disaster Epi Program. This position leads Disaster Epi efforts within the Public Health Outbreak Coordination, Informatics, & Surveillance (PHOCIS) Office within the Disease Control and Health Statistics (DCHS) Division. Our mission is to work within the governmental public health system and with other public health and health care partners to implement public health programs, take public health actions, develop public health policy, and conduct assessment activities to improve the health of the people of Washington.
This Epidemiology-3 Supervisor position (Disaster Epidemiologist) contributes to the mission of the Department of Health (DOH) mission to work with others to protect and improve the health of all people in Washington State by serving as the agency’s primary subject matter expert in disaster epidemiology practice and by leading disaster epidemiology preparedness and response activities for DOH, as defined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in its Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement with DOH. Under the supervision of the Response Coordination Section Manager, the Disaster Epidemiologist will provide advanced internal and external epidemiological, consultative, and technical assistance with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgement.
This is a full-time, project, homebased Epidemiologist 3 position and the incumbent may be located anywhere within the State of Washington, with occasional reporting to the Public Health Laboratories in Shoreline, WA. This project position is currently funded through July 31, 2024.
About the Office of Public Health Outbreak Coordination, Informatics and Surveillance
PHOCIS is within the Disease Control and Health Statistics Division. We perform cross-agency outbreak surveillance, informatics, and response coordination, to combat disease transmission by protecting and improving the health of all people of Washington State. We currently support the critical DOH COVID-19 response operations, as well as many other DOH programs.
The vision of the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is equity and optimal health for all. Our mission is to work with others to protect and improve the health of all people in Washington state.