September 2022 - The Epidemiology Monitor by The Epidemiology Monitor

events, research, and key developments

Editor’s Note:

In this month’s issue we look at structural racism in healthcare along with the developments in food security programs. Guest authors provide us with an article on the proposed changes in death certificates for data driven research. Our article from the archives this month looks at science as evidence in public policy.

We continue to provide you with our crossword series, Notes on People, an overview of what we are reading from the public media, and upcoming events for epidemiologists. If you enjoy our crosswords, you’ll find the answers for last month’s puzzle on page 29.

Finally, don’t miss the Job Bank offerings this month. We have a record number of job openings advertised both here and on our website. This appears to reflect the increasing demand for epidemiologists worldwide

In This Issue

-10- Crossword Puzzle -12- What We’re Reading -14- Notes on People -16- Near Term Epi Event Calendar -17- Marketplace

September 2022 • Volume Forty Three • Number Nine

A monthly update covering people,

-2- The Evolution of Structural Racism in Health Research -4- Improving Death Certificates -6- Recent Findings on Food Security -7- From the Archives Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy

The Evolution of Structural Racism in Health Research

Over the past five years, there has been a 50 fold increase in structural racism health study citations in PubMed, according to a commentary by Dean and Thorpe in the September 2022 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. Funding opportunities from institutions including the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation also signal a rising focus on understanding structural racism as a public health issue.

Within epidemiological study design, one of the most fundamental concerns is to eliminate bias through the clear definition of terms, as well as measurement accuracy and standardization. This clear-eyed commentary highlights the dual absence of both an established, singular definition of structural racism, as well as the absence of a standard way to measure it, resulting in conceptual inconsistencies and wide ranging measurements. The authors note that without precise definition or measurement, structural racism can be mismeasured as interpersonal racism, resulting in overestimation of the latter and, therefore, overemphasis on interventions at the interpersonal level. This commentary is relevant for public health researchers and practitioners in that is seeks to delineate using the literature what is and is not structural racism, and calls for more accurate measurement in this crucial area.

The authors date the first structural racism paper appearing in PubMed as a 2006 publication on migrant worker health, which did not explicitly define the term, and then follow the evolution of the term through subsequent

years and publications. Through the years, scholars differentiate structural racism from institutional racism, the latter of which is most commonly known from Dr. Camara Jones’ pivotal “Gardner’s Tale” paper originally published in 2000. Ultimately, the authors arrive at this definition based on Bailey and Bassett: “structural racism represents the totality of ways in which multiple systems and institutions interact to assert racist policies, practices, and beliefs about people in a racialized group.” The table below summarizes key definitions presented in the commentary.

Term Definition

Structural racism

The totality of ways in which multiple systems and institutions interact to assert racist policies, practices, and beliefs about people in a racialized group

Institutional racism Racism within a particular type of institution

Systemic racism

A descriptive term about racialized systems of power

Cultural racism

Reflects the ideologies and societal norms about a particular racial/ethnic group

Racial discrimination

Action that stems from racist beliefs

From an epidemiological perspective, the distinguishing aspect of structural racism is that it captures the interactions of multiple forms or institutions of racism, which may be mutually reinforcing. The study of structural racism

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allows for a more robust approach compared to the study of single forms of racism, the latter of which may produce biased estimates by incompletely accounting for the full scope of what can be an interactive system.

Having set forth a clear definition of structural racism, the authors move onto its measurement. Within the literature, the most frequent measure has been in the single domain of residential segregation, which, the authors submit, is better classified as institutional rather than structural racism, as it does not encompass the interactions of multiple domains or forms of racism.

Instead, the current recommendation is to utilize index measures to capture the multiple domains and interactive effects comprising structural racism. Dean and Thorpe point to a 2020 study which exemplified this by utilizing a five domain index to measure county level

structural racism across education, housing, employment, criminal justice and health care in reference to body mass index (BMI). Using this cross sectional index measure, the results from this study demonstrated that county-level structural racism was associated with lower BMI among White adults but higher BMI among Black adults. Dean and Thorpe also underscore the importance of specifying geographic level be it county, state, or otherwise when measuring and treating structural racism as an exposure so as to appropriately consider the relevant laws, policies, practices, and programs.

In this commentary Dean and Thorpe have masterfully documented and clarified the complex and sensitive area of structural racism. This article is a must read for any epidemiologist or public health worker researching or seeking a deeper understanding of structural racism and relevant interventions.

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Improving Death Certificates for Data-Driven

Mental Health Research and Policy

Authors: Rebecca Marcolina, Jennifer Gonzalez, Patrick Tennant, Kimberly Roaten at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. Dr. Roaten is also at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.

involved a previously diagnosed (or diagnosable) mental health condition. These unexplained discrepancies are problematic and, if they receive traction in the media, could take away from the decades of work done to bring the ramifications of untreated or under treated mental illness into the spotlight.

A few weeks ago, a colleague of ours distributed an article to our leadership team. The findings reported that 60% of men who died from suicide had no known mental health conditions. This is a critical issue for our health policy non profit, because we share current research with policymakers to support policies that provide access for all people to mental health and substance use treatment when and where they need it. Needless to say, we were surprised by the findings (and even more by the headlines it generated “Most male suicides in US show no link to mental health issues, study reveals”).

We dug into the methods of this research to see how the authors arrived at their findings. Once we located the relevant information (results were buried in appendices that were not readily available), we found that the authors used the CDC’s National Violent Deaths Reporting System (NVDRS). While this is currently the best system for analyzing death certificate data; it includes records from law enforcement, coroner/medical examiners, and toxicology reports, but it does not systemically include health care data. This is a major problem as people were identified as having mental health conditions only if the condition surfaced serendipitously in law enforcement, coroner/medical examiner, or toxicology reports.

In the discussion, the authors acknowledge that other research has found that 90% of deaths from suicide

To prevent this, we need to improve the quantity (and validity) of information included on death certificates. In 2022, the data available for research on deaths from suicide is generally limited to what is detailed on death certificates because of data privacy regulations and the relatively small number of suicides in any given jurisdiction. In most cases, a death certifier may have never met (or treated) the person whose death they are charged with certifying. Access to the decedent’s medical records may be restricted if the death certifier does not have access to the decedent’s primary care provider’s EHR (or if the primary care doctor is unknown). This can lead to missing and potentially incorrect conclusions.

Missing data in the form of omitted diagnoses also play a role. The omission of key diagnoses from death certificates is commonly observed in studies of suicide and drug overdose deaths, where most deaths have no listed contributing diagnoses related to mental health or substance use disorders. This leads to publications of research findings that are likely invalid, given the substantial measurement error and missing data. Thus, this presents a challenge for epidemiologists charged with translating the science into something that policymakers can understand and use. The “less muddy” the science is, the easier the story is to tell.

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There is an opportunity to tide us over until we reach utopia a place where data from health care providers, law enforcement investigators, and medical examiners/ coroners/ justices of the peace is freely shareable for research and death certification purposes, while patient privacy is also appropriately protected. That opportunity lies in the expanded use of Part 2 of death certificates.

Death Certificate 101

The U.S. Standard Certificate of Death has two sections used to identify the situational factors and health conditions related to the death:

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Part 1 includes only the chain of events leading directly to the death, from the underlying cause to the immediate cause of death. (e.g., the immediate cause of death may be an upper gastrointestinal bleed, while the underlying cause of death is chronic alcohol abuse)

obstructive sleep apnea).

If Part 2 was completed fully, we would speculate that most articles like this one and associated confusing headlines could be prevented.

The Future

We envision a software solution that integrates medical records from multiple health systems along with law enforcement and emergency call center data (for mental health crisis calls to 911; or now, 988) to enable rapid and accurate death certificate completion by the certifier. This information, potentially coupled with a peer review verification system, would permit the death certifier to access a range of health and contextual information that would aid in a cause of death determination.

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Part 2 can include all “other significant conditions contributing to death but not resulting in the underlying cause from Part 1.” This is where lingering mental or physical health conditions should be listed if there is no evidence that they were in the direct pathway leading to the death.

While we await utopia, the real opportunity to better track the previously unmeasured impact of chronic health and social conditions is through expanding the use of Part 2. While up to 20 contributing causes can be listed, Part 2 is frequently left blank. Studies have also confirmed that certain key factors related to death are more likely to be omitted. For example, obesity is a clear risk factor for mortality, yet it is often not listed as a contributing cause of death, even when individuals die from an obesity related condition (such as diabetes mellitus or

The rise of the SARS CoV 2 (COVID 19) pandemic demonstrated that such integrated data collection is possible in the United States if the issue becomes a priority. Updating data technology and systems for non infectious diseases remains a priority of the CDC and other groups, including the National Response.

In summary, we described the urgent need for more complete health and mental health information to be recorded on death certificates. This will enable researchers to obtain and publish valid information on the contextual and health related causes of mortality – no matter how indirect those causes might be. Although we propose a future, integrated data system to increase precision in the diagnoses identified as causes of death, we can focus right now on ensuring that Part 2 of the death certificate is as complete as possible. We have our work cut out for us.

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Developments

and Recent Findings on Food Safety-Net Programs and Food Security

Approximately 10% of the United States population experiences food insecurity. Remarkably, The U.S. Agriculture Department reported that this figure for American food insecurity remained nearly constant during 2020, with much thanks going to food safety net programs. In 2021, the Biden administration initiated a historically large increase to food assistance benefits within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), such that benefit amounts increased 25% on average over pre pandemic levels. This increase is thought to more accurately reflect current costs for basic food needs.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as meaning “households were, at times, unable to acquire adequate food for one or more household members because the households had insufficient money and other resources for food.” Within the United States, Food Security Status (FSS) is a four category measure, of which the most severe levels are: low food security, where households have reported reduced diet quality and variety but few, if any, indications of reduced food intake, and very low food security (the most severe category of food insecurity), where households have reported multiple indications of reduced food intake and disrupted eating patterns, such as skipping meals. According to 2021 USDA data, approximately 10% of Americans experienced low food security, and 3.8% experienced very low food security.

Within the United States, food insecurity is disproportionate by race, ethnicity, and geography, with Black and Hispanic Americans more likely than White Americans, and southern

households more likely than northern households to experience food insecurity. Notably, American households with children are twice as likely to experience food insecurity compared to households without children. Greater than half of children born each year receive WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) benefits, and approximately 11% of U.S. residents received SNAP benefits in 2019.

A study from the October 2022 American Journal of Public Health demonstrates that childhood participation in SNAP and WIC led to improved food security over the course of life into early adulthood. Insolera et. al used longitudinal panel survey data from 1984 to 2019 to follow individuals from birth through ages 20 36 years. These authors measured food security status six times from 1999 to 2019 using the USDA Household Food Security Survey Module, the full scale of which is high, marginal, low, and very low food security. Of those living in low income households during childhood, 28% of study participants reported improved food security status from childhood to adulthood. Childhood SNAP and WIC participants had approximately four-fold higher odds of higher food security compared to those who were eligible but did not participate in SNAP or WIC. SNAP only participants had approximately three fold higher odds.

SNAP participants tended to be younger and less educated compared to their eligible but non participating counterparts. The combination of both SNAP and WIC participation achieved the highest odds of higher food security in adulthood, and the

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Articles From Our

National Research Council Issues Report On Using Science As Evidence In Public Policy

“Despite the much touted evidence based policy and practice movement of recent years, a new National Research Council report reaches the striking conclusion that “studies of knowledge utilization have not advanced understanding of the use of evidence in the policy process much beyond the decades old National Research Council (1978) report.” That report, entitled “Knowledge and Policy: The Uncertain Connection” failed to find systematic evidence that social science evidence was being used. The findings from both reports are bleak and apply to all the sciences says the NRC since knowledge from all sciences is potentially relevant to policy choices.

2012 Report

According to the latest report, scientists have attempted to improve or better understand the use of science in policy making in two ways either by strengthening the scientific evidence itself or by studying the process in a scientific specialty called knowledge utilization. According to the committee, “…the inevitable indeterminancy and context specific nature of use prevents these two efforts from providing a fully satisfactory understanding of the use of science or a satisfactory guide on how to strengthen that use in policy making.”

Reasons for Failure

In the process of describing some of the reasons for failure, the report noted that one of the reasons has to do with the limited way in which scientists may think about the process of policy making. According to the NRC, “some mixture of politics, values, and science will be present in any but the most trivial of policy

choices. It follows that use of science as evidence can never be a purely “scientific” matter; and it follows that investigating use cannot exclusively focus on the methods and organizational settings of knowledge production or on whether research findings are clearly communicated and how.”

Relevance of Values

According to the NRC, the political and value considerations that enter into the policy making process have been seen as outside the scope of science. It added, “understanding whether, why, and how…scientific knowledge is used…is uniquely suited to the methods and theories of the social sciences. Making ‘use’ of scientific knowledge is what people and organizations do. And what people and organizations do is the focus of social science.”

New Approach

To make better progress, the committee constructed a new framework for thinking about the policy process and for conducting further research which builds into the model recent developments in social science, the role of values, and political considerations.

New Insights

In the process of achieving its mandate the NRC Committee provides several important insights about science, the policy process, and the intersection of the two domains. Furthermore, the report takes a less pessimistic view of the endeavor to understand and improve use than do other observers who have concluded that“…externally valid evidence pertaining to

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Challenges To Learning More

Among the challenges in addressing whether, why, and how science is used in policy are the different perspectives of the disciplines and investigators who study the interface of science and policy making. This variability leads to difficulties in defining the phenomena of policy making and use and to different framings of the issue, according to the Committee.

Poor Models

Also, there is no generally accepted explanatory model of policymaking, but instead several different kinds of models, including descriptive, rational, and political models. After considering all of these approaches, the NRC committee concluded “…it is clear that the various models and frameworks do not coalesce into anything remotely resembling a powerfully predictive, coherent theory of policy making...” And the committee adds, “This conclusion is consistent with the fact that policy choices are context dependent.”

Two Communities Metaphor

One popular concept for addressing the intersection of science and policy has been the “two communities” metaphor which posits that scientists and policy makers constitute two separate groups of actors with separate purposes, cultures and values. According to the report, “differences between the two communities are associated with a contrasting list of supply side and demand side problems.”

It notes that this framing of the use problem “offers little guidance as to which of the long list

of factors, from either side, best explains variance in use, let alone how the factors interact and whether they apply only in specific settings or have general applicability.”

Interaction Model

Among the strategies used by investigators seeking to bridge the gap between the two communities are different communication strategies and different researcher-user collaborations. These strategies are known as translation, brokering, and interaction. In explaining each of these, the committee notes that the interaction model goes beyond transfer, diffusion, and dissemination and even beyond translation and brokering. The interaction label covers a family of ideas directed to systemic changes in the means and opportunities for relationships between researchers and policy makers. Interaction models appear to have considerable promise and the committee quotes one observer who believes they are the “most likely” models to help us understand how research actually gets used.

Committee Recommendations

In addition, the NRC committee offered its own views about how progress could be made in this area. These include a reframing of the problem from how to increase the use of science to one of how to help improve the process of policy making. The committee speculates that perhaps an excessive focus on the first formulation has distracted scientists from focusing on the second. Anchoring its view of the problem from the perspective of the policy maker, the committee offers its own framework as follows:

New Framework

“Our proposed research framework is based on

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a view of policy makers engaged in an interactive, social process that assembles, interprets, and argues over science and whether it is relevant to the policy choice at hand, and if so, using that science as evidence supporting their policy arguments. Policy argument as a form of situated, practical reasoning directly leads to a concern with how evidence, in the specific way now defined, is used rather than how it is produced.”

The committee’s recommendations are all about paying more attention to what happens during actual policy arguments when science presumably has the opportunity to make a difference. The recommendations fall into three categories.

Three Pronged Approach

As a necessary first step, it calls for paying more attention to investigating what constitutes valid arguments from the policymakers’ perspective and from that of the persons they need to persuade. Second, the committee calls for better understanding of the decision process itself, particularly in light of what is being

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authors suggest that this could signal that food assistance benefits help to both purchase food and provide a form of financial stability, which has been demonstrated to positively influence longer-term food security. This study was notable in its demonstration that these federal food assistance programs can help participants both at the time of participation and over the life course. While the mechanism by which SNAP and WIC improved food security status over time was not investigated in this study, the authors consider that perhaps in subsidizing food costs, SNAP and WIC participants were able to allocate

learned about the psychological processes in decision making.

Systems Perspective

Perhaps the centerpiece of the NRC report’s contribution is the call for the use of a systems perspective to investigate the use of science in policymaking. It describes such an approach as one of “…an iterative learning process in which we replace a reductionist, narrow, short run, static view of the world with a holistic, broad, long term dynamic view, reinventing our policies and institutions accordingly. Such an approach has already been showcased at an an NIH symposium on childhood obesity. http://tinyurl.com/c8h9zl8

New Metaphor

Because evidence does not reside only in the world where science is produced but rather emerges in the world of policy making where the committee says it is interpreted, made sense of, and used, then evidence influenced politics is potentially a more informative metaphor than evidence based policy. ■

resources to other needs (rent, education, medical care) that could positively affect their children and potentially impact their long term outcomes. The authors note that while SNAP and WIC benefits have increased, they benefit only families that are enrolled in these programs, and they call for improved access and minimizing barriers to enrollment to achieve maximum benefits for families and children at risk for food insecurity.

This study offers encouraging evidence that food assistance programs are achieving gains in improving American food insecurity. ■

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Epi Crossword Puzzle – September 2022 - Crossword Questions cont'd on page 11 -10Our crossword puzzle was created by by Dr. Richard Dicker A former CDC employee and not quite retired epidemiologist. For an online version go to: https://bit.ly/3SwjHhC For the solution to last month’s crossword please go to page 29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

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5. It's about 0.035 of an ounce

9. More competent

14. UDSA's National Animal Disease Center is located here

15. Early Peru resident

16. Don't do it for your India visa photo

17. Spoiler alert! Implicated vehicle in 1940 Oswego gastroenteritis outbreak

20. Necessitate

21. Big Lebowski, with "The"

22. Some drink cranberry juice to prevent this (abbr.)

23. Some USPHS Officers work here

25. Slang for drunk (among baby boomers) or amazing (among Millennials)

26. Hanoi holiday

27. Inaccurate result with insensitive test

33. Was in QED

34. First name of Norway's female Prime Minister who became WHO Director General

35. Retinal daytime photoreceptor cell

37. Clinical manifestation of plague infection

38. Frame job

41. Afghanistan's version of Persian

43. "Shake a leg!"

45. Jackie O's second hubby

46. One thing to do with long needles

47. Number of people who enrolled divided by the number eligible, for multiple studies

51. Some USPHS Officers work here

53. Letters on scientific calculator button that resets screen

54. Unreturnable serve

55. Lassa fever reservoir

56. Yokel

58. Frenetic

63. Mistake made when inferring from group results to individuals

66. Item often included in an Ikea package

67. Chris Hemsworth portrayed him in film

68. Chimpanzees are, but monkeys are not

69. Isaac or Rutherford

70. Commonly used command under the Data tab in Excel

71. Design a case control study within a cohort study

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2. Saudi Arabia neighbor

3. Mardi Gras follower

4. Its countries are split among EMRO, EURO, SEARO, and WPRO

5. Namesake of Tarheels' school of public health

6. Some COVID vaccines use the messenger form

7. pH < 7

8. Structure that can degenerate with age

9. One who leads a Spartan lifestyle

10. Measure of a body's resting energy (abbr.)

11. Rank of an O 3 at 23 Across or 51 Across

12. Make happy

13. Send payment

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19. What MMWR staff do

24. Pupil's answer when teacher reads name during roll call

27. Shortest mo.

28. Famed boxing promoter, or Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g.

29. It's in FELTP but not FETP

30. Hot spot in a kitchen

31. "Hey, Mom, I __ A in my Epi class!"

32. It gives the kick to a Cape Codder

36. Cleveland's lake

39. Celestial bear

40. Round display of data

42. The possessive form does not have an apostrophe

44. Temporary third party financial accounts

48. The European type has two round prongs

49. Planet paths

50. Rod's companion

51. Daisy simile word

52. East Pakistan's capital

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59. Family group

60. VCR insert

61. Puts frosting on a cake

62. Ovarian or sebaceous

64. Spidey's creator

65. One of two choices when voting on a motion

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What We're Reading This Month

Editor's Note: All of us are confronted with more material than we can possibly hope to digest each month. However, that doesn't mean that we should miss some of the articles that appear in the public media on topics of interest to the epi community. Moving forward, the EpiMonitor will curate a list of some of the best articles we've encountered in the past month. See something you think others would like to read? Please send us a link at info@epimonitor.net and we'll add it to the list.

Misinformation

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CA Passes Bill to Punish Physicians For Spreading Misinformation

https://nyti.ms/3xR5rYQ https://bit.ly/3Si2it9

COVID-19

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What Scientists Have Learned From COVID Lockdowns https://go.nature.com/3rb6cbw

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China Locks Down 21.2M in Chengdu As Frustration Mounts Over COVID Zero Policy https://cnb.cx/3DVCY80

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White House Signals Most People Will Only Need Annual COVID Booster

https://bit.ly/3Sm22cL

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Genomic Epidemiology of the Covid Epidemic in Brazil

https://go.nature.com/3S97sYx

♦ COVID is NOT Over Michael Mina https://bit.ly/3xWvDBj

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The COVID Pandemic May Be Making Other Diseases Worse https://bloom.bg/3DTsNB1

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Excess Mortality Rates: How Many People Have Really Died In The Pandemic? https://bit.ly/3DXegnR

Other Infectious Diseases

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Why Has Polio Returned To London And New York?

https://econ.st/3LS9VV2

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What We're Reading This Month

Other Infectious Diseases continued

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Using Wastewater Based Epidemiology To Monitor Monkeypox

https://bit.ly/3SAZxD7

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The Epidemiologist Who Moves Fast And Breaks Things https://bit.ly/3CeezJQ

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Why Measles Is Making A Comeback In Arizona

https://bit.ly/3Ro9Tp6

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Smithsonian Experts Dust Ancient Bat Specimens For Viral Fingerprints

https://bit.ly/3DWQUyS

on People

Appointed: Dr. Michael Cappello, MD, a professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine and a board certified infectious diseases clinician, has been appointed chair of the Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) Department, effective September 1, 2022. In addition to his position as a professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Cappello holds a secondary appointment in EMD and serves as an associate director of the Yale MD PhD Program. He also serves as attending physician in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases section at the Yale New Haven network of affiliated hospitals in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Named: The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced that Columbia Mailman School’s Dustin Duncan , ScD, associate professor of epidemiology, has been named a 2022 Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar. Duncan is a social and spatial epidemiologist, studying how neighborhood characteristics and mobility across geographic contexts influence population health and health disparities. His research focuses on Black gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men and transgender women of color.

Awarded: In recognition of her outstanding accomplishments in teaching and scholarly activities, Christa Lilly, associate professor in biostatistics, has been selected to receive the Academic Scholar Award, and will be honored during the upcoming Chancellor’s Outstanding Achievement Awards ceremony. The Chancellor’s Awards celebrate faculty members “who have been recognized by their peers for their outstanding accomplishments at WVU Health Sciences.”

Awarded: Professor Raina MacIntyre, Head of the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute at UNSW (Univ of New South Wales), has received the Eureka Award for her leadership in science and innovation. The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are the country’s most comprehensive national science awards, honouring excellence in the fields of research and innovation, leadership, science engagement and school science. As a public health physician, epidemiologist and researcher, Professor MacIntyre has had a significant leadership role in the international response to the Covid 19 pandemic.

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Passed: Leslie Bernstein, PhD, a trailblazing cancer epidemiologist, died July 28. She was 82. Bernstein, who joined City of Hope in 2007, was a distinguished pioneer in breast cancer research spanning 40 years. In her decades long career, her work as a biostatistician and cancer epidemiologist transformed the way researchers, clinicians, and others perceive the ability to modify cancer risk

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Passed: Richard B. Warnecke, a longtime member of the University of Illinois Cancer Center and a national leader in cancer control research, died Friday, Aug. 19. He was 84. Warnecke, professor emeritus of epidemiology, public administration and sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago, sustained a continuous and high level of funding from the National Cancer Institute. He was particularly skillful in conducting large scale, multiple component, community based investigations, consisting of two program projects Community Interventions for Cancer Prevention (1986 1992) and Strategies for Smoking Cessation Among Low Educated Women (1993 1998).

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Passed: William S. Burnett, 92 of Albany, N.Y. and Williston, Vt., passed away peacefully July 19, 2022, after a short illness. Dr. Burnett spent his career working for the State of New York Department of Health, retiring as the assistant director, Cancer Control Bureau. He later shared that one of the many reasons he loved his work was the opportunity to travel the world to learn, explore and to increase visibility into patterns of disease to identify public epidemics by sharing research at international conferences.

https://legcy.co/3xWuAS5

Passed: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is saddened by the passing of Professor Dame Valerie Beral at the age of 76. She served on the IARC Scientific Council and was a contributor to the IARC Monographs programme. She was a renowned cancer epidemiologist who spent almost 20 years working in the Department of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1988, she became the Director of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit in Oxford, focusing her work on the role of reproductive, hormonal, and infectious agents in cancer risk. https://bit.ly/3C93LMW

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Near Term Epidemiology Event Calendar

Every December The Epidemiology Monitor dedicates that issue to a calendar of events for the upcoming year. However that often means we don't have full information for events later in the upcoming year. Thus an online copy exists on our website that is updated regularly.

To view the full year please go to: http://www.epimonitor.net/Events

The events that we are aware of for the next two months follow below.

October 2022

October 20 22

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Conference / ID (Infectious Disease) Week / Multiple / Washington, DC

October TBA https://bit.ly/3ozUgwq

Conference / 14th Annual ISPE Asia Conference / International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology / Tainan, Taipei

November 2022

November 6 9

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Conference / APHA Annual Conference 2022 - 150th Anniversary / American Public Health Association / Boston, MA

November 7 11 http://bit.ly/35iHxFd

Conference / 7th World One Health Conference / Multiple / Singapore

November 9 12

https://bit.ly/3IJWJPM

Conference / 15th World Congress on Public Health / European Public Health (EPH) / Berlin, Germany

Nov 29 Dec 10 https://bit.ly/3EYYZQY

Short Course / Selected Topics in Epidemiology / Erasmus MC / Rotterdam, The Netherlands

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM (T32) IN CARDIOVASCULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Boston University Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology is seeking postdoctoral candidates for its T32 Training Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology awarded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Scholars will focus their training on the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease such as coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and other forms of vascular disease, following one of the training pathways: statistical genetics and genomics, computational biology and bioinformatics, or clinical epidemiology. Please visit https://www.bumc.bu.edu/preventive med/education/t32 multidisciplinary-training-program-in-cardiovascular-epidemiology/ for additional program information.

The successful candidate will participate in training activities including pathway-specific coursework and workshops, as well as individual professional development workshops, one on one professional counseling and career planning, grant writing workshops, research seminars, journal internships, and working on research projects with a Boston University senior investigator on longitudinal epidemiological studies such as the Framingham Heart Study, Long Life Family Study, Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal study, and other cohort studies. All trainees will be supervised by their assigned faculty mentor as well as by the program’s co directors for progress evaluation.

Training Program Start Date: as early as January 2023

Qualifications required:

1) US Citizen or green card holder

2) a) Ph.D. degree in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Genetics/Genomics or related field or MD degree

b) Programming skills (SAS and/or R) preferred

This position is a postdoctoral training opportunity paid a stipend, and the successful individual will be engaged in a 2 year period of mentored advanced training and professional development following completion of a doctoral degree program. Boston University provides benefits for non employee postdocs (paid a stipend by an externally-funded training grant). Please visit the BU Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs website for details.

Interested candidates should send the following materials to Katie Harper (kharp@bu.edu):

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Cover letter indicating reason for applying to this training program

 Curriculum vitae

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2 recommendation letters

Boston University is an equal opportunity employer. Under represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information, please contact Donna Gibson ( dgibson@bu.edu ).

Research Assistant Professor Epidemiology

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine is seeking applications for a non tenure track, full time position at the rank of Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Candidates with a doctoral degree in epidemiology, community health, behavioral health, clinical research or implementation science or a MD with a master’s degree in epidemiology or clinical research will be considered.

We offer a supportive environment for faculty to participate in research and publish high impact scientific papers. Ongoing research studies include cluster randomized trials to implement interventions to address cardiometabolic health inequities. We have an outstanding track record in obtaining and successfully completing NIH funded research. The candidate should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with community partners

Main responsibilities include: participating in research grant preparation and submission; developing study protocols, manuals of operation, and study forms; managing on going and new research studies; supervising study coordinators and other research staff; and participating in data analysis, publications, and presentations.

Review of applications will begin as soon as possible and applications will be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled. Applicants should send a cover letter and complete resume to:

Jiang He, MD, PhD

Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

1440 Canal Street, Suite 2000 Mail Box 8318

E mail Address: jhe@tulane.edu

New Orleans, LA 70112 All applicants should also apply electronically via the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/73392

TULANE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. WOMEN AND MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

Tenure Track Assistant/Associate Professor Epidemiology(2 Positions)

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold School of Public Health (ASPH) at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) invites applications for two tenure track faculty positions in Epidemiology at the rank of either Assistant or Associate Professor. Candidates from all areas of epidemiology will be considered. Particularly encouraged to apply are those with research expertise in infectious disease epidemiology; spatial epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; epidemiology of aging; perinatal, pediatric and reproductive epidemiology; social epidemiology; epidemiology of cardiometabolic outcomes; or epidemiologic research into health inequities.

The successful applicant will be expected to maintain an active research program, teach courses in epidemiologic research methods and other epidemiology courses, mentor graduate students, and contribute to the department and school through professional service. A qualified candidate for the rank of Assistant Professor will have: expertise in epidemiology; an earned doctoral degree in epidemiology or a related field by the beginning date of employment; the potential for excellence in teaching and for external research funding; and demonstrated evidence of high quality scholarly research. A qualified candidate for the rank of Associate Professor will have: expertise in epidemiology; an earned doctoral degree in epidemiology or a related field; plus at least 5 years of experience as a faculty member by the beginning date of employment; a successful track record of competitive external funding in support of research; and a teaching record commensurate with academic rank.

Qualified candidates will be capable of: 1) teaching masters or doctoral level courses in epidemiology; 2) enriching our curriculum in substantive and methodologic applications of epidemiology; and 3) developing an independent research program. Examples of existing epidemiology faculty expertise are nutrition, cancer, perinatal epidemiology, infectious and parasitic diseases, health disparities, genetic epidemiology, social epidemiology, and cardiometabolic outcomes (e.g., diabetes). Abundant collaborative opportunities exist for community based and clinical research.

For Full Information: http://epimonitor.net/2022 3538 Epidemiology Job Opening.htm

Multiple Open Position (10)

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Open Positions

Texas A&M University is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), is a Carnegie Classification R1-Very High Research Activity and is one of only 17 institutions in the nation to hold the triple designation as a land grant, sea grant, and space grant university. The School of Public Health is going through multiple years of expansion having hired ten new faculty members in the past year, and will be recruiting at least ten tenure track positions this year. Cluster hires are possible, and salary will be commensurate with experience.

Four Tenure track Faculty full time, open rank: http://apply.interfolio.com/106555

Four Non tenure track Instructional Faculty full time assistant or associate: http://apply.interfolio.com/109514

Other open positions in the School of Public Health (public-health.tamu.edu)

Director, Center for Population Health and Aging http://apply.interfolio.com/107786

Director, USA Center for Rural Emergency Preparedness http://apply.interfolio.com/107800

Apply Online: All applications materials should be submitted through Interfolio.

For further information contact:

Dr. Dennis Gorman, search committee chair gorman@tamu.edu for tenure track positions.

Dr. Patrick Tarwater, Department Head tarwater@tamu.edu for all other positions.

Research Investigator MD/DO– Division of Health Services Research and Implementation Science (Open Rank)

The Department of Research and Evaluation (R&E), Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) is recruiting candidates for a Research Scientist/MD Investigator in the Division of Health Services Research and Implementation Science. This is an open rank Research Scientist (equivalent to an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor) position. This position is an ideal opportunity for a physician scientist to conduct and lead high quality health services research that results in improvements to patient care, with the option to maintain a part time clinical practice with the Southern California Medical Group (SCPMG). Health services research can include the comparative effectiveness of delivery systems; patient centered care; health care for people with diverse backgrounds; as well as health care access, utilization, and dissemination and implementation of findings and practices. Current areas of high priority for KPSC include cancer care, cardiovascular health, mental health and wellness, and health equity across these domains.

Qualifications: Medical Doctoral Degree (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) with post doctoral research training in health services, epidemiology, health economics, public health, healthcare administration, or related fields or equivalent training and mastery preferred. Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study designs commonly used in health services research, implementation science, epidemiology, behavioral research, economics, or related fields. Experience or interest in partnering with operational leadership across broad clinical areas within a learning health system. Must be able to consistently demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to all.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Design, develop, and direct a blended internally and externally funded research program that is aligned with clinical practice resulting in the translation of results directly to patient care.

• Lead or co lead oversight of the Care Improvement Research Team (CIRT) embedded research portfolio (Research Scientist Levels II-III only).

• Collaborate with clinical investigators within R&E and with external investigators in health care and academic settings, to advance knowledge in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for various conditions across diverse populations.

• Provide service to the scientific community through reviewing manuscripts for publication, serving on editorial boards, and grant review panels.

• Present at national and international scientific meetings.

• Maintain awareness of scientific developments within area of expertise, both in terms of new methodology and new research activities.

• Serve on and may chair departmental committees based on experience and expertise.

The candidate may also serve as a faculty in the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine and have the opportunity to teach and mentor students. This position will include a core support package for the successful applicant that can be used to conduct pilot studies that leverage existing infrastructure to facilitate the development of an extramurally funded research program. This support includes staffing for administrative tasks, programming and analysis, and research support as well as funding for non personnel related costs.

KPSC is a leading integrated health care organization with 4.8 million members of diverse race/ethnicity living throughout Southern California. They are attended by over 7,800 physicians practicing in an integrated, pre paid delivery system that provides comprehensive health care and pharmaceutical benefits to members of the non profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. KPSC has deployed an extensive clinical information system, including a fully automated medical record system. A description of R&E is available on the web (http://www.kp scalresearch.org/). The Department is located in Pasadena, a community of 143,000 residents and the home of the California Institute of Technology, the Rose Bowl, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and other historical and cultural sites. Information about the community can be found online at www.visitpasadena.com. Pasadena is in the San Gabriel Valley 15 minutes north of downtown Los Angeles in sunny southern California.

For more information or to apply for this position, please visit the Kaiser Permanente job website at http://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org and search Job Numbers: 1078457 (Research Investigator I MD), 1078444 (Research Investigator II MD), or 1078430 (Research Investigator III MD) in the keyword field. Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Huong Nguyen at the research recruitment mailbox (email: Research Recruitment@kp.org). Principals only.

KPSC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and offers a comprehensive compensation package, including employer paid medical, dental and coverage for eligible dependents. Competitive wages, generous paid time off and a comprehensive retirement plan are just part of the exceptional benefits offered to Kaiser Permanente employees.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Disease Epidemiology

The Department of Research and Evaluation (R&E) of Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) is seeking a Post Doctoral Research Fellow interested in infectious disease epidemiology and vaccine safety and effectiveness.

The R&E of KPSC conducts high quality research involving large, diverse populations, providing timely evidence to decision makers and the public. The research team has expertise and experience in performing a vast array of infectious disease research, including vaccine research studies. Studies range from large, multisite epidemiologic studies on a variety of topics including antibiotic resistance, hospital infections, tuberculosis, COVID 19, and vaccine preventable diseases, to Phase IV vaccine post licensure observational studies. The research team works with partners from government, industry, academia, and other health care systems. Our vaccine research consists of topics including vaccine safety and effectiveness, vaccines in special populations (e.g., pregnant women, immunocompromised individuals), vaccine uptake and compliance with recommendations, and methodologies for vaccine studies. Findings from studies guide KPSC clinical care improvement efforts, as well as immunization policy and regulatory decisions and provide the public with information regarding risks and benefits of immunization.

Essential Responsibilities:

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Designs, develops and directs well defined research with supervision from a R&E Research Scientist.

 Prepares grant proposals and publications independently and collaboratively.

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Provides consultation and direction to programmer/analysts with regard to data management and analysis strategies.

 May perform subject assessments or chart reviews or provide direction to research support staff performing these tasks.

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Submits abstracts to and presents papers at national scientific meetings.

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Seeks consultation from research scientists for specific scientific and administrative issues.

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Participates in R&E department meetings and projects as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications:

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Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Dr.P.H., M.D., Sc.D.) in epidemiology, preferably in infectious disease epidemiology, or clinical doctoral degree + master's degree with formal research training in epidemiology.

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Track record of publication in the peer reviewed literature.

 Research experience in infectious disease epidemiology or vaccine safety and effectiveness.

 Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in epidemiologic research or related fields.

KPSC is a leading managed health care organization with 4 million members of diverse race/ethnicity living throughout Southern California. They are attended by over 6,000 physicians practicing in an integrated, pre paid delivery system that provides comprehensive health care and pharmaceutical benefits to members of the non profit Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. KPSC has deployed an extensive clinical information system, including a fully automated medical record system. A description of the Department of Research & Evaluation is available on the web (http://www.kp scalresearch.org/). It is the home to nearly 30 doctorally prepared investigators and over 400 support staff. The Department is located in Pasadena, a community of 143,000 residents and the home of the California Institute of Technology, the Rose Bowl, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and other historical and cultural sites. Information about the community can be found online at www.visitpasadena.com Pasadena is in the San Gabriel Valley 15 minutes north of downtown Los Angeles in sunny southern California.

This one year renewable position (funding and performance dependent) will provide mentored experience in field work, proposal development and scientific publication, designed to prepare the incumbent for a productive career as an independent researcher.

For immediate consideration, interested candidates should submit their letter of interest, CV and references to Dr. Kristi Reynolds, Director of Epidemiologic Research (email: allan.slatkin@kp.org) and by Kaiser Permanente Job Posting 961068 Website (Click Here) or visit the Kaiser Permanente job website at https://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org/ and search 961068 in the keyword field.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness

The KPSC Center for Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness Research high quality research involving large, diverse populations, providing timely evidence to decision makers and the public. The Center is part of the Department of Research & Evaluation, based in Pasadena, California. The research team has expertise and experience in performing a vast array of vaccine research studies, ranging from epidemiologic studies of vaccine preventable diseases to Phase IV post licensure observational studies. The research team works with partners from government, industry, academia, and other health care systems to conduct important research on topics such as vaccine safety and effectiveness, vaccines in special populations (e.g., pregnant women, immunocompromised individuals), vaccine uptake and compliance with recommendations, and methodologies for vaccine studies. Findings from the Center’s studies guide immunization policy and regulatory decisions and provide the public with information regarding risks and benefits of immunization.

Essential Responsibilities:

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Designs, develops and directs well-defined research with supervision from a R&E Research Scientist.

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Prepares grant proposals and publications independently and collaboratively.

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Provides consultation and direction to programmer/analysts with regard to data management and analysis strategies.

 May perform subject assessments or chart reviews or provide direction to research support staff performing these tasks.

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Submits abstracts to and presents papers at national scientific meetings.

 Seeks consultation from research scientists for specific scientific and administrative issues.

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Participates in R&E department meetings and projects as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications:

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 Track record of publication in the peer-reviewed literature.

 Research experience in infectious disease epidemiology or vaccine safety and effectiveness.

 Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in epidemiologic research or related fields.

For immediate consideration, interested candidates should submit their letter of interest, CV and references to Dr. Kristi Reynolds, Director of Epidemiologic Research (email:sole.x.cardoso@kp.org) and by Kaiser Permanente Job Posting 1085595 Website (Click Here) or visit the Kaiser Permanente job website at https://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org/ and search 1085595 in the keyword field.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Pharmacoepidemiology

The Department of Research and Evaluation (R&E) of Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) is seeking a Post Doctoral Research Fellow interested in pharmacoepidemiology and cardiovascular disease research.

Scientists in the Department of R&E conduct research involving large, diverse populations, providing timely evidence to decision makers and the public. The research teams have expertise and experience in performing a vast array of population-based cardiovascular disease research and pharmacoepidemiology studies. Projects include large, multisite cardiovascular epidemiologic studies on prevention, incidence, treatment, medication adherence, comparative effectiveness/safety, health resource utilization, and outcomes research. The overarching goal of these studies is to use our large membership and extensive data to generate results that will improve care and contribute to scientific knowledge about cardiovascular outcomes.

The research teams work with partners from government, industry, academia, and other health care systems.

Essential Responsibilities:

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Designs, develops and directs well defined research with supervision from a R&E Research Scientist.

Prepares grant proposals and publications independently and collaboratively.

Provides consultation and direction to programmer/analysts with regard to data management and analysis.

May perform subject assessments or chart reviews or provide direction to research support staff performing these tasks.

Submits abstracts to and presents papers at national scientific meetings.

Seeks consultation from research scientists for specific scientific and administrative issues.

Participates in R&E department meetings and projects as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications:

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Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Dr.P.H., Sc.D.) in epidemiology, preferably in pharmacoepidemiology or cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health economics and outcomes research, health services research, or a clinical doctoral degree (M.D., Pharm.D.) + master's degree with formal research training in epidemiology and/or biostatistics.

Track record of publication in the peer reviewed literature.

Research experience in epidemiology or biostatistics and track record of publishing in peer reviewed journals.

Competent in advanced research methods, including statistical techniques and study design commonly used in epidemiologic research or related fields.

A description of the Department of Research & Evaluation is available on the web at http://kp.org/research. It is home to 30+ doctorally prepared investigators and over 400 support staff. The Department is located in Pasadena, California, a community of 140,000 residents and the home of the California Institute of Technology, the Rose Bowl, the Jet Propulsion Lab, and other historical and cultural sites. Information about the community can be found at https://www.visitpasadena.com

For immediate consideration, interested candidates should submit their letter of interest, CV and references to Dr. Kristi Reynolds, Director of Epidemiologic Research (email:sole.x.cardoso@kp.org) and by Kaiser Permanente Job Posting 1085654 Website (Click Here) or visit the Kaiser Permanente job website at https://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org/ and search 1085654 in the keyword field.

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Faculty Position - Epidemiology / Assistant Rank / Tenure-Track

The Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor rank We are seeking an innovative, high quality scholar to help support our aims of promoting population health and health equity via impactful science on the causes of health and disease, training the next generation of public health practitioners and scholars, and engaging in meaningful service with our communities. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. We envision a future in which epidemiologists with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences partner with communities to use science to promote population health and health equity.

We are looking for scholars who bring strong methodological training and experience to their substantive areas of public health and epidemiology. The strongest candidates will enrich and grow our existing departmental strengths in areas including causal modeling, big data analytics, " omics," analysis of large scale medical, environmental, geographic and social media datasets, predictive modeling, complex systems, and mathematical modeling. We also seek to enhance existing cross-disciplinary collaborations and build on our departmental strengths in substantive areas of research, including cancer, cardiovascular, cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal diseases, environmental exposures, genetic risk, as well as infectious, molecular, nutritional and social epidemiology. Scholars who conduct translational research connecting epidemiology to public health practice or policy and/or work in a global setting are especially encouraged to apply. Ultimately, we seek to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied perspectives, educational and applied experiences, and ways of knowing and learning.

Required qualifications include a doctoral degree and a strong track record of epidemiological research. Applicants are expected to have evidence of independence and the potential to become strong graduate level instructors.

Our Department of Epidemiology is home to more than 40 highly interdisciplinary, internationally recognized faculty members whose research encompasses a broad range of epidemiologic disciplines. The Department also has 23 joint and adjunct faculty members that hold primary appointments in other departments (e.g., Environmental Health Sciences, Biostatistics, Medicine, Institute for Social Research, among others) or who work in important public health sectors outside of academia. Research expenditures in the Department of Epidemiology were just under $35 million dollars during the 2022 fiscal year. The Department, School and University have several relevant research centers including the Center for Midlife Sciences, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health (CSEPH), Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MAC EPID) Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposure and Disease (M LEEDS), the Center for Global Health Equity (CGHE). The Department has large and highly successful training programs at both the masters and doctoral level, and the School of Public Health has a thriving undergraduate program.

A complete application should include:

1. Curriculum Vitae, including the complete contact information of three people who may be asked to write a letter of reference (we will not contact these individuals without first informing you that we will do so).

2. Statement of current and future research plans (3 4 pages).

3. Statement of teaching philosophy and experience, including courses you may wish to teach (1 2 pages).

4. The University of Michigan School of Public Health is strongly committed to building and supporting the needs of a diverse public health workforce and research community. Please provide a statement discussing the ways in which you have or plan to address systemic social inequalities and advance the goals of diversity, equity and inclusion via your research, teaching, and academic service (1 2 pages).

Interested applicants should apply online via this link. Review of applications will begin October 12, 2022 and continue until suitable candidates are identified. Inquiries regarding this position can be directed to the search committee via email at epidfacsearch@umich.edu

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities and women are particularly encouraged to apply. This search will be conducted in a manner consistent with the University of Michigan’s newly released campus-wide Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Planning Initiative. For more information, see http://diversity.umich.edu/ourcommitment/. The University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.

Statistical Programmer

Clinical Research Data Manager

Boston University, Section of Rheumatology has an opening for a Statistical Programmer and Clinical Research Data Manager. The candidate will have the opportunity to join an internationally leading NIH funded research team of supportive and collaborative researchers that include faculty members, students, postdoctoral researchers, residents, fellows, and external collaborators.

This position is responsible for the systematic documentation, maintenance, and management of datasets including existing epidemiological cohort such as Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) and clinical datasets among others. The candidate will carry out programming using R and SAS to perform statistical analysis of data for the Section’s research projects that include research studies with a focus in rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease. Other significant area of responsibility is to extract data and develop project specific analytic datasets from existing cohorts, large scale electronic health records, or administrative databases such as MarketScan or Medicare to meet the programming needs of senior programmers and other analysts, investigators, or external collaborators. The candidate would need to attend the Section’s regular meetings and communicate effectively with investigators on developing analysis plans. The candidate may need to train junior programmers or investigators. Other tasks may include development and analysis of preliminary data for grant applications, reporting and interpretation of data by writing summaries of statistical analyses and generating tables and graphs, writing abstracts and manuscripts, or presentation of findings in institutional, reginal, national, or international conferences.

The candidate needs to have a Master’s degree or higher in epidemiology, statistics, or quantitative sciences with 1 3 years of experience. Advanced R and SAS programming skills, familiarity with R Base and R packages, SAS Base and Macros, strong written and oral English language, and the ability to work independently and as a part of a team to meet deadlines in a fast paced multi project environment are required. Expertise in linear, non linear, survival analysis, and modeling of correlated data including mixed effects modeling are desired. Familiarity with causal inference methods and epidemiology concepts such as confounding and collider bias are preferred. Other competencies include experience in working with large insurance claims databases. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States

This position will report to Chief, Section of Rheumatology (http://www.bumc.bu.edu/rheumatology/). Interested candidates should send CV to Dr. Jafarzadeh (srjafarz@bu.edu). Additional documents such as Cover Letter, programming samples, and one published paper sample are optional.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

SCIENCE EDITOR

Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a monthly journal of environmental health research and news published with support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), will be accepting applications for a new Science Editor with experience in environmental epidemiology or related fields. This candidate will evaluate manuscripts focused on human observational studies, actively participate in developing and implementing journal policies, and serve as a key ambassador to the environmental epidemiology community, encouraging high quality, scholarly contributions within EHP’s scope

Qualifications:

Although not required, the ideal Science Editor candidate will possess a PhD in epidemiology or similar level degree in a related field and possess experience and/or knowledge in the following areas:

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Demonstrated experience (or equivalent) conducting or collaborating on applied (field) research in environmental epidemiology, ideally including involvement in study development/design, participant recruitment/ascertainment, data collection, and data analysis.

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Primary responsibility for analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data for epidemiologic research project(s) resulting in ≥ 3 first author or senior author publications in a peer reviewed journal.

♦ Epidemiologic research peer reviewer for ≥ 4 separate publications (ideally for more than one journal.)

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Expertise in the theory and methods used in environmental epidemiology research, including study design and conduct, data analysis, and interpretation.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates will have the opportunity to apply for this position on www.USAJobs.gov, the official website for federal government jobs, Monday, October 3 through Friday, October 7. This position will be offered as a non supervisory GS 14. All specialized experience should be made clear in resumes or CVs as described in the official USA Jobs posting.

During the open application period, interested applicants may contact JoAnn Sutthill at sutthillj@od.nih.gov or 984 287 3061 for more information about the Science Editor role and application process. Also, visit the EHP site for additional details.

DHHS and NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers. The NIH and NIEHS are dedicated to building a diverse community in its training and employment programs and encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.

SPH Post-Doctoral Fellow

The Indiana University School of Public Health Bloomington invites applications for a post doctoral fellow with strong data analytic and collaborative skills to join a team of researchers focused on rigor, reproducibility, and transparency and/or statistical and data analytic research in the obesity, nutrition, or aging research domains.

The fellow will work with Dean David B. Allison as well as other faculty co-mentors within the School of Public Health-Bloomington. This project presents unique opportunities for gaining research experience and working on internationally impactful projects with a dynamic interdisciplinary team.

The initial formal term of appointment is one year, but funds are available for longer and we expect fellows to stay at least two years with potential for renewal by mutual agreement for up to an additional one to two years. The candidate is expected to begin November 1, 2022, but may be flexible. Applications received by September 30, 2022, will receive full consideration, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The salary and benefits are competitive and include funding for conference related participation and continuing education courses. During the period of the fellowship, the fellow is expected to work on campus.

Responsibilities:

• Applied data analyses in obesity related research ranging from basic science (animal studies) to clinical trials, meta analyses, and epidemiology.

• Learning to draft statistical and power analysis sections of grant proposals.

• Collaborating with other post doctoral fellows, students, and investigators on data analysis matters.

• Methodologic work.

Qualifications: Degree: Must have a PhD. Applicants with strong data analytic skills holding a PhD from any discipline (e.g., economics, epidemiology, sociology, psychology, mathematics, engineering, etc.) will be also be given consideration.

• Communication skills: Excellent written and spoken communication skills essential.

• Social skills: Good collaborative skills, ability to work well with a variety of scientists from different educational and demographic background, and grace under pressure are all essential.

Application Procedure: Provide CV, cover letter summarizing research interests and fit for position, writing sample, and a list of three references. Interested candidates should submit applications at: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com

Questions pertaining to the PeopleAdmin application procedure may be directed to dwarcher@iu.edu or via postal mail at DBA Postdoc Search & Screen Committee, School of Public Health Bloomington, Indiana University, 1025 East 7th Street, Room 115A, Bloomington, IN 47405 4801. Questions regarding the position may be directed to Dean Allison.

David B. Allison: https://publichealth.indiana.edu/research/faculty directory/profile.html?user=allison School of Public Health Bloomington: http://www.publichealth.indiana.edu/

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

Assoc / Asst / Full Professors (up to 3) Epidemiology

The Department of Epidemiology in the University of Iowa, College of Public Health invites applications for open rank tenure track faculty positions (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor). We welcome applicants with experience in any area of epidemiology, including clinical, interventional, and population-based studies, cancer, chronic/noncommunicable diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, nutrition, infectious diseases, molecular and genetic, maternal and child health, injury, disability, social epidemiology, health disparities, use of technology for disease monitoring and intervention, or other areas. The Department provides a strong infrastructure for Epidemiology research including prospective observational studies, interventional/clinical/pragmatic trials, and established laboratories for molecular methods.

Applicants must hold a PhD or other doctorate in epidemiology or in a relevant field or a MD with experience in epidemiology or relevant field. As minimum qualifications for consideration at the tenure-track assistant professor level, applicants should demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching and advising graduate students; comprehensive and contemporary epidemiologic methods; demonstrated potential or ability to obtain an extramurally funded research program; and evidence of peer reviewed publications and research productivity commensurate with years of professional experience. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to promoting a diverse academic environment. Desirable qualifications include the ability to engage in multi disciplinary collaboration between departments across the university and with public health agencies and other related organizations.

In addition, for consideration at the tenure-track associate and full professor level, applicants must also have a commensurate record of teaching experience, peer reviewed publications, and extramurally funded research.

To apply for this position, please visit http://jobs.uiowa.edu, faculty requisition #74558. Candidates should provide a letter of interest, research statement, diversity statement, curriculum vitae, and names of three references. Please address inquiries and nominations to the search committee chair, Ryan Carnahan, ryan carnahan@uiowa.edu or call 319-384-1556.

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Tenure-Track

The Department of Epidemiology within the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and the Dartmouth Cancer Center invites applications for a tenure track position as Assistant or Associate Professor. We seek applicants to lead an independent, innovative research program in cancer epidemiology, including but not limited to cancer prevention, etiology, early detection, survivorship, health disparities, molecular epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, or lifestyle/behavioral research. Dartmouth Cancer Center offers a dynamic and interactive environment with a commitment to research excellence. The faculty appointment will be in the Department of Epidemiology, with membership in the Cancer Population Sciences research program.

Dartmouth is highly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive population of students, faculty, and staff. We seek applicants who work effectively with individuals from all backgrounds, including but not limited to: racial and ethnic minorities, women, those who identify with LGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, are from lower income backgrounds, veterans, and first generation college graduates. Applicants should state in their cover letter how their teaching, research, service, and/or life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth’s commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Qualifications

Candidates must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. degree and relevant postdoctoral research experience.

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Applicants should upload a cover letter, a curriculum vitae (without impact factors), a description of proposed research (3 pages or less), a teaching statement, and a statement on how their teaching, research, service, and/or life experiences prepare them to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at Dartmouth through this interfolio https://apply.interfolio.com/99545 link. Three referees should provide letters of recommendation. Consideration of applications will begin on November 15th, 2022, and continue until the position is filled.

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Multiple Faculty Positions

Inequities and health disparities are a major public health threat and demand a concerted, interdisciplinary effort. At the College of Public Health, we dedicate ourselves to public health in all its parameters, from epidemiology to nursing, from social work to rehabilitation sciences. Social justice has always driven our work: This understanding that individual outcomes are intricately tied to the larger systems we inhabit is the foundation of our college. Temple University College of Public Health’s interprofessional culture fosters collaboration both within and outside the College. We value differences among our faculty and believe that we can better serve and understand our Philadelphia community through the diversity of our individual faculty and our disciplines. Join us in our mission to develop progressive, compassionate researchers, practitioners, and clinicians to build a better tomorrow, grounded in creating the environments and health infrastructure that will make us the healthiest nation.

Faculty Positions in Biostatistics - Tenure Track Open Rank Full Info: https://bit.ly/3UMDOdj Qualifications. A doctorate in biostatistics, statistics, or a related field is required. Rank is open with faculty hired at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor depending on qualifications. For early career applicants, preferred candidatesare individuals currently holding the rank of assistant professor or persons completing or having recently completed a postdoctoral position with external funding. Midcareer and senior applicants should have an active, externally funded research portfolio and research record appropriate to warrant a tenured appointment at the rank of associate or full professor. Although we anticipate one hire in this area, we will consider cluster hiring of research teams including senior and early career faculty. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience. We value diversity and seek individuals committed to inclusivity in collaboration and interdisciplinary research.

Open-Rank Instructional Non-Tenure Track Faculty Full Info: https://bit.ly/3SrVQQw Qualifications. We seek faculty with a strong record of college teaching, including demonstrated versatility in teaching various courses, such as public health biology, disease prevention and control, program planning, health communication, and experience with online teaching. The ideal candidate will be skilled at explaining biological principles required to understand the distribution of infectious and non infectious diseases of public health importance. We seek enthusiastic, dedicated public health professionals with an earned doctorate in public health (DrPH or PhD) or a related doctorate with an MPH. Applicants with a terminal MPH degree and a strong record of relevant teaching experience will be considered.

Assistant / Associate Professor

The Division of Epidemiology in Department of Population Health (DPH) at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine invites applications for faculty positions at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor level with a growing portfolio of research in one or more of the following areas:

Causal inference methods

Bio social epidemiology, including influence of social determinants of health, including structural racism, on biological health processes and outcomes

Pharmaco epidemiology

Using analysis of observational electronic health records, health claims data, registries or patient generated data to conduct novel causal inference informed studies

Substantive work focusing on cardiometabolic disease, cancer, aging, mental health, reproductive health or infectious diseases

Health and racial equities focus

Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree in relevant population sciences fields such as epidemiology, data science, systems science, clinical informatics, biostatistics, OR a medical degree with advanced training in health informatics.

Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and letter of interest in electronic form. The letter of interest should speak to research interests, teaching experience/approach to mentoring trainees, and demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Candidates must apply through Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/114010

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The Evolution of Structural Racism in Health Research

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