Description The Epidemiologist III - Data Strategy, Cross-Cutting Surveillance, & Enteric Disease Surveillance is a senior, non-supervisory epidemiology position responsible for supporting cross-cutting infectious disease surveillance and data strategy (performed by Infectious Disease Systems and Tuberculosis Control IDSC ) and enteric disease surveillance (performed by Infectious Disease Prevention and Response IDPR ) within the Oklahoma State Department of Health. This position is housed in IDSC and reports to the Infectious Disease Surveillance Officer. For duties related to cross-cutting surveillance and data strategy, this position works collaboratively with informatics specialists, surveillance system developers, and surveillance staff across infectious disease program areas-including IDPR, Sexual Health and Harm Reduction (SHHRs), and Tuberculosis Control (TB)-to provide advanced epidemiologic, analytic, and technical expertise to improve infectious disease surveillance data quality, analysis, modernization, automation, reporting, and surveillance system functionality. For duties related to enteric disease surveillance, this position works with IDPR investigation and surveillance epidemiologists supporting routine surveillance, outbreak detection and response, laboratory coordination, federal reporting, and interpretation of enteric disease data.
