The Wastewater Epidemiology Fellow will coordinate with internal and external partners to integrate data from the Wastewater Monitoring Program with other public health surveillance data to enhance awareness, preparedness, and response to infectious disease. The fellow will develop code in R and conceptual frameworks to characterize the quantification of pathogens in wastewater and the process for escalating concerning results or trends. The fellow will also work to evaluate the performance of wastewater surveillance in comparison to other near real-time public health surveillance systems, such as syndromic surveillance. Put simply, this role will be responsible for implementing wastewater surveillance for holistic public health surveillance with an emphasis on health equity.
The Boston Public Health Commission does not have a laboratory and contracts with third-party laboratories to perform analyses and third-party technicians to collect wastewater, so this is not a laboratory or field-work position.
Qualifications
Nice to have:
Public service is a noble calling: to help others, to make our communities stronger, and to uphold the public trust.
As city employees, we see the results of our hard work in our own community— in street and infrastructure improvements, new buildings rising from the ground, safer and more prosperous neighborhoods, and happier, healthier children, families, and senior citizens.
We may all come from different backgrounds, but we are connected through our passion for service.
What we do at work today, and everyday, shapes the Boston of tomorrow.
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The City of Boston is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. Therefore, qualified applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category.
