Epidemiologist

Job ID: 66259

Department: TN DOH

Job Title: Epidemiologist

Location: Andrew Johnson Tower, 7th Floor 710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243

Duration: 8+ Months (Possibility of Extensions)

Office of Informatics & Analytics (OIA)
Tennessee Department of Health
Funded by the 2025 Hal Rogers Grant

Location: Nashville, TN

Schedule: Hybrid (in office 1-2 per week)

Job Overview:

This position is located in the Office of Informatics & Analytics (OIA) at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) in Nashville, TN and is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA's) Hal Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Grant. The Epidemiologist 1 will play a key role in advancing overdose surveillance and strengthening the statewide multidisciplinary overdose working group. The ideal candidate will be outgoing and collaborative, comfortable facilitating a large multidisciplinary group, recruiting and building relationships with new partners, and helping partners use overdose data. The role will also support timely dashboards and visualizations that communicate emerging trends.