Research Scientist for Aging and Health World Trade Center Health Registry

Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are how old they are where they are from or where they live.

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Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are:
1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated disease including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths strengthening our youth mental health systems and supporting people with serious mental illness
4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for womens health
5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

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PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:

The World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) was created in 2002 to monitor and evaluate the physical and mental health impact on more than 71000 persons exposed to the September 11 2001 disaster. Housed within the Center for Population Health Data Science in a renowned and dynamic agency the Registrys research influences national policies concerning healthcare for those who survived the attacks and contributes novel epidemiologic findings to the postdisaster public health literature.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Serve as coprincipal investigator on an Aging Study that seeks to assess to what extent 9/11 exposure may exacerbate agerelated conditions including (a) changes in functional health status (b) exacerbation of existing chronic conditions and (c) memory and cognitive decline. Supervise CRS I CRS II and interns as requested. Oversee daytoday administrative tasks associated with study implementing including crossunit internal coordination developing timelines staff allocation budgeting vendor contracts and negotiation. Oversee external research partnerships/collaborations during the conduct of the study Seek out new research collaborations to support intervention research.
Lead manuscript teams and mentor junior scientists working on topical areas related to Aging and produce scientific reports for publication and presentation. Propose scientific studies and analytic plans in areas of the longterm mental and physical health effects associated with exposure to the 9/11 disaster among older populations. Conduct independent analyses of WTCHR data including employing methods designed to handle longitudinal or hierarchical data and data obtained through administrative linkages time to event data and methods common in epidemiology for addressing limitations of longitudinal cohort studies (e.g. missing data attrition) Serve as lead author and coauthor on manuscript teams that incorporates mentoring junior scientists. Complete the writing of manuscripts and submit to clearance and peerreviewed journals.

Participate in the design and implementation of WTCHR surveys and nested studies including using methods drawing from both quantitative and qualitative research.

Serve as coauthor on scientific studies within the Registry to provide epidemiologic methods and/or content expertise.

Prepare abstracts and presentations based on Registry studies and present findings at internal venues as well as national scientific conferences.

Provide consultation and staff mentoring on epidemiological research methods.

Communicate and collaborate with internal and external partners and assist in scientific program management.

Conduct quality assurance of other analysts work and Registry scientific outputs.

Contribute to special projects as needed.

**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation such as:
A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility such as: A Valid U.S. Passport Permanent Resident Card/Green Card or Drivers license.

Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

Current Resume

Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone Cable Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this postings Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be but not limited to: college transcript experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an onboarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

**LOAN FORGIVENESS

As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL

This position MAY be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.

CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST 21744

Qualifications :

1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.

NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime