The CDC Experience Sample of Assignments
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Plan and execute a study to examine use of research syntheses, evidence-based guidelines, and best practices to improve patient-provider communication to reduce disparities in health care and outcomes in minorities - especially in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers of the colon and prostate
- Estimate prevalence and determinants of frequent mental distress among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States using Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- Evaluate risky health behaviors among adolescents enrolled as patients at Oakhurst Medical Center, including a comparison of health risk behaviors across gender and ethnicity
- Using the National Survey of Children’s Health 2003 data, evaluate parents' perceptions of their children's general health compared to the level of connectedness between the parent and child
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
- Evaluate the relationship between use of drugs used to treat erectile disfunction and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases
- Estimate the economic burden of trichomoniasis
- Evaluate the association between mental health diagnoses and sexually transmitted diseases
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Develop proposal for epidemiologic prevention research on cardiovascular disease risk factors in childhood
- Analyze existing datasets to examine use patterns, attitudes and influences on public health policy in a variety of areas related to adult and community health
- Analyze the association between physician advice and meeting the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity in persons with heart disease, using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2003 data
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Describe epidemiology of encephaloceles, compare and contrast characteristics with other neural tube defects
- Assess sensitivity and specificity of prenatal ultrasound for diagnosis of selected birth defects and evaluate changes in pregnancy outcomes resulting from diagnosis
- Assess racial variation in occurrence of birth defects such as heart defects
National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases
- Develop strategies and tools for improved surveillance system for rickettsial diseases in the United States and internationally and estimate their economic burden
- Develop Web-based information and fact sheets for most common rickettsial diseases
- Predict where future cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever may occur and target interventions, prevention and education in these areas
- Develop a survey instrument to establish risk factors for animal bits in animal rescue workers to improve safety of future rescue efforts
- Compare rates of E. coli cases with animal exposure using FoodNet surveillance systems
- Assess the economic burden of an outbreak of multi-drug resistant shigellosis
- Update the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System
- Participate in a case-control study to describe the risk factors of Giardia infection and assess the economic impact of the illness
- Analyze and interpret data collected through the National Enterovirus Surveillance System
- Examine cytokine profiles of women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or at high risk of HIV and determine if immunologic predictors of cytomegalovirus (CMV) shedding exist
Office of the Chief of Science Officer, Immunization Safety Office
- Assist the World Health Organization, Uganda Office in designing, implementing and reporting on a study of vaccine safety and adverse events following immunization concerns
- Examine differences in influenza vaccination coverage over type and between different types of transplant patients