Senior Health Surveillance Consultant – On-Call, Hybrid

Role Overview

• Provide technical assistance to state and local governments and partner organizations on oral health, oral cancer, and related chronic disease surveillance, prevention, education, and infection control practices.
• Utilize and integrate national and state data systems, including United States Cancer Statistics (USCS), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and other oral health, cancer, and chronic disease surveillance and registry systems, to assess disease burden, risk factors, screening practices, and health disparities.
• Support the evaluation of dental, oral disease, infectious disease prevention, oral cancer screening, and related chronic disease prevention activities, including coordination and linkage with cancer registry and chronic disease data systems.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, and disseminate oral health, oral cancer, and chronic disease data to support policy development, program planning, and comprehensive cancer control and chronic disease efforts.
• Provide recommendations to strengthen and modernize oral health, cancer, and chronic disease surveillance systems, including integration of oral health indicators into broader chronic disease and cancer control frameworks.
• Collaborate with federal, state, and local agencies, cancer registries, chronic disease programs, and national organizations to advance integrated surveillance priorities.
• Develop reports, presentations, summaries, and other technical deliverables for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support efforts to improve surveillance data quality, completeness, timeliness, and overall usability.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Public Health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health informatics, dentistry, health services research, or a related field is required.
• 10 + year demonstrated expertise in oral cancer, oral health, chronic disease surveillance, or related public health fields.
• 5 + years of experience working with public health surveillance systems, registries, or large health-related datasets, including systems such as USCS, BRFSS, cancer registries, or similar sources.
• 5 + years of experience providing technical assistance and consultation to governmental public health agencies, partner organizations, or related programs.
• Familiarity with oral health surveillance systems, oral cancer prevention and screening, and infection prevention in dental settings.
• Professional background in dentistry, oral health, epidemiology, or public health practice.
• Advanced degree combination such as DDS/MPH or similar highly relevant credentials.
• Strong skills in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams and external partners.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements
• Paid time off
• Remote work options