JC-451663 – Prenatal Outcomes and Evaluation Unit Chief

Overview

Job Description and Duties

This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by serving as the Chief of the Prenatal Outcomes and Evaluation Unit.  The Research Scientist Supervisor I (RSSI) will be responsible for the supervision of Research Scientists and Research Analysts who are engaged in the evaluation of the prenatal screening program, including screening technologies and algorithms, the monitoring of risk assessment models, and the management of other analytic and clinical tools used by the prenatal screening program, such as the maintenance of existing data systems including the prenatal outcomes of pregnancy data system and the prenatal chromosome abnormalities and neural tube defects registries.  The RSSI will independently supervise, conceive, plan and direct prenatal screening program evaluation investigations and research studies related to understanding the impact and efficacy of the current prenatal screening program on early diagnosis of selected genetic disorders and structural abnormalities. Using data derived from these systems and other data sources available within and outside the program, the Unit Chief will address programmatic issues and questions related to prenatal screening program performance and broader impacts of program policies on pregnancy outcomes in California. The RSSI will supervise and be actively engaged in development and evaluation of new prenatal screening technologies to improve the effectiveness and efficacy of the prenatal screening program. The RSSI acts as the State’s highly specialized consultant in program evaluation, development, planning and research for the prenatal screening program.