This position is located in CDC’s Office of Non-Communicable Disease, Injury and Environmental Health (ODNIEH), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division of Violence Prevention (DVP). DVP is committed to stopping violence before it begins. The Division’s work in violence prevention involves:
Monitoring violence-related behaviors, injuries, and deaths; Conducting research on the factors that put people at risk or protect them from violence; Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of violence prevention strategies, programs, and policies; Helping state and local partners plan, implement, and evaluate prevention programs; and conducting research on the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies, programs, and policies and ensuring their widespread adoption.
Through its programs and initiatives, DVP works with national organizations, state and local health agencies, and other partners to develop, implement, and promote effective violence prevention and control practices. DVP’s Research and Evaluation Branch (REB) plans, directs and conducts etiologic studies, effectiveness research, dissemination/implementation research, and program evaluation focusing on the prevention of violence, including, but not limited to, youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, suicide, child maltreatment, and elder abuse.
DVP is seeking highly qualified candidates for a full-time Senior Service Fellow to serve as a Behavioral Scientist. The ideal candidate will have experience and subject matter expertise in suicide prevention research.
Those interested may learn more here.