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Discover Your Career at Emory University: Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.
ABOUT THE JOB
Our laboratory is located within the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Rollins is ranked No. 2 among schools and programs of public health by U.S.News & World Report (2026) and No. 4 among schools of public health in NIH funding (Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, 2025). The Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health houses researchers with interests spanning mechanistic and computational toxicology, genomics, the developmental origins of disease, air pollution, climate change, water, sanitation and hygiene, and environmental epidemiology. Within the department is Emory’s HERCULES Exposome Research Center, an NIEHS P30 Environmental Health Sciences Core Center and the first exposome research center in the US. The department’s team-science approach provides opportunities to co-author publications with leading collaborators. We support career development through workshops on the exposome, mass spectrometry, and analytical chemistry, and through travel to national and international conferences. Work-related experience will be considered in determining level and salary.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Under limited supervision, uses a basic knowledge of public health principles to analyze, develop, implement, and promote new and creative strategies and solutions to address public health issues and challenges.
- Addresses public health issues by providing education, technical assistance, advocacy, public awareness, and research.
- Works with programs or studies designed to evaluate the prevalence or surveillance of public health issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions.
- May provide technical assistance to organizations to include presentations, web-based resources, strategies, and educational forums to address specific public health issues.
- May work with clinical study sites on patient recruitment and data collection standards. Assists with data collection and data analysis.
- Contributes to proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.
- May assist in designing, developing, and conducting targeted training initiatives.
- May collaborate with external organizations to develop action plans and goals to achieve specific objectives.
- Performs related responsibilities as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master's degree in Public Health, a master of science degree in Public Health or Health Education, OR a master's degree in Development Practice OR a master's degree in another field and one year of public health experience.
ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:
The Comprehensive Laboratory for Untargeted Exposome Science (CLUES) in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health at Emory University seeks applications for a Public Health Program Associate to lead the laboratory’s gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) team. CLUES measures environmental chemicals, micro- and nanoplastics, and metabolites in human biofluids, tissues, and other matrices for large population studies of how exposures affect health. Our projects examine environmental contributors to cancer, neurodevelopmental outcomes, and metabolic disease, and develop methods to measure exposures of emerging concern, including microplastics, PFAS, and persistent organic pollutants.
Working under limited supervision from the laboratory director, the Program Associate will oversee daily GC-HRMS research operations, including pyrolysis GC-HRMS methods for micro- and nanoplastics. They will apply public health and exposure science principles to develop and carry out analytical strategies for collaborating studies, help collect, analyze, and report study data, and train new team members. The position includes regular work with collaborating study teams on sample collection standards and on the interpretation and presentation of results. The facility houses five LC-HRMS systems (Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 120) and two GC-HRMS systems (Thermo Orbitrap Exploris GC and Exploris GC 240), each with a Frontier pyrolysis and autosampler system.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead day-to-day operation of the GC-HRMS team, including scheduling, sample preparation, instrument runs, and tracking of project timelines.
- Prepare and analyze biological and environmental samples by GC-HRMS and pyrolysis GC-HRMS.
- Oversee daily instrument performance checks and QA/QC, and troubleshoot when results do not meet pass/fail criteria.
- Develop, verify, and optimize GC-HRMS methods, including setting assay suitability criteria.
- Process, analyze, and summarize targeted and untargeted GC-HRMS data, and report results to the laboratory director and study teams.
- Work with collaborating study sites on standards for sample collection, storage, and shipment, including contamination control for micro- and nanoplastic analyses.
- Provide technical assistance to collaborating research groups and organizations through presentations, written protocols, web-based resources, and consultation on study design.
- Design and deliver training for new laboratory members and students on GC-HRMS methods, data processing, and laboratory safety.
- Contribute to grant proposals, study protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentations of study findings.
- Coordinate with external collaborators to set project plans, goals, and timelines.
- Maintain laboratory safety procedures and the receipt, cataloging, and inventory of samples for GC-HRMS projects.
- Provide weekly updates on study progress to the laboratory director.
- Perform related responsibilities as required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Hands-on experience with GC-MS or GC-HRMS, including sample preparation, instrument operation, and routine maintenance.
- Experience developing or validating analytical methods for environmental chemicals in biological samples.
- Experience processing mass spectrometry data and working in R, Python, or another scripting language.
- Experience training or supervising laboratory staff or students.
- Familiarity with exposure assessment, biomonitoring, or environmental epidemiology.
Knowledge/Skills:
The ideal candidate pays close attention to detail, communicates clearly in writing and in person, has strong quantitative laboratory skills, and follows good laboratory practices. They should be well organized, manage time well, and meet project timelines independently. Candidates who are eager to learn and highly organized are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every preferred qualification.
NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).
Emory University is committed to ensuring equal access and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to seek a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Department of Accessibility Services at accessibility@emory.edu or call 404-727-9877 (Voice) | 404-712-2049 (TDD). We kindly ask that requests be made at least seven business days in advance to allow adequate time for coordination.
INTRODUCTION
Discover Your Career at Emory University: Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.
ABOUT THE JOB
Our laboratory is located within the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Rollins is ranked No. 2 among schools and programs of public health by U.S.News & World Report (2026) and No. 4 among schools of public health in NIH funding (Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, 2025). The Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health houses researchers with interests spanning mechanistic and computational toxicology, genomics, the developmental origins of disease, air pollution, climate change, water, sanitation and hygiene, and environmental epidemiology. Within the department is Emory’s HERCULES Exposome Research Center, an NIEHS P30 Environmental Health Sciences Core Center and the first exposome research center in the US. The department’s team-science approach provides opportunities to co-author publications with leading collaborators. We support career development through workshops on the exposome, mass spectrometry, and analytical chemistry, and through travel to national and international conferences. Work-related experience will be considered in determining level and salary.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Under limited supervision, uses a basic knowledge of public health principles to analyze, develop, implement, and promote new and creative strategies and solutions to address public health issues and challenges.
- Addresses public health issues by providing education, technical assistance, advocacy, public awareness, and research.
- Works with programs or studies designed to evaluate the prevalence or surveillance of public health issues and the effectiveness of targeted interventions.
- May provide technical assistance to organizations to include presentations, web-based resources, strategies, and educational forums to address specific public health issues.
- May work with clinical study sites on patient recruitment and data collection standards. Assists with data collection and data analysis.
- Contributes to proposals, protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.
- May assist in designing, developing, and conducting targeted training initiatives.
- May collaborate with external organizations to develop action plans and goals to achieve specific objectives.
- Performs related responsibilities as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A master's degree in Public Health, a master of science degree in Public Health or Health Education, OR a master's degree in Development Practice OR a master's degree in another field and one year of public health experience.
ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:
The Comprehensive Laboratory for Untargeted Exposome Science (CLUES) in the Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health at Emory University seeks applications for a Public Health Program Associate to lead the laboratory’s gas chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) team. CLUES measures environmental chemicals, micro- and nanoplastics, and metabolites in human biofluids, tissues, and other matrices for large population studies of how exposures affect health. Our projects examine environmental contributors to cancer, neurodevelopmental outcomes, and metabolic disease, and develop methods to measure exposures of emerging concern, including microplastics, PFAS, and persistent organic pollutants.
Working under limited supervision from the laboratory director, the Program Associate will oversee daily GC-HRMS research operations, including pyrolysis GC-HRMS methods for micro- and nanoplastics. They will apply public health and exposure science principles to develop and carry out analytical strategies for collaborating studies, help collect, analyze, and report study data, and train new team members. The position includes regular work with collaborating study teams on sample collection standards and on the interpretation and presentation of results. The facility houses five LC-HRMS systems (Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 120) and two GC-HRMS systems (Thermo Orbitrap Exploris GC and Exploris GC 240), each with a Frontier pyrolysis and autosampler system.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead day-to-day operation of the GC-HRMS team, including scheduling, sample preparation, instrument runs, and tracking of project timelines.
- Prepare and analyze biological and environmental samples by GC-HRMS and pyrolysis GC-HRMS.
- Oversee daily instrument performance checks and QA/QC, and troubleshoot when results do not meet pass/fail criteria.
- Develop, verify, and optimize GC-HRMS methods, including setting assay suitability criteria.
- Process, analyze, and summarize targeted and untargeted GC-HRMS data, and report results to the laboratory director and study teams.
- Work with collaborating study sites on standards for sample collection, storage, and shipment, including contamination control for micro- and nanoplastic analyses.
- Provide technical assistance to collaborating research groups and organizations through presentations, written protocols, web-based resources, and consultation on study design.
- Design and deliver training for new laboratory members and students on GC-HRMS methods, data processing, and laboratory safety.
- Contribute to grant proposals, study protocols, data analysis plans, reports, manuscripts, and presentations of study findings.
- Coordinate with external collaborators to set project plans, goals, and timelines.
- Maintain laboratory safety procedures and the receipt, cataloging, and inventory of samples for GC-HRMS projects.
- Provide weekly updates on study progress to the laboratory director.
- Perform related responsibilities as required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Hands-on experience with GC-MS or GC-HRMS, including sample preparation, instrument operation, and routine maintenance.
- Experience developing or validating analytical methods for environmental chemicals in biological samples.
- Experience processing mass spectrometry data and working in R, Python, or another scripting language.
- Experience training or supervising laboratory staff or students.
- Familiarity with exposure assessment, biomonitoring, or environmental epidemiology.
Knowledge/Skills:
The ideal candidate pays close attention to detail, communicates clearly in writing and in person, has strong quantitative laboratory skills, and follows good laboratory practices. They should be well organized, manage time well, and meet project timelines independently. Candidates who are eager to learn and highly organized are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every preferred qualification.
NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).
Emory University is committed to ensuring equal access and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to seek a reasonable accommodation, please contact the Department of Accessibility Services at accessibility@emory.edu or call 404-727-9877 (Voice) | 404-712-2049 (TDD). We kindly ask that requests be made at least seven business days in advance to allow adequate time for coordination.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Public Health Analyst
Align your degree to the role
USCIS evaluates whether your degree field directly relates to public health analysis duties. A degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, or health policy strengthens your petition. If your degree is in a broader field, gather coursework transcripts showing concentration in public health methods.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through IV wage tiers for Public Health Analysts in your target metro before salary conversations begin.
Target agencies and research institutions
Federal contractors, state health departments, hospital systems, and research universities file LCAs regularly for analyst roles. Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history specifically for public health and epidemiology positions, narrowed by city and role type.
Confirm each worksite gets its own LCA
If your role involves field work or multiple office locations, each worksite needs its own certified LCA before you work there. Raise this with your employer's HR or immigration counsel early, especially if the position involves county or regional health department assignments.
Review your O*NET profile before interviews
The O*NET occupation profile for Public Health Analysts lists the core tasks, knowledge areas, and typical education level USCIS references when evaluating specialty occupation status. Reviewing it helps you frame your role duties accurately on your resume and in employer petition documentation.
Prepare for cap selection timing uncertainties
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so don't rely on older timelines when planning your start date. If you're on OPT, factor in cap-gap protection and coordinate with your DSO so your work authorization stays continuous through the USCIS adjudication period.
H-1B Visa Public Health Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Public Health Analyst role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, or a directly related field, it typically meets the H-1B specialty occupation standard. Employers strengthen the petition by writing job descriptions that reflect degree-level analytical duties, such as designing surveillance systems, conducting statistical modeling, or evaluating intervention programs.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Public Health Analysts?
Federal contractors, hospital systems, academic research centers, nonprofit health organizations, and state or county public health agencies are among the most consistent H-1B sponsors for this role. You can browse employers with verified LCA filing history for public health and epidemiology positions on Migrate Mate, filtered by location and role type, without sorting through unverified job boards.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Public Health Analyst offers?
Before USCIS can approve your H-1B petition, your employer must certify through the LCA that your offered wage meets or exceeds the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and specific work location. Wages vary significantly by geography and experience level, so use the OFLC Wage Search to understand the wage tier your role falls under before you evaluate any offer.
Can my H-1B transfer if I move from a government contractor to a direct agency position?
Yes, H-1B portability allows you to begin working for a new employer once the new I-129 petition is filed with USCIS, without waiting for approval, as long as you're maintaining valid H-1B status. Each new employer must file a fresh LCA and I-129, and if the new worksite differs from the original, a new LCA certification is required for that location.
What documentation supports a Public Health Analyst H-1B petition?
Core documentation includes your academic transcripts and degree certificates, a detailed job description specifying degree-level duties, the certified LCA, and any professional credentials or publications relevant to your subspecialty. If your degree is from outside the U.S., a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization helps USCIS confirm equivalency to a U.S. bachelor's degree in a qualifying field.