MI: Midland
Dow - Senior Epidemiologist
One of Two Psitions

posted 11/18/03

Dow is a leading science and technology company that provides innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $28 billion, Dow serves customers in more than 160 countries and a wide range of markets that are vital to human progress, including food, transportation, health and medicine, personal and home care, and building and construction, among others. Committed to the principles of sustainable development, Dow and its 50,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities

This global job provides experienced consulting expertise in epidemiology, to support leadership teams addressing corporate enterprise critical issues, global businesses, Health Services Expertise Center, and to partnership areas of EH&S and Human Resources. This activity includes assessing, designing, directing, planning and conducting state of the art epidemiology studies, critiquing external work, providing reviews of substance specific health effects, directing and working with interdisciplinary teams developing strategy to assure sound government regulation, monitoring studies which may impact businesses, and providing medical input to all epidemiology undertakings. The incumbent will represent Dow to trade associations, external academic groups, government bodies, and the public. This role is also expected to provide leadership in expanding the applications of epidemiology to critical human health and safety as well as health care/medical challenges facing Dow. The incumbent will report to the Global Director of Health Services

Primary responsibilities and qualifications:

Provide senior consulting support and services to Dow corporate, global sites, global businesses and functional clients. Determine the needs for epidemiology research, surveillance or subject matter expertise/consulting for business/product support or support for manufacturing or site medical personnel in order to keep The Dow Chemical Company in compliance and fulfill product stewardship responsibilities of the company. Provide consulting and develop the required research, working closely with a variety of epidemiologic personnel and a variety of manufacturing, business, or other health professions personnel (industrial hygiene, medical, toxicology).
Plan and coordinate epidemiologic research for products/processes or components of products/processes manufactured or used by The Dow Chemical Company to support internal decision-making with regard to human
health and safety. Participate as a subject matter expert in business risk reviews.
Critically review non-Dow epidemiologic research and assist in communicating the impact of such research upon
Dow.
Participate in EH&S and Health Services teams and projects as a subject matter expert and as an active participant to partner in realizing Health Services Expertise Center objectives.
Participate in trade, government, and academic organizations in order to support, maintain and/or influence health policies that would impact Dow.
Maintain technical expertise in the field of epidemiology and statistical methods to benefit Health Services and
The Dow Chemical Company.
Provide leadership or participation in key positions, roles or projects for the Global Health Services Expertise Center such as business focal point, technical focal point, or team leader.
In collaboration with Health Services senior medical staff, provide technical leadership to design and implement
new approaches for population health assessment which address current constraints and needs.
Provide technical skills and leadership to current issues of employee health particularly novel techniques in human performance analysis to optimize employee and Dow business success.
Provide technical leadership for health care cost analysis in partnership with Health Services and senior HR staff
to address the corporate critical situation with health care costs.

Qualifications:

PhD in epidemiology, biostatistics or related field. Minimum 5 years corporate epidemiology with total epidemiology experience of 7-10 years, and strong publication record. Experience with collaboration and interface with regulators and academic partnerships. Academic experience is desired but not required. Multiple language skills are an asset.

Locations:

Positions are located in Midland MI (USA) (Job # 0200321) and/or Europe (Job # 0300327)
Salary is commensurate with qualifications. Travel will vary, as it is project dependent.

Please apply online to: www.careersatdow.com. Epidemiologist Job # 0200321 or Job # 0300327.
If you have any questions then please contact John MacKinnon at jmackinnon@dow.com