INTERDISCIPLINARY STAFF SCIENTIST
Summary
Develops risk assessment protocols and analyzes food safety data to evaluate microbial/chemical hazards in meat, poultry, and eggs, guiding federal food safety policies and advising senior leaders on public health threats.
Join USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service as an Interdisciplinary Scientist. You will provide public health leadership by developing risk assessment protocols to evaluate microbial and chemical hazards in meat, poultry, and egg products. Working in a multi-disciplinary team, you will analyze foodborne data, oversee national sampling programs, and recommend mitigation strategies that form the basis of federal food safety policies.
Cleans, organizes, and processes data using standard software, spreadsheets, and programming languages.
Monitors occurrence rates of pathogens and chemical contaminants in meat, poultry, and egg products.
Drafts technical risk materials, summaries, and informational scientific updates for internal review.
Sets structural priorities and evaluation parameters for National Residue or Microbiological Sampling Programs.
Serves as a definitive technical resource for senior leaders on emerging public health hazards.
Directs multi-disciplinary scientist teams, overseeing both core staff or large advisory groups.
Evaluates technical foreign safety documents related to World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements and food safety systems.
Addresses national technical societies, speaks to trade associations, and represents FSIS at federal conferences.