Epidemiologist Cover Letter

Zach Stednick 440 Ellsmere Dr #56 Dixon, CA 95620 September 28, 2009 To Whom It May Concern, This letter is in support of my application for the Epidemiologist position at PHFE. I am excited about this position because I feel that this job closely aligns with my interests and future directions. I feel that this would be a good position to allow me to utilize my past research experiences as well as the technical skills acquired during my studies at Johns Hopkins University. In May 2009, I completed my Masters of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins. While attending Johns Hopkins, I focused primarily on biostatistics and the use of biostatistics to evaluate health outcomes. During my studies I finished a capstone project analyzing time to event data in approximately 1000 patients at four single nucleotide polymorphisms of interest for potential development of a heart condition. I designed many of the analysis techniques based on journal articles as well as my prior research in genetics. The majority of this analysis was done with Stata and I feel very confident in my Stata abilities. I also did part of the capstone project in R and did smaller projects using SAS and feel comfortable using all three of these packages. Prior to Johns Hopkins I worked in three different molecular genetics laboratories and worked on a variety of methods related to sequencing and gene expression. While working in the laboratory jobs I used a variety of other statistical and analysis platforms to evaluate data. I am confident in my abilities to rapidly learn and improve my knowledge of analysis on a variety of data sets. I also worked for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia and was responsible for creating a community-based education group tasked with teaching about HIV/AIDS in rural communities surrounding a hospital. I was forced to rapidly adjust to a limited resource setting and to effectively work with a group that had varying levels of education. I developed a database using Filemaker for tracking patients enrolled on ARV medication and allowing doctors, nurses, and pharmacists their own level of database access. I have a unique background which I believe makes me a uniquely qualified candidate for this position. I look forward to the opportunity to contribute to various projects and be involved with many different areas of research in the field of environmental health. I am also fluent in Spanish. I have also attached my resume and look forward to discussing my qualifications with you. I can be reached by phone at +1 (530) 601-6189 or email [email protected] Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Zach Stednick