Department Summary  

The University of Michigan (UM) University Health and Counseling (UHC) (formerly University Health Service), a unit of Student Life, is an ambulatory, multispecialty health clinic that serves a diverse student body of more than 50,000 students, as well as UM faculty and staff. UHC provides clinical services throughout its primary care and numerous specialty clinics, as well as health and wellness education and promotion. As a college health center, UHC has unique and heavy reporting needs related to communicable diseases, especially respiratory, gastrointestinal and sexually transmitted infections. These needs escalate in the context of infectious disease outbreaks; recent examples include COVID-19, influenza A, adenovirus, mumps, norovirus, and cyclosporiasis. UHC works closely with the Applied Public Health team to report diseases and monitor outbreaks. 

Job Summary 

UHC is seeking to hire a temporary, part-time student to assist with infection prevention activities, including data collection, notifiable disease reporting, and infection prevention-related projects. Shifts range from 2-8 hours in duration, with some weekend and evening hours required. The anticipated start date is August 24th, 2026. 

Responsibilities

• Extract data related to notifiable diseases from the UHC electronic health record (Epic) and enter into the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS)

• Perform in-depth medical record reviews during outbreaks for response, reporting and monitoring purposes 

• Assist in the preparation of communicable disease and infection prevention data, periodic and ad hoc reports, and presentations

• Assist in disease surveillance, quality improvement, and other health and wellness research projects

• Assist in the development and preparation of analytical tools and dashboards for tracking and measuring health outcomes

• Alert leadership of disease trends identified during reporting, including cases of public health concern

• Other duties as assigned

Application additional information

Within your application materials, please indicate the degree(s) you are seeking, your class schedule or availability for the Fall 2026 semester, and if you are available to begin training during the week of August 24, 2026.

Job Requirements

• Mature, reliable, motivated, and eager to learn

• Excellent communication skills

• Able to work with cross-functional departments

• Compliant with all confidentiality requirements

• Flexible and demonstrates ability to work as part of a diverse team

• Interest in infection prevention, surveillance and disease transmission 

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Detail-oriented

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree 

• Proficiency using spreadsheets with tools such as Excel and Google Sheets

Desired Qualifications

• Current enrollment in a Master of Public Health (MPH) program, including those seeking a Certificate in Healthcare Infection Prevention & Control (CHIP) or who are focusing on epidemiology as their main area of study

• Basic-intermediate knowledge of statistics and statistical programs and/or experience with data analysis