Position Title: Toxicologist

Location: Houston, Tx (hybrid Harris County)

Salary: $80,000

Position End Date: 09/29/26

The CDC Foundation is working with CDC and state and local authorities to provide surge staff to support overdose surveillance, prevention and response activities within the program. The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a Toxicologist. Under general supervision, the Toxicologist will be responsible for working to obtain, review and analyze data and reports from overdose fatalities.

 

· Minimum of 5 years of experience in toxicology

· Graduate degree in forensic science, chemistry, toxicology or related field

· Ability to distinguish various drug toxicities among sample types

· Experience in providing risk assessments of long-term substance misuse patients

· Experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and reporting  

· Experience with comprehensive toxicology testing that include multi-drug toxicities

· Demonstrated attention to detail and proficiency communicating complex concepts to various audiences, as it pertains to toxicology

· Ability to present data using data visualization tools

· Demonstrated knowledge in overdose toxicology, including multi-dose toxicology, overdose prevention, substance use disorder treatment, community-based overdose prevention, recovery, and/or drug policy

· Ability to work effectively with law enforcement, emergency personnel, and medical staff on improving life-saving interventions for non-fatal overdose patients experiencing crisis

· Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams

· Experience working in a virtual environment with remote partners and teams

· Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Zoom

 

· Create reports, charts, and publications on selected overdose patients as it pertains to opioid and other drug use affects the body and contributes to fatalities

· Work closely with hospitals and other medical care facilities to obtain toxicology reports from overdose patients

· Analyze results of overdose patients to create documents, publications, and journal reviews on the short-term and long-term effects of opioid, synthetics, and other novel substances

· Present toxicology information at local, state, and national meetings as it relates to OD2A

· Work closely with law enforcement, medical staff, and counseling centers on the proper treatments available to non-fatal overdose individuals during various stages of the overdose intervention crisis episode

· Create prescription management teams that will help patients, prescribers, and other medical professionals identify low-risk candidates for opioid prescriptions

· Coordinate with medical prescribers, regulators, and clinical staff on other abuse-deterrent solutions for current patients receiving prescriptions with high risk of abuse potential

· Create a risk-benefit assessment to evaluate the potential risk for opioid prescription misuse/abuse

· Educate opioid prescribers on advantages and disadvantages of opioids for chronic pain treatment, including management of prescriptions

· Assist in creating sustainability of overdose prevention programming

 

This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by both the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment. Relocation expenses are not included.          

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations, and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1 billion and launched more than 1,000 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of CDC-led programs in the United States and in more than 140 countries last year. Learn more at .