[Hiring] Research Scientist, Integrated Analytics @University of Washington Medical Center

Role Description

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has an excellent opportunity for a Research Scientist on the Integrated Analytics team. We are looking for someone ready to advance in their career in global health research. As a Research Scientist, you will be contributing to research design and training, leading, and/or mentoring junior staff.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Exhibit command of the GBD and forecasting research areas, including the methodology and its components.
• Independently carry out quantitative analyses and participate in reciprocal research projects.
• Interpret and vet results from junior staff, formulate conclusions, and inform team leaders.
• Develop, quality check, and distribute complex datasets for epidemiological and statistical analyses.
• Develop and implement new computational and statistical methods.
• Write, test, and maintain code in Python, R, SQL, or equivalent.
• Maintain, modify, and execute analytic machinery that generates results.
• Assist in drafting presentations and manuscripts, and contribute to the preparation of funding proposals.
• Lead and co-author scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Maintain scientific awareness and intellectual agility with data, methods, and analytic techniques.
• May lead and/or mentor junior staff.
• Contribute ideas and content for internal and external training materials.
• Contribute to research design.
• Other duties as assigned that fall within reasonable scope of research team.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, biostatistics, math, economics, quantitative social sciences, or related discipline plus four years' related experience.
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications.

Requirements

• Excellent analytic, critical thinking, and quantitative skills.
• Results- and detail-oriented individual who can initiate and complete tasks under tight deadlines.
• Experience devising and executing statistical modeling techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly recognize problems in results and identify root causes.
• Ease in designing, executing, and troubleshooting code in R or Python.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to and sustain collaborations with external research teams.
• Experience in working with large data sets and critical evaluation of model outputs.
• Ability to work both independently and in collaboration with a team.
• A long-term interest in a research scientist position contributing to the overall mission of our research.

Benefits

• Pay Range Minimum: $110,016.00 annual
• Pay Range Maximum: $137,460.00 annual
• This position is eligible to work fully remote in the US.
• Working internationally is only allowed for IHME sponsored work that requires in-country participation.
• Office is located in Seattle, Washington.