[Hiring] Public Health Expert - Epidemiology @Mercor

Role Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Public Health Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $45–$65/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily, including:
  • Surveillance summaries
  • Grant applications
  • Program evaluations
  • Health-assessment reports
• Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows, requiring navigation of multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other public-health experts to design the environment and shape task scope, reviewing scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for public-health agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking, informing how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

• Must-Have:
  • 3+ years of full-time experience at a federal health agency, large state/county health department, major academic school of public health, or F500 population-health organization.
  • Background in epidemiology, surveillance, outbreak investigation, health policy, or program evaluation.
  • Day-to-day use of Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, and Socrata/Esri ArcGIS Hub.
  • Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
• Preferred:
  • MPH, PhD, or DrPH.
  • Fluency in biostatistics or GIS.

Requirements

• Transition from an effective hourly rate to compensation based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
• Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.