Research Scientist (Temporary)

Job Description

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research organization at the University of Washington (UW). Its mission is to deliver to the world timely relevant and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice. IHME carries out its mission through a range of projects within different research areas including the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Injuries and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations.

IHME has an excellent opportunity for a Temporary Research Scientist to join the Mathematical Sciences and Computation Algorithms (MSCA) team. We are looking for someone ready to advance in their career in global health research. As a Research Scientist (Payroll Title: IHME Research Scientist 2 (E S 9 SEIU 925 IHME)) you will be contributing to research design and training leading and/or mentoring junior staff. IHME researchers analyze and produce key estimates for their assigned research team and will assess all available relevant quantitative data including those on causes of death epidemiology and a range of determinants such as education and income from surveys vital registration censuses literature registries and administrative records.

You will be integrally involved in producing critiquing improving and disseminating results. You are someone who is capable of keeping your team on track to meet deadlines and research objectives. You already have a publication record and at IHME you will build out your portfolio with several peer-reviewed papers. You thrive in a collaborative work environment and are capable of working on multiple projects concurrently while meeting deadlines. You keep current of recent scientific engineering and technical advances and are able to translate these into your research.

This position is contingent on project funding.

Responsibilities:

• Exhibit command of the teams research areas including the methodology and its components as well as software implementation and development process.

• 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 and implement new computational and statistical methods. Write test and maintain code in Python with a willingness to learn and adapt to best software development practices.

• 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 to enhance understanding and effective use of IHME tools and data. May participate in teaching established trainings.

• Contribute to research design.

• Other duties as assigned that fall within reasonable scope of research team.

Minimum Requirements:

• Masters degree in public health epidemiology statistics biostatistics math economics quantitative social sciences or related discipline plus four years of related experience.

• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements such as a license certification and/or registration.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience developing methods for meta-analysis with focus on the recent Burden of Proof methodology.

• Ease in designing executing and troubleshooting code in Python.

• Working familiarity with one or more additional programming languages (e.g. C R Stata SQL).

• Excellent analytic critical thinking and quantitative skills.

• Experience devising and executing statistical modeling techniques.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills required including track record of success in co-authorship on multiple scientific papers presenting results and representing research at meetings.

• Experience in working with large data sets including devising strategies for reliable data management for large data sets computationally efficient modeling techniques to use such data sets and critical evaluation of highly multidimensional model outputs that result from such work.

• 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.

Desired Qualifications:

• Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics Statistics Mathematics or a relevant STEM/Scientific discipline.

• Two years of research experience preferred.

• 1 or more years of collaborative software development experience with direct experience working with MSCA tools desired (Python preferred).

• Peer-reviewed publication record.

Conditions of Employment:

• Weekend and evening work sometimes required.

• This position is open to anyone authorized to work in the US.

• Working internationally is only allowed for IHME sponsored work that requires in -country participation.

• This position is located in Seattle Washington working in-person at the IHME office. Hybrid work schedule may be possible.

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About the UW

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