Applied Statistician - Public Health & Biostatistics
Core
Analyze national-scale health data to control epidemics (HIV, TB, malaria) and co-direct ground teams to convert data into life-saving actions.
Role type
Applied Statistician (Public Health & Biostatistics)
Builds
Epidemiological performance indicators, dashboards, and automated analysis pipelines for public health surveillance.
Domain
Public Health / Global Health / Epidemiology
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Statistical analysis, epidemiological indicator construction, data quality assessment, machine learning (decision trees, boosting, neural networks), SQL, R, Python, git version control, experimental design, time series analysis, RCTs, dataset cleaning and validation
Preferred skills
Peer-reviewed publications in biostats/public health, subject matter expertise in HIV/TB/malaria surveillance, AI-powered coding techniques, fluency in French or Portuguese
Technologies
SQL, R, Python, git
Responsibilities
Analyze national-scale health data for epidemic control; construct and analyze epidemiological performance indicators; analyze data quality (timeliness, completeness, correctness); co-direct ground teams to convert data into action; collaborate with government and medical teams on policy and research; construct dashboards for data visualization
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC