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Req #: 248075

Department: INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION (IHME)

Appointing Department Web Address: healthdata.org

Job Location Detail: Office is located in Seattle, Washington. This position is eligible to work fully remote in the US; work schedule required to overlap 60% of IHME office hours, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific Time.

Posting Date: 07/22/2025

Closing Info:

Closes On 08/02/2025

Salary: $7,426 to $8,699 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes:

As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20250130-a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

**_The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)_** is an independent research center at the University of Washington. 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, Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations. Our vision is to provide policymakers, donors, and researchers with the highest-quality quantitative evidence base so all people live long lives in full health.

IHME is committed to providing the evidence base necessary to help solve the world’s most important health problems. This requires creativity and innovation, which are cultivated by an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment that respects and appreciates differences, embraces collaboration, and invites the voices of all IHME team members.

The GBD Tuberculosis Team at IHME is currently looking for a** **_Temporary_** **Researcher** **to help estimate the global burden of tuberculosis.

IHME Researchers (IHME Research Scientist 1) analyze and produce key estimates for their assigned research team and will assess all available 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. Using established modeling tools and through creation of novel code. Researchers incorporate all relevant data to produce the most up-to-date and scientifically credible results.

You will be integrally involved in producing, critiquing, improving, and disseminating results. You already have a command of epidemiology, statistics, disease modeling, or related interests, and we will help you develop an understanding of our core research and methodology. Our Researchers work with senior research leads and external collaborators and take part in the intellectual exchange about how to improve upon and disseminate the results.

You are expected to interact successfully with a wide range of partners and to describe complex concepts and materials concisely. Overall, Researchers are critical members of agile, dynamic research teams. This position is contingent on project funding availability.

_Currently, this position is funded for and expected to last for 12 months._ **Responsibilities**

• Develop a core understanding of tuberculosis methodology and its components.

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the scientific and epidemiologic domain of tuberculosis, HIV-TB, and TB drug resistance.

• Under the guidance of experienced scientist and/or faculty, carry out quantitative analyses and statistical modeling to produce results designated on a given timeline as part of collaborative research projects.

• Review and assess data sources in order to determine their relevance and utility for ongoing analyses. Sources include vital registration, censuses, surveys, registries, administrative data, and academic literature. Become expert in understanding key data sources and, in particular, variations in these across and within countries.

• Review, assess, and improve results and methods.

• Develop and implement new computational and statistical methods. Create, test, and use relevant computer code (Stata and R). Maintain and distribute completed software as needed.

• Document code and analytic approaches systematically so that analyses can be replicated by other team members.

• Lead discussion in research meetings about results and analyses to vet, improve, and finalize results.

• Contribute to creation of presentations, manuscripts, and funding proposals. Co-author paper(s).

• Maintain scientific awareness and intellectual agility with data, methods, and analytic techniques.

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

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, biostatistics, math, economics, quantitative social sciences or related discipline plus 1 year related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

_Additional_

• Familiarity with handling large datasets and conducting advanced statistical analyses.

• Proven interest and some experience in a given disease, risk, key indicator, methodological area, and the related data sources and scientific underpinnings.

• Strong analytic, critical thinking, and quantitative skills.

• Ability to professionally and effectively communicate and work with other staff at all levels in order to achieve team goals for the analyses and related outputs.

• Results- and detail-oriented individual who can initiate and complete tasks under tight deadlines and changing priorities both independently and in a team environment. Flexibility with hours and workload is key.

• Working ability with statistical programming languages (Stata and R).

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

• 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.

• A commitment to working alongside others at IHME to illuminate the health impacts of systemic racism and to work within IHME to make our organization more diverse and inclusive. See IHME's DEI statement here: https://www.healthdata.org/about/careers/dei .

DESIRABLE QIALIFICATIONS

• Track record of success in co-authorship on scientific papers, presenting results, and representing research at meetings.

• Knowledge of machine learning, data mining, and analytic techniques.

Condition of Employment:

• Weekend and evening work sometimes required.

• This position is open to anyone authorized to work in the US. _The UW is not able to sponsor visas for staff positions._

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

• Office is located in Seattle, Washington. This position is eligible to work fully remote in the US; work schedule required to overlap 60% of IHME office hours, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific Time.

Application Process:

The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter, and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. **_Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed._**

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.