Senior Epidemiologist: Wildfire Health & Data Science Lead

University of British Columbia; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 98,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

UBC invites applications for a Senior Epidemiologist to provide technical leadership for wildfire smoke and population health studies across British Columbia and Canada. The role spans data access, reproducible data pipelines, advanced epidemiologic analyses, and preparation of knowledge translation materials.

The incumbent will supervise research staff and trainees, present methods and results, and contribute to high-impact publications and grant development within a collaborative,

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in Statistics; five years of related experience in integrative analysis or equivalent.
• Post-graduate degree in statistics, biostatistics, or epidemiology preferred.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Designs and conducts epidemiologic studies on wildfire smoke and population health in BC and across Canada.
• Builds data pipelines for reproducible analyses and manages data access for multiple platforms.
• Supervises staff and trainees in study design, data preparation, analysis and reporting.

Skills

Statistics

Epidemiology

Data analysis

R

Python

SAS

Biostatistics

Leadership

Education

Post-graduate degree in Statistics

Post-graduate degree in biostatistics or epidemiology

Tools

R

Python

SAS

Geospatial analysis

Job description

UBC invites applications for a Senior Epidemiologist to provide technical leadership for wildfire smoke and population health studies across British Columbia and Canada. The role spans data access, reproducible data pipelines, advanced epidemiologic analyses, and preparation of knowledge translation materials.

The incumbent will supervise research staff and trainees, present methods and results, and contribute to high-impact publications and grant development within a collaborative,