Quantitative Epidemiology & Health Systems Researcher

IRD Occitanie; France; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work up to 3 days/week

Job summary

IRD Occitanie is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (R1) in epidemiology to join the Ezaka Ho Tomady program. You will assess health interventions across Madagascar, analyze large survey data, and lead quasi-experimental evaluations with IRD and INSPC partners.

You will develop reproducible analyses in R, contribute to scientific articles, and train partners while coordinating with UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health. Travel to Madagascar is required as needed.

Qualifications

• PhD (Level 8) in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, applied statistics or a related quantitative discipline.

Responsibilities

• Assess baseline population health and the effects of UNICEF-supported health system strengthening interventions across five districts in Madagascar, identifying progress, inequalities and opportunities to improve the Ezaka Ho Tomady programme.
• Report to the programme’s Co-Scientific Director and work with IRD and INSPC researchers and partners in Madagascar.
• Analyse representative household surveys (weights, stratification and clustering) and estimate maternal and child healthcare coverage, mortality and nutritional status.
• Investigate determinants of access to healthcare and socioeconomic/geographic inequalities; track changes over survey rounds.
• Lead quantitative evaluation using before-and-after analyses; where possible use difference-in-differences and synthetic-control approaches.
• Analyse monthly DHIS2 data for data quality and trends; apply interrupted time-series analyses; compare districts where feasible.
• Develop reproducible analyses in R; prepare scientific articles and reports; translate findings for UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health.
• Contribute to discussions and dissemination workshops with partners; deliver training in data analysis; co-supervise Master’s students.

Skills

R programming

Epidemiology statistics

Survey analysis

Quasi-experimental methods

Scientific writing (bilingual)

Education

PhD (Level 8) in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, applied statistics or related quantitative discipline

Tools

DHIS2

DHS/MICS

Spatial analysis

Job description

IRD Occitanie is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (R1) in epidemiology to join the Ezaka Ho Tomady program. You will assess health interventions across Madagascar, analyze large survey data, and lead quasi-experimental evaluations with IRD and INSPC partners.

You will develop reproducible analyses in R, contribute to scientific articles, and train partners while coordinating with UNICEF and the Ministry of Public Health. Travel to Madagascar is required as needed.