Epidemiology Data Analyst - Public Health Insights

Guidehouse; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 53,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an Associate Epidemiologist to support public health analytics, surveillance, research, and data modernization initiatives as part of our Technology AI/Data capability.

This role supports senior epidemiologists, data scientists, and public health subject matter experts in analyzing health data, monitoring trends, validating datasets, and producing reports and visualizations that inform public health decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Sciences, Data Science, or related field.
• 1+ year of professional experience supporting epidemiology, surveillance, public health analytics, research, or health data activities.
• Experience with large datasets using SAS, R, Python, SQL, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with epidemiologic principles, public health surveillance methods, and data quality practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Support epidemiologic analysis of surveillance, clinical, claims, survey, and other public health datasets.
• Assist with data cleaning, validation, quality assurance, and preparation of analysis-ready datasets.
• Develop descriptive statistics, trend analyses, tables, figures, and routine surveillance reports.
• Support development of dashboards, visualizations, and reporting products for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Assist in documentation activities including data dictionaries, metadata, codebooks, SOPs, and analytic methods documentation.
• Conduct literature reviews and support evidence synthesis activities.
• Collaborate with epidemiologists, biostatisticians, data scientists, and informaticists on public health analytics and data modernization initiatives.
• Support technical assistance, training, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Maintain quality, version control, and reproducibility standards across analytic deliverables.
• Participate in project meetings and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Independent work

Collaborative work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Epidemiology/Public Health/Biostatistics or related field

Tools

SAS

R

Python

SQL

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an Associate Epidemiologist to support public health analytics, surveillance, research, and data modernization initiatives as part of our Technology AI/Data capability.

This role supports senior epidemiologists, data scientists, and public health subject matter experts in analyzing health data, monitoring trends, validating datasets, and producing reports and visualizations that inform public health decision making.