Public Health Data Scientist & Epidemiologist

Guidehouse; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Discretionary incentive bonus possible

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an Epidemiologist Data Scientist to support epidemiologic studies, surveillance programs, advanced analytics, and public health data modernization initiatives. The successful candidate will independently conduct analyses, interpret findings, support stakeholder engagement, and contribute to data products that improve public health outcomes.

Role requires US citizenship or equivalent, and experience with SAS/R/Python/SQL, plus ability to communicate findings across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and five or more years in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Health Data Science, or related field, or MPH/MS with three or more years.
• Experience conducting epidemiologic analyses on large-scale public health or healthcare datasets.
• Ability to interpret and communicate epidemiologic findings to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct epidemiologic analyses using diverse health datasets (surveillance, claims, lab, surveys).
• Develop analysis plans, statistical methods documentation, and technical reports.
• Perform descriptive, longitudinal, trend, and multivariable analyses.
• Translate findings into actionable insights for technical, operational, and executive audiences.
• Design data quality rules, surveillance indicators, and performance measures.
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, and recurring data products using modern analytics tools.
• Support modernization and automation of analytic workflows and reporting processes.
• Contribute to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, reports, and dissemination products.
• Provide technical assistance to clients and project teams.
• Mentor junior staff and support quality review of deliverables.

Skills

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Health Data Science

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5+ years

MPH/MS + 3+ years

Tools

SAS

R

Python

SQL

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking an Epidemiologist Data Scientist to support epidemiologic studies, surveillance programs, advanced analytics, and public health data modernization initiatives. The successful candidate will independently conduct analyses, interpret findings, support stakeholder engagement, and contribute to data products that improve public health outcomes.

Role requires US citizenship or equivalent, and experience with SAS/R/Python/SQL, plus ability to communicate findings across