Senior Data Scientist, Public Health Analytics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA is seeking a data science professional to support the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The role focuses on transforming public health data, applying ML and NLP techniques, and contributing to data-driven decisions across programs.

Qualified applicants will have a strong background in data science, experience with structured and unstructured data, and the ability to document methods clearly.

Qualifications

• Degree or combination: Mathematics, statistics, CS, data science or related field (bachelor level).
• Combination of education and experience: 30 semester hours as above plus additional education/experience.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13 performing data science tasks, data conversion, and ML/NLP knowledge.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Natural language processing

Public health data systems

Structured data

Unstructured data

Data conversion

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science or field directly related

Job description

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA is seeking a data science professional to support the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The role focuses on transforming public health data, applying ML and NLP techniques, and contributing to data-driven decisions across programs.

Qualified applicants will have a strong background in data science, experience with structured and unstructured data, and the ability to document methods clearly.