We are a team on a mission, to put accessible and affordable healthcare in the hands of every person on earth. Our mission is bold and ambitious, and it’s one that’s shared by our team who shares our values, to dream big, build fast and be brilliant.
To achieve this, we’ve brought together one of the largest teams of scientists, clinicians, mathematicians and engineers to focus on combining the ever-growing computing power of machines, with the best medical expertise of humans, to create a comprehensive, immediate and personalized health service and make it universally available.
At Babylon our people aren’t just part of a team, they’re part of something bigger. We’re a vibrant community of creative thinkers and doers, forging the way for a new generation of healthcare. We’re only as good as our people. So, finding the best people is everything to us.
We serve millions, but we choose our people one at a time
Epidemiologists are expected to provide the best methodological approaches to Babylon’s daily research questions, which demands a deep knowledge of predictive and preventive medicine concepts as well as technical expertise in epidemiology.
We have a real-world approach to health, and we believe that technology is fundamental toachieve our mission.
Epidemiologists at Babylon collaborate with doctors and research scientists in order to build products which will provide the most accurate, reliable and personalised healthcare to everyone.Key Responsibilities:
- Intensive literature search, data collection and validation of disease and risk factor data to provide locally appropriate epidemiological parameters to Babylon’smodels
- Analysis of large datasets in R to quantify the prevalence and incidence of risk factors and diseases and causal associations between risk factors and diseases
- Manipulation of collected data using statistics packages and Google Sheets/Excel
- Consultation with local clinicians to tailor the content of models to the local regional context
- Conducting routine management activities within the team
- Perform any other duties corresponding to the job position and skills in line with company needs
- Ensuring that the epidemiologist’s own work and that of project teams meets relevant quality standards under the supervision of a Senior Epidemiologist/Epidemiology Lead
- Communicate regularly regarding your progress with your line manager
Key Skills Required:
- Relevant (academic or industry) experience in epidemiological and statistical methodology with a special focus on observational research (e.g. understanding of sampling, representativeness, design, causality, bias, statistical modelling, data analysis, etc)
- Experience performing systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses (e.g. search engines, search strings, assessment quality of the studies, data extraction, etc)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Competency using R statistical package
- Ability to meet short deadlines with high quality deliverables
Person Specification:
- Compassionate and caring towards others; respectful of the views and ideas of others
- Well organised, able to work in a collaborative and inclusive way
- Self-motivated with a can-do attitude; takes ownership and always delivers against what is agreed
- Strives for excellence in all they do and always look to improve our service and product
- Flexible and adaptable to sometimes changing priorities and requests
- Interested in developing new skills
Qualifications and Experience- Essential:
- An advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in epidemiology or public health (with a focus and previous experience in epidemiological methods)
- Relevant (academic or industry) experience in epidemiological and statistical methods and concepts with a special focus on observational research (e.g. sampling, representativeness, design, causality, bias, statistical modelling, data analysis, etc.)
- Experience performing systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses (e.g. search engines, search strings, assessment quality of the studies, data extraction, etc.)
- Experience conducting high-quality epidemiological research
- Experience with R
Desirable:
- PhD in a related field
- Familiarity with global public health concepts and needs (e.g. African and Asian countries)
- Ability to develop databases
- Experience with Python
- Relevant peer-review publications in indexed journals
- Familiarity with AI algorithms and their use in health-tech
We look forward to hearing from you!
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