Medical Data Analyst

Scope of Work

• Rigorous statistical analysis of some of the largest fully-electronic, clean, and individual-level healthcare datasets ever captured in human history, in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Combine your mathematical talent with your empathy for others to bring voice to the untold masses struggling to receive adequate healthcare across the Global South.

• Use numbers, technology, and visualization to build data-driven stories that will change the world.

Basic Requirements

• Incessant passion for public health and using data to save human life.

• Strong logical reasoning skills, puzzle-solving skills, and attention to detail.

• Fluency working with Excel spreadsheets / Google sheets, and analyzing numbers.

• Proficiency in speaking, reading, and composing clear and correct English.

• English typing speed of at least 45 words per minute.

• Enthusiasm for information technology.

• An eye for clarity in the visual presentation of data.

• Highly preferred full-time employment of at least 40 hours per week. Promising students with exceptional skills should contribute at least 24 hrs/week.

• Good fluency in English speaking and writing (typing > 40 wpm).

• Critical thinking skills, expressiveness, and team-oriented attitude.

• And you have to care about the work that you do!

Nice to haves

• Domain expertise, experience, or energetic interest in medicine and human health.

• Experience working with databases and writing SQL queries.

• Some experience with monitoring and evaluation, or basic computer programming, or basic statistics..