Junior Public Health Analyst

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations. With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life. Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

ICON Government and Public Health Solutions (IGP) is a full-service CRO specializing in preclinical through phase IV support of clinical research and clinical trial services for biologics, drugs, and devices. We help our customers get their products to market faster with an array of research, regulatory, and sponsor services. Globally, we respond rapidly to health crises and serve where few others do. We create a unique synergy in the global market, with projects spanning the government, academic, and commercial sectors. ICON Government and Public Health Solutions has a distinct ability to provide rapid response efforts to global health crises.

IGP is recruiting for a Junior Public Health Analyst (Jr. or Sr.) to support research and operational health studies that have the goal of improving readiness, combat effectiveness, and soldier health. In this role, the Public Health Analyst will work within the Department of Epidemiology. Their research is directed toward a wide spectrum of public health issues affecting military readiness and national security. Tasks may require acquiring data from multiple military sources, entering, cleaning and merging data to create an analytic dataset, performing statistical analyses, generating results, and preparing reports and presentations.

IGP is recruiting for a Junior Public Health Analyst (Jr. or Sr.) to support research and operational health studies that have the goal of improving readiness, combat effectiveness, and soldier health. In this role, the Public Health Analyst will work within the Department of Epidemiology. Their research is directed toward a wide spectrum of public health issues affecting military readiness and national security. Tasks may require acquiring data from multiple military sources, entering, cleaning and merging data to create an analytic dataset, performing statistical analyses, generating results, and preparing reports and presentations.

**The RFP is expected to release in the Fall with an expected start date in January 2023**

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Epidemiologic study design, database and statistical programming, analyzing military-specific datasets.
• Conduct epidemiologic analyses of computerized datasets using standard packages to import, update, and manipulate datasets.
• Utilize SAS programming to evaluate, cleanse, collate and conduct analyses of complex quantitative military health data.
• Assess epidemiologic research design and translate concepts into relevant analyses.
• Develop quantitative epidemiological models using data from a variety of sources.
• Apply statistical techniques including random selection of matched controls in case control studies, survival analysis, analysis of variance and covariance, analysis of repeated measures, correlation, linear, logistic, and Poisson regression, and calculation of odds ratios, relative risk, p-values, interval estimation, and sample size and power estimations.
• Interpret and apply statistical techniques, and to explain methods and findings to non-statistician research team members.
• Translate results to support medical decision making
• Develop and deliver division analytical reports and oral/visual presentations to professional groups, as well as publish manuscripts in peer reviewed journals.

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen 

Clearance: NACI clearance required, but may be required to attain Secret level clearance

Education: Master’s Degree in Public Health (Epidemiology or Biostatistics)

Years’ experience: One to two years of relevant postgraduate experience for a Jr-level position.  Three to four years of relevant postgraduate experience for a Sr-level position.

• Experience in management and supervision of analysts and epidemiologic study design and execution.
• Must have a strong working knowledge of SAS, Microsoft Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Experience with military preventive medicine issues, military populations, military structure, datasets.
• Experience in epidemiologic study design and execution
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong communication skills, interpersonal, negotiation, consensus-building, and analytical skills with the ability to work successfully in cross functional teams in an organized, fast-paced environment while meeting time sensitive deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills needed to keep research team informed of progress and changes in status of work.
• Must be able to work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Ability to interact with military leadership and other personnel efficiently and clearly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Tableau and/or other data visualization tools a plus.

Additional Information:

• Onsite at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, MD
• May travel to meetings and conferences when necessary.

Benefits of Working in ICON:

Our success depends on the knowledge, capabilities and quality of our people. That’s why we are committed to developing our employees in a continuous learning culture – one where we challenge you with engaging work and where every experience adds to your professional development.

At ICON, our focus is to provide you with a comprehensive and competitive total reward package that comprises, not only an excellent level of base pay, but also a wide range of variable pay and recognition programs. In addition, our best in class employee benefits, supportive policies and wellbeing initiatives are tailored to support you and your family at all stages of your career - both now, and into the future.

ICON, including subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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