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The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Epidemiologist based out of our National Center (Home Based/ Remote work options are acceptable).
The Sr Epidemiologist will contribute to an expanding and vibrant research portfolio at the American Heart Association in community epidemiology. Areas of interest include social determinants of health, life-course risk factors, cardiovascular disease and stroke, nutrition, physical activity, healthy aging, brain disease, and multigenerational studies. The successful candidates will facilitate ongoing research projects in large multigenerational epidemiologic studies. The successful candidate will establish surveys for use in large consumer health networks focused on nutrition, physical activity, mental health, and cardiovascular diseases, brain diseases and stroke. They will be expected to establish to serve as Principal Investigators on multiple grants focused in community epidemiology. Develops and applies research methodologies to analyze, evaluate and quantify health data, and develop surveys for patient-centered registries like Research Goes Red.
The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.
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Responsibilities Conducts scientific research (develop and test novel hypotheses), analysis and evaluation of health data and health data sources;Develops and refines patient-centered survey questionnaires and programming field tools;Maintains library of validated cardiovascular health, healthy lifestyle, and food/nutrition surveys/questionnaires for patient-centered registriesDevelop, revises or makes recommendation to change research protocols, health data sources and research methodologies.Contributes to creation of presentations, manuscripts, and funding proposals;Performs assigned tasks requiring the application of American Heart Association research procedures and techniques; runs and enhances existing models, seeks out, extract and cleans data; Works with cross-functional teams to provide insights and subject matter expertise that support recruitment, engagement and retention strategies with a focus reaching diverse audiences.Evaluates research data to establish significance to the problem(s) being studied, and may develop new hypotheses and questions from the resultsWant to help get your resume to the top? Take a look at the experience we require:
Qualifications PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology, or related and one year of related work experience2 years of experience in development of patient-centric surveys Compensation & BenefitsThe American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.
Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.
The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.
At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.
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