Ref: LP016-73

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Working with little supervision from the Principal Investigator (PI). The primary purpose of this role is to assist with study design, conduct of mathematical modelling analyses, and interpretation and dissemination of results on various epidemiologic studies and analyses. May assist in or oversee tasks performed by less senior Lab staff. Assists and contributes in research planning, policies, and development activities procedures

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Performs mathematical modelling epidemiologic study design.
- Code mathematical models describing HIV and other infections epidemiology and the impact of HIV and other infections interventions using deterministic models, stochastic compartmental models, and individual-based models.
- Conducts literature reviews and meta-analyses.
- Performs a variety of other mathematical modelling and statistical analyses. Manipulates, computes, and analyzes data using computer software and develops new analytical methods and testing procedures. Prepares and maintains detailed records, logs and summary reports of all data and analysis charting.
- Prepares drafts of research plans for grant applications.
- Publish research findings in scientific journals and present them at medical/scientific meetings.
- Performs other job related duties as needed in relation to conduct of epidemiological research.

Requirements

- Bachelor degree and 5 years of experience or MSc in a quantitatively oriented field such as mathematics, statistics or theoretical physics.
- Previously exhibited individual initiative and independence.
- Previously demonstrated advanced proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Previously demonstrated advanced ability to communicate in both scientific written reports and professional presentations.
- Experience in software such as Berkeley Madonna, Matlab, Mathematica, C or C++, Fortran, Microsoft Office, and Windows.
- Previously demonstrated advanced reasoning skills and the ability to develop new, imaginative and innovative solutions, services, processes and programs.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
-Working knowledge of epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
-Prior experience in a cross-cultural working environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Work is largely computer based.
- May require extended and varying work hours to meet demands.

About the Company

Founded in 1898 and affiliated with what is now New York - Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) since 1927, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is one of the top-ranked clinical and medical research centers in the U.S. It is committed to excellence in research, teaching and patient care, and the advancement of the art and science of medicine.

In addition to the degree in medicine, Weill Cornell offers PhD programs in biomedical research and education at the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences; a joint MD-MBA program with Cornell's Johnson School of Management; and a joint MD-PhD program with Rockefeller University and Sloan-Kettering Institute.

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