The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to deliver to the world timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice. IHME carries out its mission through a range of projects within different research areas including the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations. Our vision is to provide policymakers, donors, and researchers with the highest-quality quantitative evidence base so all people live long lives in full health.

IHME is committed to providing the evidence base necessary to help solve the world’s most important health problems. This requires creativity and innovation, which are cultivated by an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment that respects and appreciates differences, embraces collaboration, and invites the voices of all IHME team members.

IHME has an excellent opportunity for a Researcher on the Vaccine and Vaccine Preventable Disease team, with a primary focus on modeling global, national, and local patterns of vaccine coverage. This work will support a new grant that is focused on developing agile techniques to produce robust and policy-relevant vaccine coverage estimates and analyses thereof. The Researcher will be a crucial member of this agile and dynamic research team using established modeling tools and developing new approaches to producing detailed estimates that will empower policymakers and donors to make optimal decisions about allocating funds and prioritizing interventions.

For more information or to apply, please visit the online job post: http://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&jobhistory=1&szOrderID=223072