Epidemiology Specialist – Freelance AI Trainer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Engage with language models to address real-world epidemiological challenges and hypothetical scenarios.

• Ensure factual accuracy and logical coherence in discussions.

• Capture reproducible error logs.

• Propose enhancements for prompt engineering and evaluation metrics.

• Record model failure modes to strengthen model reasoning capabilities.

• Assist in training AI to facilitate scientific discovery, provide public health insights, and support evidence-based decision-making.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficiency in study design, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, biostatistics, risk factor analysis, transmission dynamics, public health interventions, and evidence synthesis.

• Capability to handle cohort and case-control studies, incidence and prevalence metrics, R₀ and herd immunity assessments, confounding and bias considerations, causal inference, diagnostic test performance, and global health surveillance systems.

• A PhD in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, or a closely related discipline is preferred.

• Experience with peer-reviewed publications, applied research in population health, or work with public health agencies or in field epidemiology indicates a strong fit.

• Excellent metacognitive communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate your thought process.

• A secure computer and high-speed internet connection are required for contractors.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation ranges from $8 to $65 per hour, with the specific rate determined based on experience, expertise, and geographic location.

• As a contractor, you will need to provide a secure computer and high-speed internet.

• Company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and paid time off do not apply.