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Acting Assistant Professor, US Health Disparities
US Health Disparities | January 10, 2024The US Health Disparities research team is a vital team in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors enterprise (GBD), a core research area for IHME. A systematic, scientific effort to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries, and risk factors by age, sex, and geography over time, the GBD is the largest and most comprehensive effort to date to measure epidemiological levels and trends worldwide. The US Health Disparities team engages in research on burden of disease and health disparities in the US, with a particular focus on geographical and racial and ethnic health disparities.
Assistant Director, Media
Global Impact Group | March 18, 2024IHME has an opening for an experienced Assistant Director, Media. The primary purpose of this position will be to manage the Media team, develop and execute strategies to drive global media coverage of IHME’s work, and create opportunities for data-driven storytelling.
Research Scientist
U.S. Health Disparities | May 8, 2024The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research organization at the University of Washington (UW). 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 (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations.
Professor WOT, Clinical Informatics
US Health Disparities | April 12, 2024The successful applicant will be a leading member of the Clinical Informatics team and establish a team working on disease burden and risk factor estimation for excluded populations. The Clinical Informatics team processes inpatient, outpatient, and claims data for over 55 countries, representing 3 billion clinical encounters over 30 years. The team’s primary objective is to produce population-level incidence and prevalence rates of disease or injury by year, sex, age, and location for use in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) study and other IHME research projects.
Assistant Professor WOT, Forecasting
Forecasting | December 29, 2023The Future Health Scenarios (FHS) team is an integral component of IHME’s modeling portfolio to estimate the future global burden of disease.
Senior Media Relations Officer
Global Impact Group | May 9, 2024The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research organization 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.
Software Development Manager II
Visualizations | May 9, 2024We are seeking a Software Development Manager II to strategically manage a team of high performing and highly creative individuals who develop innovative and engaging ways to interact with our research results.
Senior Research Manager
Research Operations | May 14, 2024IHME 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.