Senior Health Scientist – Associate

Guidehouse

Health Scientist — Senior Associate supporting federal public health surveillance program on neurological conditions. Engaging in epidemiology, surveillance science, and public health decision-making.

Posted 7/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $89,000 - $148,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in neuroepidemiology, public health surveillance, and scientific research, with a strong ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights and high-quality scientific products. Proficient in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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NeuroepidemiologyPublic Health SurveillanceSystematic ReviewsScientific WritingData Analytics

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Hard Skills

Epidemiologic ResearchEvidence SynthesisScientific DocumentationAnalytic Findings InterpretationCase Definition Development

Soft Skills

Strong Writing SkillsOrganizational SkillsCollaborationMentoringQuality Review

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft TeamsSharePoint

Certifications & Qualifications

Public Trust Clearance

Industry Keywords

Public HealthSurveillance ScienceNeurological ConditionsHealth SciencesFederal Health Consulting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Guidehouse is seeking a Health Scientist — Senior Associate to support a federal public health surveillance program focused on neurological conditions.
This role will support scientific, epidemiologic, and surveillance activities that help a federal health client maintain, refine, routinize, expand, and disseminate population-based surveillance information.
The Health Scientist will work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting neuroepidemiology, surveillance science, data analytics, scientific documentation, dissemination, and research translation.
The role will help translate complex evidence, data, methods, and analytic findings into high-quality scientific products that support public health decision-making, research, and practice.
Support neuroepidemiology and surveillance science activities related to neurological condition surveillance, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and potential future neurological conditions.
Conduct systematic, targeted, and rapid literature reviews to support surveillance methods, case definition development, evidence gap identification, and research prioritization.
Support the development, refinement, documentation, and application of case definitions, surveillance methods, abstraction tools, decision rules, and review protocols.
Review, synthesize, and interpret scientific literature, surveillance evidence, analytic findings, and data outputs to support surveillance estimates and public health products.
Support validation studies and other epidemiologic analyses, including interpretation of findings, review of analytic outputs, quality checks, and documentation of methods and limitations.
Collaborate with data analytics, visualization, communications, clinical neurology, and program management teams to produce scientific manuscripts, reports, presentations, tables, figures, maps, dashboards, and leadership-ready summaries.
Support development and maintenance of SOPs, technical documentation, code annotations, abstraction guidance, publication trackers, evidence tables, quality control documentation, and knowledge management materials.
Provide review of scientific and technical deliverables to ensure methodological rigor, consistency, clarity, and alignment with client expectations.
Support dissemination of surveillance methods, findings, and products through manuscripts, reports, conference materials, briefings, stakeholder materials, and web-ready content.
Coordinate with project leadership, federal client staff, subject matter experts, and multidisciplinary team members to track priorities, resolve issues, and maintain timely delivery of high-quality work products.
Mentor or guide junior staff supporting literature review, abstraction, evidence synthesis, documentation, and surveillance-related deliverables.
Deliver high-quality client service in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining scientific accuracy, transparency, and reproducibility.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, health science, biology, neuroscience, psychology, health services research, statistics, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, scientific research, health sciences, evidence synthesis, or federal health consulting.
Experience supporting public health surveillance, epidemiologic research, systematic reviews, evidence synthesis, scientific writing, or applied health research.
Experience reviewing and interpreting scientific literature, methods documentation, analytic findings, and public health data products.
Strong writing, editing, synthesis, and quality review skills, including the ability to translate technical content into clear scientific and programmatic deliverables.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, documents, and review cycles.
Ability to collaborate with epidemiologists, analysts, clinicians, data scientists, communications specialists, and federal client stakeholders.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint or similar collaboration and documentation tools.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend