Epidemiologist

Responsibilities

• Provide epidemiological expertise to multidisciplinary data and research enablement teams.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to develop scalable, scientifically robust health datasets and analytical solutions.
• Conduct descriptive, exploratory, and population health analyses to support research and organizational priorities.
• Ensure analytical approaches are reproducible, scientifically rigorous, and aligned with governance, ethics, and disclosure control requirements.
• Communicate analytical methods, assumptions, limitations, and findings to scientific, technical, and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to analytical standards, reusable code, and documentation to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• MSc or PhD in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Data Science, or a relevant biomedical discipline.
• Strong understanding of study design, cohort construction, bias, confounding, and the interpretation of observational health data.
• Experience working with large-scale health datasets, such as electronic health records or longitudinal cohort studies.
• Proficiency in R or Python for statistical analysis and reproducible workflows.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex analyses to diverse audiences.
• A collaborative approach and experience working within multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

• Salary starting from £50,000.
• Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays.
• Enhanced Parental Leave.
• Cycle to Work Scheme and various home/tech savings.
• Wellbeing support including Mental Health First Aiders and 24/7 online GP services.
• Flexible and remote working arrangements with a Central London office.

About the Company

Our Future Health is building the UK's largest ever health research programme. We are bringing together up to 5 million volunteers to create an unparalleled resource that will transform how we detect, prevent, and treat diseases such as cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease.