Public Health Expert - Epidemiologist
United States
Part-time
Remote
1 month ago
About the role
About The Job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Public Health Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1,150–$1,450/task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
Qualifications
Must-Have
Preferred
Compensation & Legal
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
Resources & Support
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .
Position: Public Health Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1,150–$1,450/task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include surveillance summaries, grant applications, program evaluations, and more.
- Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Challenge frontier AI agents by navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with other public-health experts to design the environment. Shape task scope and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
- Work asynchronously with research teams. Refine task designs and evaluation criteria for public-health agent benchmarks.
- Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 3+ years of full-time experience at a federal health agency, large state/county health department, major academic school of public health, or F500 population-health organization.
- Background in epidemiology, health policy, program management, or population health.
- Day-to-day use of Esri ArcGIS, Google Maps Platform, SAS, MATLAB, and Socrata.
- Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
Preferred
- MPH, PhD, or DrPH; fluency in biostatistics or GIS.
Compensation & Legal
- Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,150–$1,450 per completed task).
- Performance Bonus: Weekly bonus incentive for top performers.
- Hourly Opportunity: Transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput.
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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Skills
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