Job Description

The Opportunity

As one of the Senior Epidemiologists, you will provide scientific and technical leadership supporting systematic evidence mapping, literature reviews, evidence synthesis, and health hazard assessments. Working closely with the Principal Investigator, toxicologists, exposure scientists, and other multidisciplinary experts, you will lead the evaluation and interpretation of human health evidence to support environmental health and toxicological decision-making.

The Senior Epidemiologists will play a critical role in assessing epidemiologic literature, conducting study quality evaluations, synthesizing scientific evidence, and contributing to the development of technical reports and peer-reviewed publications that inform public health and regulatory decisions. This role supports the same evidence evaluation and health hazard assessment activities overseen by the Principal Investigator. Candidates from the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC area are preferred in this role.

This role is contingent upon award of the project.

Core Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior epidemiology subject matter expert supporting systematic reviews, evidence synthesis activities, and health hazard assessments.
• Lead the evaluation and interpretation of epidemiologic studies examining associations between environmental exposures and adverse health outcomes.
• Design and contribute to systematic evidence maps, scoping reviews, systematic reviews, and evidence evaluation protocols.
• Conduct and oversee literature screening, data extraction, study quality assessment, risk-of-bias evaluations, and evidence integration activities.
• Apply epidemiologic principles and evidence evaluation frameworks to assess causality, strength of evidence, and potential public health impacts.
• Evaluate study design, exposure assessment methodologies, confounding factors, statistical approaches, and other elements influencing study validity.
• Collaborate with toxicologists, exposure scientists, pathologists, and statisticians to integrate human, animal, and mechanistic evidence into comprehensive health hazard assessments.
• Draft, review, and contribute to Technical Reports, Toxicity Reports, DART Reports, Immunotoxicity Reports, Research Reports, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and other scientific publications.
• Support scientific briefings, presentations, and interactions with the client federal partners, advisory committees, and external peer reviewers.
• Contribute to quality assurance activities to ensure scientific rigor, methodological consistency, and regulatory compliance across all project deliverables.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior epidemiologists, analysts, and research staff.
• Evaluate and utilize innovative approaches, including AI-enabled literature review tools, machine learning applications, natural language processing technologies, and data visualization methods to enhance evidence review and synthesis processes.
• Support project planning, technical risk management, and achievement of contract milestones and deliverables.

What We Value

• P5 level = Master's degree +15 years or PhD + 10 years of relevant experience.
• P6 level = Master's degree +13 years or PhD + 8 years of relevant experience.
• Degree in Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Public Health, Biostatistics, Population Health, or a closely related scientific discipline.
• Demonstrated experience conducting epidemiologic research, systematic reviews, evidence synthesis, or environmental and occupational health evaluations.
• Strong expertise in study design, causal inference, risk-of-bias assessment, and interpretation of epidemiologic evidence.
• Experience evaluating observational studies, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional analyses, and environmental health investigations.
• Knowledge of systematic review methodologies, evidence evaluation frameworks, and health hazard assessment approaches.
• Experience integrating epidemiologic findings with toxicological, exposure, and mechanistic evidence.
• Proven scientific writing experience, including peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, regulatory documents, or scientific assessments.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working as part of multidisciplinary scientific teams.
• Experience supporting NIEHS, NTP, EPA, CDC, NIH, FDA, or other federal health agencies.
• Experience conducting quantitative evidence synthesis, meta-analysis, or advanced epidemiologic modeling.
• Knowledge of statistical software and analytical tools such as R, SAS, Stata, or Python.
• Experience with AI-enabled evidence synthesis, literature review automation technologies, or natural language processing tools.

What We Offer

We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.

Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $109,898 to $190,000 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location. Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.

Disclaimer: Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.