EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Req #: | 170646 |
Department: | INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION |
Job Location: | South Lake Union |
Posting Date: | 08/07/2019 |
Closing Info: | Closes On 08/21/2019 |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with experience and education |
Shift: | First Shift |
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to monitor global health conditions and health systems, as well as to evaluate interventions, initiatives, and reforms. IHME carries out a range of projects within different research areas including the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Costs and Cost Effectiveness; Local Burden of Disease; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations. The aim is to provide policymakers, donors, and researchers with the highest-quality quantitative evidence base to make decisions that achieve better health.
IHME has an exciting opportunity for an Editorial Coordinator on the Local Burden of Disease (LBD) team. The primary purpose of this position is to support the development of high-quality peer-reviewed scientific papers for IHME’s Local Burden of Disease work. The individual in this position will be responsible for the coordination of the publication process and many of the organizational responsibilities for IHME’s scientific papers, for submission to peer-reviewed publications in order to broaden the quantitative evidence base for health.
The position is integral to IHME being able to expand the quantitative evidence base in health, especially through dissemination of scientific results in peer-reviewed journals. IHME’s credibility relies upon demonstration and dissemination of high-quality science in the international arena. Publication in peer-reviewed journals helps establish and maintain that credibility. The individual needs to be able to communicate well with researchers from a diversity of disciplines, expertise, and cultural backgrounds, often across time zones around the world and under time-constrained circumstances.
About the Local Burden of Disease (LBD) Project
IHME is seeking to revolutionize the way we track diseases around the world by developing innovative geospatial analytic methods to produce increasingly granular estimates of diseases and determinants. Through the development and use of geospatial techniques to synthesize information at the local level, and in partnership with key collaborators around the world, IHME will present results in interactive high-resolution maps to illuminate levels, trends, and disparities in health outcomes.
Responsibilities Include:
Publications coordination
Editing, research, fact-checking
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here.
REQUIREMENTS:
Additional Requirements:
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
DESIRED
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Evening and/or weekend work may be required.
Application Process:
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