Program Evaluation and Epidemiology Analyst

The American Heart Association is hiring a Program Evaluation and Epidemiology Analyst in its Science Operations department. The role analyzes cardiovascular health data, evaluates public health initiatives, and communicates findings to inform prevention efforts and improve health outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, manage, analyze, validate, and interpret cardiovascular disease, stroke, and related risk factor data from national surveillance and healthcare datasets such as NHANES, NHIS, CDC WONDER, BRFSS, HCUP, MEPS, or comparable data sources
• Produce statistical tables, figures, dashboards, summaries, and dissemination products for the Annual Heart Disease and Stroke Statistical Update
• Develop and maintain analytic documentation, SOPs, quality assurance processes, reproducible workflows, and automation approaches that improve efficiency and accuracy
• Lead evaluation planning and implementation for lipid management and related health initiatives, including logic models, metrics, data collection plans, analyses, and reporting
• Prepare reports, manuscripts, briefs, presentations, and other communications that translate technical findings for scientific, clinical, leadership, media, and public audiences
• Collaborate with internal teams, scientific volunteers, contractors, and external data partners to coordinate deliverables, timelines, data acquisition, and appropriate use of findings
• Demonstrates risk management skills: identifies potential barriers to successful completion of deliverables and workplans and appropriately engages support from manager and other resources as needed to ensure quality of and completion of projects

Preferred

• 3 years of experience in epidemiology and public health evaluation, preferably involving chronic disease prevention and surveillance, population health, community-based research, or cardiovascular health
• Six (6) or more years of epidemiology, public health research, evaluation, or healthcare quality improvement experience
• Experience developing evaluation plans for healthcare setting programs or scalable models of care
• Experience using AI-assisted tools or automation to support analytics, quality assurance, documentation, or scientific reporting
• Experience in continuous learning, process improvement, and professional growth
• 3 years of experience in epidemiology and public health evaluation, preferably involving chronic disease prevention and surveillance, population health, community-based research, or cardiovascular health.
• Six (6) or more years of epidemiology, public health research, evaluation, or healthcare quality improvement experience.
• Public Health Evaluation
• Chronic Disease Prevention
• Disease Surveillance
• Population Health
• Community-Based Research
• Cardiovascular Health
• Public Health Research
• Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Evaluation Plan Development
• Healthcare Program Evaluation
• Scalable Care Models
• AI-Assisted Tools
• Documentation
• Scientific Reporting
• Process Improvement
• Continuous Learning
• Professional Growth

Benefits

• Home-based position.
• Access to Heart U, the Association’s award-winning corporate university, and additional training and support, locally.
• Annual salary planning and incentive programs; eligibility for an incentive program is based on the type of position.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Retirement program with an employer match and automatic contribution.
• Employee assistance program, employee wellness program, telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERG).
• Professional mentoring program (as a mentor or mentee).
• Heart U, the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees; the number of days increases based on seniority level.
• 12 paid holidays each year, including several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition assistance for employees pursuing education and career development related to current duties and responsibilities, or potential future positions in the organization.

Company

• Voluntary organization fighting heart disease and stroke.
• Dallas, Texas, USA
• http://www.heart.org/
• Founded in 1924
• 1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, Statistics, Evaluation, or a related quantitative field
• Experience with project management and coordination, written and verbal communication, stakeholder engagement, and deadline management skills
• Experience designing and implementing both short-turn-around and long-term evaluation plans for community health-related programs
• Experience creating and implementing data collection instruments for both quantitative (surveys/questionnaires) and qualitative (interview/focus group guides) approaches
• Experience using national surveillance, healthcare, or population health datasets such as NHANES, NHIS, CDC WONDER, BRFSS, HCUP, MEPS, or comparable sources
• Proficiency in statistical analysis, data management, quality assurance, and reproducible analytic workflows using SAS, R, or similar tools
• Ability to design evaluation plans, develop data collection instruments, analyze quantitative and qualitative data, and communicate findings clearly
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and consistently perform well during times of increased workload
• Comprehensive knowledge of public, community, and population health models
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• 3 years of experience in epidemiology and public health evaluation, preferably involving chronic disease prevention and surveillance, population health, community-based research, or cardiovascular health
• Six (6) or more years of epidemiology, public health research, evaluation, or healthcare quality improvement experience
• Experience developing evaluation plans for healthcare setting programs or scalable models of care
• Experience using AI-assisted tools or automation to support analytics, quality assurance, documentation, or scientific reporting
• Experience in continuous learning, process improvement, and professional growth

Required skills

• Chronic Disease Prevention and Surveillance, Epidemiology, Evaluation Planning, NHANES, NHIS, CDC WONDER, BRFSS, HCUP, and MEPS, Public Health Evaluation, Qualitative Data Collection, R, SAS, Statistical Analysis, Survey Design

Experience

• 3+ years