Bachelor's-level Public Health Research Analyst - Evidence Synthesis

About the role

RTI RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with technical and science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world’s most challenging problems. We believe in the promise of science and technical solutions, and we push ourselves every day to deliver on that promise for the good of people, communities, and businesses in the US and around the world. If you are looking for the opportunity to make a real difference, RTI is the place for you.

What You'll Do

• Cook up health research project activities including scheduling team meetings, taking meeting notes on client meetings, developing action items, and assisting in the set-up and monitoring of new projects within RTI’s systems.
• Contribute to the use of rigorous methods for conducting systematic reviews, consistent with current standards for literature searching, screening, data extraction, and qualitative and quantitative synthesis.
• Contribute to other evidence synthesis products and tasks including scoping reviews, environmental scans etc.
• Conduct literature searches and manage references within ENDNOTE.
• Cook up research portfolio analysis including the management and qualitative coding of large databases of research.
• Develop code books to categorize and characterize research information.
• Explore and develop automation processes for the management and extraction of metadata, citations, scientific data and qualitative information from publications and policy documents.
• Manage quality control processes for projects/tasks to ensure delivery of high-quality work products.
• Support the development of research products (i.e., reports, journal manuscripts, presentations, guidance documents, memos) in collaboration with the client and RTI project team.

What You'll Need

• Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., health economics, public health, information/library science, health policy or a related health sciences field).
• Experience conducting or supporting literature reviews such as literature searches, reviewing research publications, or summarizing scientific or technical information.
• Experience organizing, tracking, or managing research data, publications, references, or other project information.
• Bachelor's degree-level analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills that demonstrate the ability to learn quickly (e.g., some experience conducting literature reviews and/or conducting data analysis, and/or computer programming expertise).
• Experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or other chatbots) to assist in conducting research tasks or analytical analysis.
• Familiarity with health research, health policy, public health, clinical research, or health services research.
• Excellent proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to work collaboratively in a team environment with staff in different geographic locations and with a range of education and experience levels.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Citation management experience (e.g., prior experience using ENDNOTE or another bibliographic database).
• Experience using quantitative analysis software (e.g., SPSS, STATA, R, etc.).

Pay Range

The anticipated pay range for this role is $61,000 - $76,000.