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:
$85–$93/hour
Location:
Remote
Commitment:
~20 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
Author and review technical tasks to evaluate
AI model performance
on public health problems.
Produce original problem sets using
epidemiologic charts
,
surveillance data
, and
population health figures
.
Write reference solutions and apply structured quality checks.
Collaborate with
AI research teams
to improve
training data
quality and model outputs.
Work
independently and asynchronously
with a flexible schedule.
Qualifications
Must-Have
PhD
or
DrPH
in
Epidemiology
,
Biostatistics
,
Health Policy
, or related field,
or
MD/DO
with
MPH
and
3+ years




of public health practice,
or
MPH
with
5+ years
in applied epidemiology, surveillance, or health policy.
Working fluency in at least two of:
epidemiologic study design
,
biostatistics
,
infectious disease
,
chronic disease
, or
health policy
.
Comfortable with
epi curves
,
forest plots
, and
surveillance dashboards
.
Preferred
Experience in government, NGO, or academic public health track.
Compensation & Legal
Hourly contractor
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