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Contract Opportunity: Health Researcher / Data Scientist – Microsimulation
Location: Ottawa, Toronto, or Remote (Canada-based, EST time zone)
About the Role
Seeking a Health Researcher/Data Scientist to develop a proof-of-concept microsimulation model for patient flows in seniors and continuing care.
The project aims to support health system capacity planning and policy analysis.
Key Responsibilities
- Build individual-level microsimulation models in Python or R
- Use frameworks like SimPy, mesa, OpenM , etc.
- Integrate demographic and clinical data
- Validate and analyze simulation models
- Communicate insights to technical and non-technical audiences
Ideal Skills
Understanding of large data sets, data flows, linked large data sets
Experience with simulation modeling tools, ideally micro-simulations
Prefer Python, R is okay
Health research or epidemiology background (Understanding of healthcare systems and healthcare data)
