Research Associate/Statistician

Position Description

The Choi Lab in the Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology (OHPE) seeks a research associate to join our research team and provide quantitative and analytical support for research projects evaluating the impact of health policies and healthcare delivery models on health outcomes and health disparities.

Our research uses large-scale administrative claims, electronic health records, national survey data, and simulation modeling approaches to generate evidence that informs health policy and promotes equitable health outcomes.

The selected candidate will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including clinicians, statisticians, decision scientists, and health services researchers. The individual will contribute to all phases of the research process, including study design, data management, statistical analysis, interpretation of findings, manuscript preparation, and grant development.

Duties and Responsibilities

Collaborate on study design, development of analytic plans, statistical analyses, interpretation of results, and preparation of manuscripts and scientific reports.
Manage, clean, validate, and analyze large healthcare datasets, including electronic health records, administrative claims, and national survey data.
Develop reproducible workflows for data processing, quality control, statistical analysis, and documentation.
Critically evaluate data quality, analytic assumptions, and unexpected findings; conduct sensitivity analyses and propose solutions to methodological challenges.
Participate in the development and implementation of population-level simulation models to evaluate the clinical, economic, and equity impacts of health policy interventions.
Support preparing and drafting research protocols through literature reviews and eliciting required data elements
Work independently to identify and troubleshoot analytical issues, communicate methodological decisions and findings clearly to the research team, and contribute to discussions regarding interpretation and next steps.

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Research Associate/Statistician

Position Description

Duties and Responsibilities

Collaborate on study design, development of analytic plans, statistical analyses, interpretation of results, and preparation of manuscripts and scientific reports.
Manage, clean, validate, and analyze large healthcare datasets, including electronic health records, administrative claims, and national survey data.
Develop reproducible workflows for data processing, quality control, statistical analysis, and documentation.
Critically evaluate data quality, analytic assumptions, and unexpected findings; conduct sensitivity analyses and propose solutions to methodological challenges.
Participate in the development and implementation of population-level simulation models to evaluate the clinical, economic, and equity impacts of health policy interventions.
Support preparing and drafting research protocols through literature reviews and eliciting required data elements
Work independently to identify and troubleshoot analytical issues, communicate methodological decisions and findings clearly to the research team, and contribute to discussions regarding interpretation and next steps.