Research Data Analyst - JR009912

Research Data Analyst

Department: SOM Department of Population Health * Population Health - Mueller Research

Position Title: Research Data Analyst

Job Family Group: Professional Staff

Job Description Summary: The Research Data Analyst will contribute to a multi-year assessment of health service utilization and outcomes in the south-central Midwest/Great Plains in collaboration with a multidisciplinary research team of demographers and health services researchers. In this position, the data analyst will contribute to the quantitative analysis of large scale federal administrative data sets (Medicare, Medicaid claims), as well as report, manuscript, and grant preparation.

Job Duties Outlined:

• Perform descriptive and model-based analyses to support health service utilization and outcomes assessment(s).
• Generate clear, publication-quality visualizations and tables to communicate analytic findings to a wide audience, including policy audiences and community stakeholders.
• Identify analytic needs of research questions; design and execute analyses that provide meaningful and actionable answers.
• Clean, organize, and link multiple large datasets and ensure reproducibility and data integrity.
• Assist with interpretation of results and dissemination of findings through preparation of reports, journal articles, presentations, and other scholarly outputs. Specifically, contributions towards analytic design and support.
• Assist with IRB and other regulatory requirements (e.g., data use agreements)

Required Qualifications:

Work Experience:

• Six (6) years of experience working with large secondary datasets (E.g. administrative claims data (Medicare, Medicaid), national survey data). Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
• Experience and proficiency with one or more statistical software packages (SAS, R, Python, STATA), including data visualization.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Master's degree in biostatistics or statistics, data science, epidemiology, sociology, economics, health services research, public or population health, or a related field.

Work Experience:

• Applied experience with or substantive knowledge of the U.S. health care system and U.S. health policy landscape, including baseline understanding of state and federal health insurance programs inclusive of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
• Evidence of scholarship in rural health service delivery, rural health, health services research, health policy.

Skills:

• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Organization.
• Analytical thinking.
• Communication.
• Attention to detail.
• Time management.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

Pay Range: $29.23 - $43.85 (Minimum $29.23, Midpoint $36.54, Maximum $43.85) Rate Type: Hourly

Application Instructions: To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Research-Data-Analyst_JR009912 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR009912. Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position.