Research Data Analyst 1 - Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center
Stanford University’s Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) seeks an experienced full-time data analyst to support quantitative research initiatives, reporting to the Senior Manager of Quantitative Analytics. This is a hybrid position which includes a combination of remote and in-person work on the main Stanford University campus.
CERC strives to lower the cost of excellent healthcare in the United States by designing, pilot testing, and evaluating innovative models of care delivery. To accomplish this in part, CERC works with sponsors and national collaborators on its Bright Spots program of research derived from positive deviance approaches. Critical to this work are quantitative research inquiries to help identify “Bright Spots” in diverse care delivery models.
The Data Analyst will process a wide variety of complex healthcare data from various sources to produce analytical datasets and apply advanced statistical and other analytic methods to address a variety of innovative CERC research questions.
Duties include:
- Collect, manage and clean datasets.
- Employ new and existing tools to interpret, analyze, and visualize multivariate relationships in data.
- Create databases and reports, develop algorithms and statistical models, and perform statistical analyses appropriate to data and reporting requirements.
- Use system reports and analyses to identify potentially problematic data, make corrections, and determine root cause for data problems from input errors or inadequate field edits, and suggest possible solutions.
- Develop reports, charts, graphs and tables for use by investigators and for publication and presentation.
- Analyze data processes in documentation.
- Collaborate with faculty and research staff on data collection and analysis methods.
- Communicate with government officials, grant agencies and industry representatives.
The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with programming languages such as SQL for querying large, relational databases, and using those skills in an externally created dashboard/sandbox.
- Experience with acquisition and integration of data and codebooks from other sources and locations.
- Experience with cleaning, restructuring and merging datasets that may be nuanced, sparse, or otherwise "messy".
- Bachelors or graduate degree in quantitative discipline such as statistics, health economics, public health, public policy, computer science.
- Experience collaborating with clinical investigators on research in health services, public health or related discipline.
- Familiarity with statistical packages like R (preferred), Python, or Stata.
- Ability to clearly communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to translate broad research objectives into clear and testable research questions/hypotheses.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):
- Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and relevant experience. Experience in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, statistics or engineering.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):
- Substantial experience with MS Office and analytical programs.
- Strong writing and analytical skills.
- Ability to prioritize workload.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Sitting in place at computer for long periods of time with extensive keyboarding/dexterity.
- Occasionally use a telephone.
- Rarely writing by hand.
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Some work may be performed in a laboratory or field setting.
WORKING STANDARDS:
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu/.
The expected pay range for this position is $64,480 to $93,000 per annum.
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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