• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: Commensurate with experience

Position Summary

The Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Physicians' & Surgeons is recruiting a Data Analyst to contribute to several on-going research studies exploring risk factors with emphasis on the human microbiome and vascular function in heart failure, LVAD and heart transplant. The general aim of these studies are as follows: i) to study the gut microbiome among other novel risk factors to identify risk factors for adverse outcomes among chronic heart failure, left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and heart transplant patients; ii) to broadly characterize and understand cardiovascular and other risk factors for adverse outcomes among heart failure, LVAD and heart transplant patients.

Responsibilities

• Ad hoc epidemiologic design consult
• Management of multiple databases related to ongoing and previous data collection
• Integration of clinical and research data bases
• Coordinating data backup and transfers between research studies
• Managing clinical and research databases
• Coordinating data backup and transfers between research studies
• Oversee data quality assurance and control
• Data analysis
• Manuscript development
• Assisting in the development and implementation of research proposals and data collection protocols (particularly collection of gut and oral biological samples)
• Preparation and presentation of findings at conferences and meetings.
• Write programs and develop algorithms for analyzing clinical data
• Interpret analytical output and provide appropriate summaries of the results for investigator review
• Create presentations of results and supporting material for scholarly papers and proposals
• Contribute to the identification and development of new methods for analyzing and summarizing data
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus two years of related experience.

• The successful candidate must possess computer proficiency with excellent data management and data analysis skills, including extensive knowledge of SAS and Excel, and a working knowledge of R statistical software packages.   

• Familiarity with epidemiological design and statistical analysis is essential.   

• A basic knowledge of research concepts relevant to human microbiome studies is important.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills are essential.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master's in epidemiology and some experience working with high performance computing clusters is preferable.

Other Requirements

• The candidate selected for this position is required to undergo a full background check prior to a final offer of employment being made.
• Must successfully complete systems training requirements.

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