Emory University

Data Analyst, Epidemiology

Emory University

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Atlanta • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

Tableau

About the role

  • Provide data management and epidemiologic support to research projects focused on HIV prevention programs, sexual minority health, and/or app-based interventions.
  • Responsible for database development/management, development of data collection tools, performing QA/QC, exporting data, creating reports and conducting basic statistical analyses for epidemiologic studies in SAS and R.
  • Maintain relationships with and provide services to external partners, including ad-hoc data requests, training, collaborating on study changes and tools, and presenting results.
  • Manage day-to-day research and programmatic activities as they relate to database development and database management for research projects and programs.
  • Generate data reports and materials for site management using SAS.
  • Obtain data from various sources, prepare usable datasets, and perform QC.
  • Develop creative solutions independently or as part of a team to solve data issues and facilitate study management.
  • Maintain, repair, manage, and update databases; provide programming for projects on an ongoing basis.
  • Create Standard Operating Procedures with respect to database management and database development.
  • Develop best practices for data collection and storage.
  • Conduct statistical analyses for epidemiological studies.

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree and one year of experience in data analysis, statistics, or a related field, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • 1-2 years of experience in public health or human subjects research-related data management
  • Very good working knowledge of SAS, including combining multiple complicated data sources using SAS.
  • Experience with other programming languages such as R a plus.
  • Experience in generating SAS-based reports using a variety of methods (e.g., PROC REPORT, macros, ODS) and exporting those reports to other formats such as Microsoft Excel, PDF, and HTML.
  • Experience with web-based survey development
  • Experience using data visualization platforms such as Tableau
  • Experience working with relational databases
  • Knowledge of government projects/functioning
  • Experience with various publicly available datasets
  • Outstanding organizational skills, ability to work with quantitative data, basic understanding of epidemiology and biostatistics, familiarity with epidemiologic/medical terminology
  • Ability to work independently to identify logic flaws, invalid responses, and other issues in web-based survey data and develop solutions for a larger team
  • Able to handle multiple tasks at once; meet deadlines, familiar with databases, detailed, flexible, and able to manage relationships
  • Demonstrated experience contributing data analysis to manuscripts and reports to funding agencies
  • Experience with work related to HIV, sexual and gender minorities, and social/sexual behavior
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to foster a good working relationship on team and multisite studies
Benefits
  • Monthly Health and Safety Information Not Applicable

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
data managementepidemiologic supportdatabase developmentdata collection toolsQA/QCstatistical analysesSASRdata visualizationrelational databases
Soft skills
organizational skillsability to work independentlyproblem-solvingflexibilityrelationship managementattention to detailability to meet deadlinesinterpersonal skillsteam collaborationcommunication