Data Analyst, Epidemiology
Emory University
Tableau
Data Analyst, Epidemiology
Emory University
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
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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.
- Responsible for development of data collection tools, performing QA/QC, exporting data, creating reports and conducting basic statistical analyses for epidemiologic studies in SAS and R.
- 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.
- Other duties as assigned.
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-solvingflexibilityability to manage relationshipsattention to detailability to handle multiple tasksinterpersonal skillsteam collaborationcommunication skills