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Research Data Analyst 3 -EHSC - SOM: Public Health Sciences

Department Description

The Department of Public Health Sciences is a large, complex teaching and research department in the UC Davis School of Medicine. Our mission is to improve the health of people through population-based approaches by carrying out educational programs, epidemiologic research, public service, and policy development.

Within the Department of Public Health Sciences, a range of epidemiologic studies are being conducted on environmental factors that influence disease and development. Several studies are examining both the immediate effects of wildfires and their long-term consequences on health, both physical and mental. And also addressing disparities by race, ethnicity and sex. The WHAT-Now-CA? study, for example has enrolled thousands of households and will continue to follow the cohort for effects from multiple fire exposures, with special investigations of vulnerable subgroups. Another study is B-SAFE, (BioSpecimen And Fire Effects) which has enrolled several hundred mothers who were pregnant during the fires, and will look for impacts on the offspring's respiratory health and neurodevelopment. .

During COVID, numerous surveys were implemented to capture ways in which workplace influenced people jobs, health and risks. Additional studies on child neurodevelopment are evaluating environmental exposures such as pesticides, plasticizers and air pollution and their interactions with genes. These include CHARGE (CHildhood Autism Risk from Genes & Environment), ReCHARGE (Revisiting CHARGE participants) and MARBLES (Markers of Autism Risk in Babies-Learning Early Signs). All of these studies are ongoing and also have historical data and biologic specimens that are useful in identifying molecular markers and helping illuminate mechanisms.

Job Summary

Final Filing Date
06/28/2022
Salary Range
$2,612.80 - $5,245.60
Salary Frequency
Biweekly
Appointment Type
Career
Number of Positions
1
Percentage of Time
100%
Shift Hour
08 Hours
Location
Remote Worksite
City
Sacramento
Union Representation
No
Benefits Eligible
Yes

We offer exceptional employment benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, generous paid vacations and holidays, excellent retirement savings and investment plans, continuing education, and reduced fee and scholarship programs.

THIS IS NOT AN H1- B OPPORTUNITY

Responsibilities
This full-time, career position will provide general data activities in support of studies of COVID-19, wildfires, and other climate-related or global environmental threats to health. The work includes importing, management, development, cleaning, merging, and analysis of databases, as well as preparation of datasets for users of the databases, which include graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, study investigators, and collaborators both within and outside UC Davis. This position is situated within the UC Davis Environmental Health Sciences Center, and the incumbent will work with the biostatisticians in the EHSC, and the team of programmers/analysts in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health working on other environmental health projects. This position will be under the supervision of the EHSC Programs Director, Alex Belieav-Mendelmar.

The Research Data Analyst 3 will assist in maintaining electronic SAS databases, cleaning data, writing documentation, providing statistical summaries, developing, and updating codebooks, importing, and exporting les from various platforms/operating systems, identifying erroneous or questionable data, checking of completeness of forms and medical records, cleaning variables for analysis and creating analytic variables. This Research Data Analyst 3 will also assist with submissions of data to the NIH (National Institutes of Health), CalREDIE for COVID-19 results, the RADx-UP Coordinating and Data Collection Center for survey and other related data to COVID testing, or other national databases that may involve single or multi-site studies.

Additional responsibilities may include overseeing the inventory database for a specimen bank, querying the database for the specimen repository, implementation of advanced statistical methods, developing solutions for unique or problematic data, conducting data analysis, performing basic statistics, creating charts and graphs, and assisting with preparation of manuscripts and reports, including both for the peer-reviewed biomedical and environmental literature and the interpretation of statistical models, prediction models, and other analyses, and development and communications of culturally appropriate summaries of the results for diverse audiences..

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, epidemiology, or related eld with experience, preferred, OR demonstrated signicant experience in data analysis and management involving large and/or complex research programs, or similar environment.
• Extensive documented data analysis experience using standard and complex statistical techniques, with the ability to summarize and report information and create graphics usable for presentations and publications.
• Experience with hypothesis-driven observational data analysis, including linear and logistic regression.
• Excellent SAS programming skills (Statistical Analysis System) required.
• Demonstrated skills and experience documenting data management activities required.
• Excellent skills and experience in communication with persons who have diverse backgrounds relative to knowledge of the study databases and to level of quantitative understanding. This includes eld staff, clinicians, and scientists from a wide variety of disciplines, as well as community partners.
• Ability to explain details regarding the databases and protocols, as well as the results of statistical analyses, in language understandable by not only collaborators but also students and those not familiar with epidemiologic or human studies.
• Familiarity with biomedical or similar research.
• Familiarity with and understanding of statistical modeling including generalized linear models and testing of assumptions. Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ability to work independently and on a team.
• Ability and ease in juggling a large number of responsibilities and projects, and to appropriately prioritize different projects or tasks.
• Excellent judgment in handling ambiguous requests or data problems.
• Ability to easily learn new statistical and epidemiologic methods and become procient in new software.

Preferred Qualifications

• A master's degree in statistics, epidemiology, or related eld with experience, preferred.
• Familiarity with other software packages such as R and ArcGIS desirable.
• Experience preparing and exporting data for use by other analysts and researchers preferred.

Special Requirements

• Occasional overtime, night or weekend work may be required to meet deadlines.
• This position may be subject to a criminal background investigation, drug screen, Live Scan fingerprinting, medical evaluation clearance, and functional capacity assessment.
• The University of California has implemented a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Policy (ucop.edu) covering all employees. To be compliant with the policy, employees must submit proof of vaccination or a University-approved exception or deferral.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At UC Davis, we're solving life's most urgent challenges to bring a fuller, healthier, and more resilient world within reach. We grow from every challenge we take on and we don't just maintain - we improve.

We recognize that creating an inclusive and intellectually vibrant organization means understanding and valuing both our individual differences and our common ground. The most comprehensive solutions come from the most diverse minds and you belong here.

As you consider joining UC Davis, please explore our Principles of Community, our Clinical Strategic Plan and strategic vision for research and education, and our latest efforts to outgrow the expected.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Final Filing Date
06/28/2022
Salary Range
$2,612.80 - $5,245.60
Salary Frequency
Biweekly
Appointment Type
Career
Number of Positions
1
Percentage of Time
100%
Shift Hour
08 Hours
Location
Remote Worksite
City
Sacramento
Union Representation
No
Benefits Eligible
Yes


To apply, visit https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucdmed/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=5&JobOpeningId=37896&PostingSeq=1

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.





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