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We are seeking a Research Data Analyst who will work on the PREVAIL project which assesses impact of PCV vaccine on hospitalized pneumonia and pneumococcal carriage in the community in India. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been observed in many of the pneumococci-positive specimens and we want to understand whether PCV impacts this for vaccine-type and non-vaccine-type strains (serotypes). Mortality might also be higher in children carrying AMR strains and there might also be risk factors (patient characteristics) associated with carrying AMR strains. The Research Data Analyst will serve as a critical member of the team and will work closely with other team members, including the Principal Investigator, India local site PIs, project manager, lead epidemiologist and analysis team leader.

The Research Data Analyst will: clean data, create analytic variables, conduct analyses, create graphics and tables displaying results, communicate results to team members and sites in the form of slide decks, assist in preparation of manuscripts including writing methods and results sections as well as creating tables and figures, assist with manuscript submission processes including applying journal formatting, searching literature for related work, and other duties as requested.

Specific duties & responsibilities:

• Plan data management including determining type, format of data and types of documentation, considering privacy, confidentiality and other ethical issues.
• Facilitate acquisition of single cell sequencing data from core facilities.
• Clean data by coding missing data, fixing or deleting miscoded data, transforming variables into more useful formats, and annotating the data in proper way, use descriptive. statistics to help characterize and summarize the data.
• Generate plots representing dimensionality reduction.
• Collaborate with scientific investigators in Merkin PNNR to propose ideas for new projects, design research, develop data plan, and prepare analyses with general direction from investigators.
• Apply different technical approaches to visualize the data and prepare publication-quality tables and graphs based on valid analysis.
• Lead or participate actively in the team responsible for designing and validating analysis data sets, programs, and statistical output products.
• Identify potential data problems from analytic queries and bring them to the attention of the team.
• Demonstrate understanding of high dimensional data collection processes and data sets and share knowledge with collaborators.
• Collaborate closely with investigators, project managers, and other team leadership to ensure that research study or project results and conclusions are presented accurately and without bias.
• Demonstrate progress in ability to multi-task and manage time spent working with individual faculty members and on specific projects.
• Participates in regularly schedule meetings with study investigators and team.
• Prepares progress reports as needed.
• Maintain appropriate systems for data organization.
• Assure data quality for documentation and dissemination of data.
• Conduct and track specific activities to accomplish project goals, including evaluating and reporting data and documenting analytic procedures.

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Able to work collaboratively in a team environment with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline
• Three years related experience
• Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

• Experience with childhood pneumonia studies and AMR data.

• R programming proficiency

Classified Title: Research Data Analyst 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MC  
Starting Salary Range: Min $22.38-Max $39.25 HRLY($64,100 budgeted commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Other 20 hours per week 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location:School of Public Health
Department name: ​​​​​​Int'l Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) School of Public Health
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

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Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

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