• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $70,000-$80,000

Position Summary

The Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health is seeking an experienced Data Analyst to conduct quantitative analyses for two NIH-funded projects. The first project is entitled Community- and school-level policing, School Discipline, and Student Health Outcomes: Identifying the Adolescent Health Consequences of Racialized Criminalization and Securitization in New York City Schools. This project involves psychiatric and substance use epidemiology with a specific focus on adolescent health and mass criminalization and incarceration. The second project is entitled Substance Use Treatment and County Incarceration (STACI). This project examines how community-level exposure to mass incarceration can contribute to county substance use disorder treatment needs and affect treatment availability, use, and outcomes. A candidate with an interest in areas of health related to these projects is preferred. The successful candidate will have excellent written and oral communication skills, strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and attention to detail. Experience with managing large data frames, multi-level and longitudinal data analysis, and data visualization is critical.
This position will work with the principal investigators and other investigators to:

• Conduct data acquisition, processing/cleaning, and linkages
• Perform quantitative multivariate analyses to fulfill research aims
• Conduct latent variable analysis and linear modeling
• Contribute (as a co-author) to reports, manuscripts, figures, tables, slides, and other presentation materials based on study findings
• Contribute to new and ongoing grant proposals as needed

Individuals from groups historically underrepresented in health-related research are strongly encouraged to apply. The position also has the potential to work in a similar capacity on the principal investigator’s other research projects.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data acquisition, processing/coding, and linkages 35%
• Conduct data analysis to fulfill research aims - 50%
  Write and edit research manuscripts, slides, and other materials - 10%
• Perform other related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested 5%

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, plus three years of experience. 

Preferred Qualifications

• The candidate must have a master’s degree or equivalent in training, education, and/or experience in the fields of statistics or biostatistics. Proficiency in R and experience working with quantitative data management and analysis are essential. 
• Work experience in psychiatric or substance use epidemiology is preferred. Experience with STATA and ArcGIS is preferred. Interest in adolescent mental health, substance use treatment across the life course, and mass criminalization and incarceration is preferred.

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