Epidemiologist or Research Data Analyst, helping to drive HIV care forward

The Department of Infectious Diseases and International Health is seeking an Epidemiologist, Research Data Scientist, or Research Data Analyst to join Dr. Kathleen McManus' research team. The research experiences will span a number of research projects that focus on HIV care, HIV prevention, and health policy. The overarching goal of Dr. McManus's research is to quantify and characterize the impact of health policies on the United States' plan to end the HIV epidemic and ultimately to improve health policies for people with HIV and those at risk for HIV. This team member will coordinate and implement data-related initiatives within the research team. Opportunities to generate and present scholarly work are expected. The role will require both careful management and analyses of large datasets, as well as, additional creative and challenging projects.

As a member of a Dr. McManus's research team, the team member will provide sophisticated data management and analysis to support projects or programs. They will focus primarily on data cleaning quality assessment of data, and statistical analysis. They may train and supervise student workers and volunteers who are working on data analysis. They participate in regular assessments of reliability, meet weekly to discuss research progress, and assist with literature searches pertinent to various research project topics.

The successful candidate will:

• Understand all phases of the analytic process including data collection, data transfer, preparation, cleaning, modeling, evaluation, and deployment.

• Maintain and optimize large and complex longitudinal databases.

• Explore and examine data from multiple disparate sources in order to identify, provide reporting on, and analyze trends in the data as well as regular reporting for assigned departments.

• Establish links across existing data sources and find new, interesting data correlations.

• Assist with statistical, mathematical and predictive models using strategic epidemiologic and/or data science skills to build the algorithms necessary to ask the right questions and find the right answers.

• Stay appraised of all assigned initiatives, providing reporting and analytics that will allow the group to make informed, data-driven decisions to meet clinical research objectives.

• Visualize and report data findings creatively in a variety of visual formats that appropriately provides insights to the stakeholders.

• Understand all phases of the analytic process including data collection, preparation, modeling, evaluation, and deployment.

• Under general supervision, assist with formulating and defining analytic scope and objectives through research and fact-finding.

• Expertise to work on most phases of data analysis and associated programming activities in R or R studio.

• Analyze and interpret the results of experiments to create cost effective and process-efficient alternatives, enhancements, or modification.

• Support research dissemination through preparing aspects of manuscripts, presentations, and responses to reviewers.

• Project management including helping with Institutional Review Board applications, Data Use Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, and other similar documents.

• Work alongside Principal Investigator, Lead Epidemiologist/Data Scientist, and additional data analysts to complete projects with a high level of detail while meeting strict deadlines.

• Supporting project logistics and project administration, as needed

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Applicant Qualities

Excellent analytical ability and knowledge of R is required. Applicants must be exceptionally organized and detail-oriented. Candidates must possess excellent critical thinking and customer service skills, the ability to manage multiple projects and programs simultaneously and with ease. We expect that the person who joins the team will be highly collaborative and extremely comfortable with change. A successful candidate is someone who is creative and takes initiative to develop workable solutions to problems when answers are not readily apparent.

Please note we are unable to sponsor any visas now or in the future for this position. This will be a Charlottesville based in-person role.

This position is a restricted position and is dependent upon project need, availability of funding and performance. Anticipated Hiring Range: $52,457 - $87,428 commensurate with education and experience. This is an exempt level, benefited position. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit hr.virginia.edu/benefits.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's Degree in in Epidemiology, Public Health, Data Science, or related fields
Experience: Six years of experience, or Master's degree with at least two years of experience.
Licensure: None

PREFERENCES

• Expertise and training in HIV care, HIV prevention, and/or health policy.

• Creative, independent, and highly motivated, with the ability to interact professionally in both research and community environments.

• Possess a very high attention to detail and thoroughness.

• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, and multi-task and work independently.

• Exhibit a professional and positive demeanor and effective communication and relationship building with diverse groups of individuals and organizations.

• Value diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives with a demonstrated awareness of diverse cultural norms.

• Strong track record in cooperative work and the ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

• Possess high level verbal and written communication skills, and excellent organizational and planning skills, with an ability to prioritize tasks, follow up and track details, and communicate progress.

• Ability to follow through on complex tasks independently and with sound judgment and emotional intelligence.

• Experience with R statistical programming language, managing clinical and/or epidemiologic databases, data visualization including generating maps and tables to demonstrate research results.

• Knowledge of using SAS, High-performance computing environment (examples at UVA: Rivanna and Ivy), NVivo

• Record of preparing and working on peer-review publications and scholarly presentations.

• Experience working on federally funded research.

• Ability to manipulate complex longitudinal databases.

• Proficiency in quantitative database software programs and ability to analyze and organize data.

• Ability to perform accurate quantitative analysis in high-performance computing environment.

• Research experience in epidemiology and/or biostatistics (study design, study management, primary data collection, data analysis).

• Ability to work with and mentor junior data analysts.

• Qualitative and/or mixed methods research experience including, study design, conducting interviews and or focus groups, qualitative coding, analyzing qualitative data.

• Project management experience. Ability to multitask between multiple projects, meet changing and competing deadlines, follow up and draft correspondence to keep projects moving forward and accomplishing research milestones within expected timelines.

• Familiar with ensuring ethical compliance, maintaining up to date IRBs, Data Use Agreements (DUAs) and associated compliance documents.

• Licensure: UVA Institutional Review Board- Human Subject Research (IRB-HSR) training and certification. Can be completed as part of the onboarding process.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

To Apply:

Please apply through the UVA job board, and search for R0069005.

Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs' and search for R0069005.

Complete an application online with the following documents:

• CV

• Cover letter

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA's standardized process Skill Survey. A total of five references will be requested via Skill Survey during the final phase of the interview process.

For questions about the application process, please contact Michelle Johnson, Recruiter.

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