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BSD MED - Infectious Diseases - Chicago Center HIV Elimination - Data
Analysts
About the Department
The Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE) is situated within the
Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago Medicine. CCHE
aims to eliminate all new HIV transmission events by 2041. The
University of Chicago\'s position on the South Side makes it uniquely
situated to test, treat, and prevent new HIV infections in a highly
affected population. The South Side communities and majority Black
suburbs connected to them to the South represents the largest contiguous
Black population in the United States. By using our integrated HIV
transmission elimination approaches, we are beginning to make new
infections in these communities less frequent.
Job Summary
The Statistician will be responsible for analyzing cutting-edge
bio-behavioral health and network epidemiological datasets, and
reporting results from their analyses. The candidate will assist with
the development of abstracts, posters, and presentations for local and
national conferences, manuscripts, and other research outputs. The
position is under the direct supervision of Dr. Anna Hotton, Research
Assistant Professor, and Ellen Almirol, Manager of Data Analytics.
Responsibilities
- Work with CCHE investigators to identify appropriate statistical
methods to address research hypotheses and conducting statistical
analyses accordingly.
- Create analytic datasets by merging, cleaning, and coding data from
multiple sources, including behavioral surveys, electronic health
records, and public health surveillance.
- Document source code and data management and analysis procedures.
- Prepare tables and figures for manuscripts, abstracts, and other
scientific publications.
- Contribute to the writing of statistical methods sections for
manuscripts and other publications, with opportunities for
authorship available.
- Present results of statistical analyses to researchers, colleagues,
and funders, including formal presentations at conferences.
- Participate in regular meetings with CCHE research staff and data
analysts to discuss proposed analyses, share code and analytic
approaches, and discuss data and/or methodological challenges as
they arise.
- Provide assistance with power calculations and proposed analytic
strategies for new grant proposals.
- May provide critical methodological evaluation of newly proposed
research designs and suggest design improvements and statistical
analysis plans.
- Performs a range of activities to facilitate the design of research
project and the publication of their results. Uses knowledge of
statistics to help develop objectives and statistical procedures for
the project.
- Helps develop and implements new innovative procedures in the areas
of data collection, quality control, presentation of results, and
statistical analysis.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related
field.
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Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5
years of work experience in a related job discipline.
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Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
Experience:
- Familiarity with one or more of the following areas, including
HIV/STI prevention research, epidemiologic study design, network
analysis, public health surveillance, and/or clinical and social
science research methods, or willingness to gain knowledge in these
areas.
- Experience working n health and/or social science research
projects.
- Experience working with longitudinal data, network data, or other
clustered data structures.
- Experience with manipulation of large databases and consolidation
and synthesis of data from multiple sources.
- Knowledge of high performance computing systems, Git and version
control systems, and experience with Unix/Linux systems.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:
- Experience conducting data analysis with analytic software
(R/Python); query design, report creation.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Applications, including but not
limited to Outlook, Excel, Access and Word.
Preferred Competencies
Ability to identify and expand knowledge of new software and analytic
tools to support evolving Center needs.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work both independently
and as part of a team.
Flexibility.
Creativity.
Ability to manage stressful situations.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
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