Senior Research Analyst (Contractual)

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), School of Medicine- Epidemiology and Public Health  is currently seeking a Senior Research Analyst.

Benefits: Contingent Category II 

UMB offers a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes wellness, work/life balance, and professional development, along with additional exciting perks that employees can take advantage of. Contingent Category II staff receive a generous leave package that includes over 2 weeks of vacation each year, paid holidays, sick time, and time for community service; subsidized comprehensive health insurance and supplemental retirement options; professional learning and development programs; limited tuition remission for employees enrolled at UMB; life insurance and long-term disability; and flexible work schedules and teleworking options (if applicable per job). 

UMB is a public university and constituent institution of the University System of Maryland.  All employees are expected to work primarily physically within the State of Maryland.

Note:  This position will report to the Division Director/PI.  This is a hybrid position with up to 2 telework days.  Additional telework day will be considered after successful completion of probation.

PRIMARY DUTIES

• Responsible for conducting advanced analysis and support for research programs in order to promote a culture of assessment and evidence based decision making. The Senior Research Analyst will compile and interpret research data; establish and maintain databases, develop quality assurance; and provide final interpretations to others.
• Independently conduct research assignments that include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements and difficult coordination requirements. The Senior Research Analyst is recognized as a subject matter expert and completes the highly complex work critical to the department. Assignments and projects are broad in nature requiring originality and ingenuity.
• Design and conduct quantitative research projects, analyze findings, develop conclusions, develop and write reports, prepare presentations of relevant findings and conclusions, and recommends appropriate actions.
• Develop and perform effective methods of data collection and assessment. May receive, inventory, enter, and organize collected data. Develop methods and tools to ensure validity and accuracy of data and compliance with quality control requirements.
• Establish and maintain database files, perform required data extraction through programming and report on progress of programs, studies, and/or projects.
• Perform sophisticated data searches and exchanges among micro, mini, and mainframe-based statistical software applications to generate standard and customized reports using statistical applications. Demonstrate expertise in statistical applications such as SPSS, SAS, R, STATA, and Excel.
• Act in a lead role in the summation and preparation of manuscripts, presentations, and proposals by providing and presenting statistical information in the forms of tables, charts, or graphs. Review work of support staff and determines how analysis will be presented.
• Communicate with provide updates regarding the most complex data collection, analysis, and reporting processes.
• Provide guidance, training, and mentoring to less experience personnel in qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Clean and standardize registry, EHR, claims, REDCap, or survey variables into a common analytic structure.
• Build reproducible checks for missingness, duplicates, date inconsistencies, coding drift, implausible values, and refresh-to-refresh changes.
• Implement study inclusion/exclusion criteria, derive exposures, outcomes, and covariates, and create frozen analytic datasets under investigator supervision.
• Produce routine summaries of case counts, stage at diagnosis, screening uptake, treatment timing, follow-up completeness, or other operational epidemiology metrics by demographic and geographic subgroup.
• Link cases to census tract or ZIP-level contextual variables such as deprivation, rurality, or access-to-care measures.
• Create a workflow to tag and summarize new papers by cancer site, exposure, outcome, population, and study design.
• Support non-clinical use cases such as case abstraction prioritization, missing follow-up flagging, study accrual forecasting, or backlog monitoring.
• Standardize Git-based project structure, code review norms, notebook templates, variable derivation logs, and handoff documentation across ongoing projects.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Management, Social Science, Public Policy, Mathematics, Statistics, Health Science or Services or in a field of study related to the research. Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology or related field preferred.
Experience: Two (2) years’ related experience in a research environment required.
A unique combination of education and experience may be considered.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of design of research studies and preparation of technical procedures and reports.
•  Ability to understand and utilize scientific/medical terminology and research theory in both oral and written communications.
• Ability to provide theoretical, conceptual and writing support on research analysis and findings.
• Knowledge of the using measurable and verifiable information for making decisions or judgments.
• Skill in statistical programming, interpretation and data analysis using statistical software as well as spreadsheet and database software applications. Develops policies, procedures, and introduces changes as necessary.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of subjects and information obtained.
• Ability to network with, and provide information to key groups and individuals.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to use a consultative approach to resolve issues in area of responsibility.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Salary Range: $64,100 - $71,000, Commensurate with education and experience.

UMB is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce and is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, marital status, protected veteran's status, or any other legally protected classification.

If you anticipate needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), during any part of the employment process, please submit a UMB Job Applicant Accommodation Request. You may also contact [email protected] . Please note that only inquiries concerning an ADA request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

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