Behavioral Health Analytics Specialist

Akron Children's Hospital • Akron, OH

11d • Remote

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Research Data Analyst at the Rebecca D. Considine Research Institute supports clinical and translational research by transforming raw data into analysis-ready datasets. Working with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and study teams across multiple departments, the role combines data extraction, data engineering, and research operations. The specialist queries and joins data from the EHR and other research systems, builds and manages REDCap projects, and delivers documented, reproducible datasets for investigators and biostatisticians.

The position is part of a growing Research Methods and Data Science team developing shared infrastructure, standards, and workflows. The successful candidate brings technical rigor, attention to detail, and a service orientation toward supported research teams. Training is provided for candidates with foundational skills in building REDCap projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or research-related field such as biomedical informatics, public health, health sciences, statistics, or a related discipline.
• Proficiency in SQL for data querying, joining, and transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate effectively with research teams.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• Proficiency in R or Python for data manipulation, recoding, and reproducible workflows.
• Experience with version control and reproducible research practices.
• Experience building REDCap projects, including instruments, branching logic, and calculated fields; training is provided for candidates with foundational skills.
• Familiarity with EHR data structures, particularly Epic.
• Experience with research data documentation, including data dictionaries and codebooks.
• Minimum two years of experience in data extraction, management, or analysis in a research or clinical setting; strong new graduates with relevant technical skills will be considered.
• Experience working in academic medical center or research institute settings.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with study teams to understand data requirements and translate them into structured extraction and dataset preparation plans.
• Extract, query, and join data from the EHR (Epic), REDCap, and Cosmos related to mental health services, patient outcomes, and treatment effectiveness.
• Compute and recode variables to meet study-specific analytical specifications.
• Deliver clean, analysis-ready datasets to biostatisticians and study teams, and support follow-up data pulls and revisions throughout the study lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain data documentation, including data dictionaries, codebooks, and extraction SOPs.
• Build and manage REDCap projects, from straightforward data collection instruments to complex longitudinal projects with branching logic and calculated fields.
• Write reproducible, well-documented code following RMDS shared standards, using version control for analytical workflows.
• Support multiple study teams simultaneously across clinical departments, managing priorities and communicating proactively about timelines and constraints.
• Contribute to RMDS team infrastructure, including shared code libraries, documentation standards, and data preparation workflows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level