Data Analyst II - Maternal Health Policy and Equity

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

6d • $70,000 - $105,124

About The Position

The Department of Population Health Science and Policy is seeking a Data Analyst II to support projects involving maternal health policy and equity, pregnancy-related influences on lifecourse cardiometabolic disease, school-level influences on adolescent preconception health, economic evaluation, and health services research. The analyst will be an integral member of research teams and collaborate with investigators—including epidemiologists, health economists, and OBGYNs—and other research team members on maternal health disparities and inequities.

The role oversees data integrity, security, and efforts to enhance the value of data. It may involve directing data movement across systems, overseeing data validation and organization, and ensuring data is available to appropriate people and systems. The analyst will develop and execute reports that support the practice as it develops and evaluates a new model of care.

This is a one-year position with an opportunity for longer-term renewal. Mentorship and professional development opportunities are available. The ideal candidate is motivated, responsible, communicative, organized, detail-oriented, receptive to supervision, comfortable asking questions, eager to learn, and flexible as tasks change.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of work experience and education.
• At least 3 years of analytics experience, including report development and database application or management experience.
• Strong quantitative skills and proficiency with data analysis tools such as STATA, SAS, and R.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Highly motivated and interested in developing a research career.
• Able to work independently in a multidisciplinary setting.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as statistics, epidemiology, or computer science.
• Analytics experience in a large medical center or healthcare environment.
• Experience with systems science modeling methodologies such as system dynamics and agent-based modeling; this is not required but is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, conduct, and communicate data-intensive analysis and research within cardiovascular disease prevention, economic evaluation, maternal health disparities, and health equity.
• Develop research skills in health services research and quantitative analysis.
• Engage in data management, regression-based data analysis, and manuscript writing.
• Guide and mentor research interns.
• Communicate and work with internal and external collaborators.
• Oversee data integrity, security, validation, organization, and availability across systems.
• Develop and execute reports supporting the development and evaluation of a new model of care.

What This Job Offers

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