Research Data Analyst (Department of Health Policy and Management)

Johns Hopkins University•Baltimore, MD

5d•$49,200 - $86,200•Remote

About The Position

The Research Data Analyst supports faculty-led health economics and health services research projects in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Projects address topics including the health of older adults, mental health and substance use, value in Medicare and Medicaid, health care affordability, and the value and quality of health care delivery. The role may suit someone interested in pursuing a PhD in health economics or health services research, or someone with substantial experience and interest in applied academic research. The analyst constructs, maintains, and uses analytic datasets and research data pipelines, primarily from large administrative sources such as health insurance claims, electronic health records, employment records, and population surveys. Work includes data management, linkage, quality assessment, exploratory analysis, and applying statistical and econometric methods under faculty guidance. The analyst may also work with less structured sources, including clinical notes and business ownership records. The role offers opportunities to contribute intellectually to research and, when contributions warrant, to coauthor resulting manuscripts.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Three years of related experience.
Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAS/SQL.
Experience with Stata or R.
Experience implementing econometric research designs, including instrumental variables and difference-in-differences, and regression modeling.

Responsibilities

Collect data and generate reports and models.
Run models, analyze model results, and prepare reports on the analysis.
Conduct analyses in support of assigned research projects or studies.
Conduct statistical analyses using standard and statistical software packages.
Design and prepare tables to illustrate analytic findings.
Manage or contribute to data entry in the assigned database.
Develop and maintain analytic datasets from large administrative data sources, such as health insurance claims or electronic health record data.
Perform advanced data management and data linkage, including cleaning and integrating disparate datasets, fuzzy matching of individuals or organizations, and geocoding addresses.
Conduct data quality assessments and exploratory analyses using descriptive statistics, visualizations, and other diagnostic methods.
Implement statistical and econometric analyses under faculty guidance, including regression and quasi-experimental research designs such as instrumental variables and difference-in-differences.
Contribute analytic results, tables, figures, and documentation for presentations and manuscripts.
May perform other research-related responsibilities and other duties as assigned.