Senior Data Analyst

Posted on by Micaela Brun
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Job date: 2017-06-15
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Company : American Psychiatric Association 

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Job Description:
The incumbent will work to acquire and maintain multiple large administrative (e.g., CMS claims data) and national health survey databases, perform statistical analyses, and provide consultation and some supervision on study design and methods. The incumbent will research, analyze, summarize, and disseminate current psychiatric research findings based on the needs of APA leadership and administration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Major Responsibility #1: Acquisition and management of large administrative databases (e.g., CMS Claims data and other National health surveys data sets). (Time Allocation: 40%)

Key Supporting Task:

  • Assist or take the lead in identifying and negotiating the acquisition of large administrative and health survey databases.
  • Assist or take the lead in overseeing the management and security of the acquired administrative databases especially those with patient-level and quasi-identifiable data (e.g., CMS Claims data and other national data sets) including development of data sets in formats suitable for analysis with commonly used statistical packages.
  • Track researchers and projects using data from the various data sources.
  • Provide data support and troubleshoot to researchers and fellows using data from the various data sources.
Major Responsibility #2: Data management and statistical analyses on research data sets at the request of APA administration. This will include data arising from APA Foundation program evaluation or intervention studies. (Time Allocation: 30%)

Key Supporting Tasks:

  • Prepare data from the acquired data sources or APA Foundation program evaluation and intervention studies for analysis, including merging data from various sources, recoding data, and creation of new variables and modification of data to fit the questions being asked (e.g., policy and advocacy questions of relevance to the APA and its members).
  • Decide on appropriate software and analysis techniques to be used.
  • Run analyses using SAS/SUDAAN and other software as appropriate.
  • Geocoding, spatial mapping and analyses.
  • Help to interpret the results of data analyses across studies and prepare the findings for dissemination at scientific meetings or presentations to leadership and other administration members.
  • Assist and/or take the lead in report writing.
  • Manage an archive which completely documents all data analyses performed at APA.
Major Responsibility #3: Provide consultation to DOR administration on methodological issues. (Time Allocation: 15%)

Key Supporting Tasks:

  • Provide consultation on study design for proposed APA research projects.
  • Provide evaluation of design and methods of external projects and published articles in response to requests for APA comments.
Major Responsibility #4: Assist with supervision of APA Psychiatric Research fellows, interns, and other APA staff who will utilize these data sources for their research projects. (Time allocation: 15%)

Key Supporting Tasks:

  • Work with the Director and Deputy Director of Research in the supervision of APA Psychiatric Research fellows and interns on their award-related projects.
  • Assist or take the lead in overseeing the analytic work of APA research staff.
  • Assist APA Membership Division with analyses of membership data.
  • Assist APA Policy Program and Partnership Division with requested evaluations.
  • Assist APA Education Division with requested analyses.
Qualifications:
  • PhD in Epidemiology, Statistics, Bioinformatics, or related field, with applicable data analyst experience in a research environment especially working with large administrative databases (experience working with CMS claims data is preferred) and independent writing projects.
  • Masters degree in the fields listed with at least 7 years work experience in all aspects of statistical analysis of complex research data sets; or an equivalent combination of education and experience is acceptable.
  • Strong data management and quantitative analytic and problem solving skills including longitudinal data analyses (e.g., multi-level and mixed method analyses).
  • Minimum 3 years of experience using SAS/SUDAAN software for statistical analysis.
  • Knowledge of sampling strategies and sample size determination and their effects on analyses and findings.
  • Familiarity with principles of ArcGIS is desirable.
  • Ability to summarize research findings in written and graphical form.
  • Ability to work with others as a team (teamwork).

There are normal demands associated with an office position: ability to work on computer for prolonged periods, communicate with individuals by telephone, e-mail, and face to face. Some travel may be required.

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Please submit resume with salary expectations.

Job Type: Full-time

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