University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Medicine, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, ACCORDS

Job Title: Open Rank: Instructor/Senior Instructor – Data/Statistical Analysis

Position #00604428 – Requisition #38086

Job Summary:

The Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) and the Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado seek a faculty member with health-related research experience and expertise in statistical analysis, data management, and/or data sciences. Successful candidates will be at the level of Instructor or Senior Instructor. Specific areas of interest include expertise in managing and analyzing large secondary data sets (e.g., healthcare claims databases, national survey data, and/or electronic health records), longitudinal data analysis, causal inference, analysis of cluster-randomized trials, stepped-wedge trials, and pragmatic research trials.

This faculty position will have their academic affiliation in the Department of Medicine, Division of Health Care Policy and Research and will be a part of a well-established Data Informatics and Statistics Core in ACCORDS, a research center supporting the advancement of health services research and T3-T4 translational research that is jointly funded by the School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acquire and manage databases that are derived from primary and secondary data sources, including maintaining and monitoring data quality to identify and resolve issues in data systems.

• Write statistical programs in R, SAS, STATA and/or Python and conduct complex statistical analyses of primary and secondary data sources in support of assigned research projects

• Designs reports, runs advanced queries, and develop and implement data transformation algorithms in existing database systems to support data interpretation, reporting, and systems conversions; including management of data integrity

• Participate in collaborative research, including grant and manuscript writing and developing statistical analysis plans for assigned projects

• Consult with Investigators on the design and implementation of data collection and management for research projects

• Consult with faculty regarding statistical analysis questions on grant proposals, including assistance with power and sample size calculations, developing statistical analysis plans, and determining the most appropriate statistical methods to use

• Produces tables and figures for manuscripts, presentations and grant proposals using a variety of statistical databases, spreadsheets, slide presentations and graphics software, consulting with other project staff as needed

• Pursue original research and apply for intramural and extramural funding to support development of an individual research program, if desired

Work Location:

Position is eligible for either a hybrid or remote work location.

Hybrid – hybrid schedule of 3 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

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