Director of Data Analytics (Department of Medical Ethics)

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Posted Job Title

Director of Data Analytics (Department of Medical Ethics)

Job Profile Title

Research Investigator, Senior

Job Description Summary

The Penn Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, part of the Health Policy Division, seeks to hire a Senior Research Investigator to join our leadership team as the Director of Data Analytics. This position, reporting to the Center Director, is essential for advancing our mission to identify and evaluate policies and interventions that prevent nutrition-related chronic diseases.

Job Description

The Center for Food and Nutrition Policy at the University of Pennsylvania is a mission-driven Center dedicated to identifying and evaluating policies and interventions that prevent nutrition-related chronic disease. We are currently seeking a highly motivated and skilled individual to join our leadership team as the Director of Data Analytics. As the Director of Data Analytics, you will play an important role in advancing our research goals by leading all aspects of data management and analyses within the Center.

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Serve as the Center's in-house expert on data analytics

• Lead strategic planning for the lab's data analysis activities over the next 5 years, aligning them with our research objectives and priorities

• Oversee the collection, storage, and organization of research data

• Conduct advanced statistical analyses of research data

• Collaborate closely with the Center Director and research staff to integrate data analytics into all stages of the research process, from study design to dissemination.

• Contribute to the methods and results sections of grants/manuscripts by providing statistical expertise and assisting with data interpretation and presentation.

• Contribute to the dissemination of research findings through publica