Health Policy Data Analyst

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Organization:

Health Policy

Job Summary:

The Department of Health Policy is seeking qualified health policy data analyst candidates to provide support for complex quantitative and data modeling research projects in health policy, public health, or related disciplines under occasional faculty guidance. This position utilizes intermediate-to advanced-level research and programming skills to perform a variety of quantitative research activities including data management, analysis of quantitative data, data visualization, and manuscript preparation.

The ideal candidate will work well independently and in collaboration with multiple faculty members and projects simultaneously, take initiative to gather suitable data to address policy questions, and complete assignments in a timely manner. U.S. citizenship is required for project-specific work.

The responsibilities of this position will include highly quantitative and written data analysis on issues of current policy interest. Examples of projects may include:

• Modeling the cost-effectiveness of new health technologies and policy changes
• Analyzing trends in health care expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
• Examining policy options for improving the value of care delivered to patients in diverse settings

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Vanderbilt University's Department of Health Policy is a broad and diverse group of health policy faculty and staff who are conducting world-class health services research, impacting health policy solutions that have and could have a profound impact in numerous areas of public health. The Department builds on a history of strong collaborative relationships with the Tennessee Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and local, state, national and global policy makers to develop health policy solutions for our pressing health care challenges.  For more information, please visit https://www.vumc.org/health-policy.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Management

• Responsible for managing large and/or complex datasets
• Develops datasets by performing data cleaning, data validation, and data reporting
• Maintains detailed documentation of data management and programming codes
• Ensures the integrity and security of data

Health Policy Data Analysis

• Uses advanced statistical and data programming skills to manage and analyze data (e.g., Stata, SAS, R)
• Summarizes and interprets complex analyses
• Identifies, validates, extracts, and formats data for statistical analysis.
• Able to create, modify, and run multifaceted database queries and produce reports
• Creates complex charts, graphs, and tables to summarize analysis results
• Expertise in data modeling and understands relationships between data items

Project Management and Presentation

• Uses intermediate-to-advanced quantitative research methods skills to participate in the design, coordination and conduct of research projects
• Prepares materials and drafts technical sections of presentations and written documents
• Able to prepare effective presentations in content and function
• Fosters collaboration between team members, both internal and external to the department

Minimum Qualifications:

This position requires Master’s degree and two years of related experience. A degree in economics, statistics, public policy, or another field with quantitative coursework is strongly preferred. U.S. citizenship and relocation to/location in Nashville area are REQUIRED

Preferred qualities and skills:

• Experience with Medicare, SEER-Medicare, Medicaid, drug coverage, or other administrative claims data
• Expertise with Stata, SAS, and/or