Research Data Analyst ( Department of Health Policy & Management)

The Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) in the Bloomberg School of Public Health is seeking a Research Data Analyst to support health policy research on the Johns Hopkins Drug Supply Chain Data Dashboard. Johns Hopkins Drug Supply Chain Data Dashboard is a university-wide platform which supports data-driven health care services research across JHU. The goal of the platform is to advance data-driven solutions that address national health system challenges across markets, organizations, populations, and technologies. The platform will provide timely insights to tackle drug shortages and supply chain disruptions, to improve data transparency and increase resiliency in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain.

The successful candidate will serve as a co-investigator on health policy projects led by Dr. Mariana Socal. Primary research areas include import and export of drugs and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) supply, the impact of drug inspections, warning letters, citations on supply, and viable and sustainable options for preventing and coping with drug shortages.

The Research Data Analyst will provide data analysis and related activities for various types of research projects and studies. The Research Data Analyst will contribute to ongoing development, maintenance, and use of a research data pipeline that collects and analyzes data.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Collect data and generate reports and models.
• Run models, analyze model results, and prepare reports on the analysis.
• Conduct analyses in support of the assigned research project or study.
• Conduct statistical analyses using standard and statistical software packages.
• Design and prepare tables to illustrate analytic findings.
• Manage or contribute to entry of data in the assigned database.
• May engage in other research related responsibilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Support the development of dashboards, calculations, and reports, which may require programming.
• Support the development and tuning of machine learning models, which may require programming.
• Integrate and harmonize complex regulatory, manufacturing, and trade datasets (e.g., FDA, DailyMed, DMF, NDC, import/export databases).
• Support the development of infrastructure for cleaning and processing data and running experiments to evaluate system performance.
• Mine various data resources for development of key metrics, performance indicators, and general business intelligence useful for planning and service design.
• Perform error analysis and suggest and implement improvements., Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.

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Do you have experience in Technical Proficiency?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 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., * Master's Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, Public Health, or a related field preferred.
• Four years of relevant quantitative research and analytics experience, with at least two of those years including complex programming experience.

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Data Management and Analysis - Developing
• Data Pipeline Architecture & ETL/ELT Development - Developing
• Data Visualization - Developing
• Programming Languages - Developing
• Reproducible Research Practices - Developing
• Research Methodology - Developing
• Statistical Modeling - Developing
• Statistical Programming - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs., Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.