Senior Clinical Informatics Data Scientist

This role supports the development of UTA’s healthcare informatics research and education programs in collaboration with Cook Children’s Health Care System. The position focuses on turning clinical and real-world data into meaningful research, education, and evidence-based insights. The individual will work closely with faculty, clinicians, and data teams to design studies, analyze data, and support publication, * Builds and supports UTA’s healthcare informatics education and research program in collaboration with Cook Children’s Health Care System, including clinical research, real-world evidence, and data-driven education initiatives.

• Develop and support scalable infrastructure, tools, workflows, cohorts, data specifications, and reproducible research processes for clinical and real-world healthcare data projects.
• Conduct analyses using clinical and real-world healthcare data to generate insights, reports, publication-ready outputs, and findings for academic, clinical, and operational stakeholders.
• Collaborate with clinicians, researchers, and technical teams to translate clinical and research questions into structured study designs, analytical plans, and data approaches.
• Lead or contribute to manuscripts, abstracts, reports, and presentations for academic, clinical, and operational audiences.
• Provide training, mentorship, and guidance to faculty, students, and collaborators on clinical data science, research methods, study design, and analytical best practices.
• Apply clinical informatics, epidemiologic, cohort development, phenotype definition, data validation, governance, privacy, security, and regulatory methods to ensure research quality, validity, reproducibility, and compliance when working with sensitive clinical data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Doctoral degree or clinical doctorate with research training, such as a PhD, DrPH, MD, DO, PharmD, DNP, or equivalent, or master’s-level training with substantial applied healthcare data research experience and three (3) years of experience conducting healthcare data research, including experience with statistical analysis, study design, and working with clinical or real-world healthcare data., * Doctoral or clinical doctorate, such as a PhD, MD, DrPH, or equivalent experience, with experience using Epic systems, Cosmos, or similar healthcare data platforms.
• Preferred experience also includes clinical informatics, epidemiology, or real-world evidence research, as well as scientific writing and publication.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Proficiency in at least one analytic tool (e.g., SQL, R, Python, SAS, or similar).
• Strong understanding of clinical data, study design, and statistical methods.
• Ability to translate clinical questions into analytical approaches.
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication with both technical and non-technical audience.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and disciplines.

The annual salary for this position ranges from $92,100 to $130,000. The final offer will be commensurate with the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications.

The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metroplex, a vibrant and diverse metropolitan area that is home to over 7 million people, one of the fastest-growing tech economies in the United States, and a wide array of arts, entertainment, and cultural activities. As a comprehensive teaching, research, and public service institution, UTA is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through scholarship and creative work. With an enrollment of more than 42,000 students, UTA is the second largest in the University of Texas System. As a result of its combination of rigorous academics and innovative research, UTA is designated as a Carnegie R-1 “Very High Research Activity” institution and nationally recognized for its commitment to student success and service. It ranks No. 5 in Military Times’ “Best for Vets: Colleges” and is the top university in North Texas for its graduates’ salaries (The Wall Street Journal). UTA is designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution and is No. 6 for undergraduate ethnic diversity in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, 2023). With a global alumni network of approximately 280,000 - including leaders at many of the 24 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in North Texas - UTA contributes an estimated $29 billion annually to the Texas economy.

UTA is expanding its regional footprint by building a regional campus, called UTA West, in Parker County on the far west side of Fort Worth. It is scheduled to open in fall 2028. This initiative aligns with the university’s strategic growth and commitment to serving the broader community.

This is an exciting time to join UTA and contribute to its bold vision for the future.