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Description

The NIH-funded PROMISE project is seeking a masters-level analyst/statistician for a newly funded project dedicated to (1) identifying geospatial and temporal patterns of hospital encounters for overdoses and other drug-related harms during pregnancy and the post-partum period, and inequities in these patterns; and (2) identifying structural determinants of these patterns and inequities in these patterns. PROMISE is led by Drs. Michael Kramer and Hannah Cooper. A Community Advisory Board of people with lived experience, and partnerships with participating state health departments, will help guide the project and support high-impact dissemination. This is a two-year position.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under limited supervision, the epidemiologist would have knowledge of advanced statistical methods to analyze, develop, implement, and promote new and creative strategies and solutions to address public health issues and challenges in a clinical research environment.

• Designs, manages, and evaluates large, state-level (group-randomized) controlled trial.

• Thoroughly understands and executes study protocols and procedures to ensure accurate and consistent collection of data.

• Provides technical expertise and advice on study design and data analysis using a variety of statistical methods.

• May provide assistance with interpretation of statistical analysis for peer review.

• Contributes to grant proposals, protocols, data analysis plans and management, reports, manuscripts, and presentation of study findings.

• May participate in peer-reviewed manuscript authorship and occasional travel to scientific conferences.

• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

This full-time position will have the following responsibilities:

• Identify and secure existing administrative databases needed to create measures of features of the risk environment, including measures of the enforcement of laws governing drug use in pregnancy.

• Develop relevant measures of the risk environment, including creating extensive meta-data documentation for them, and conducting rigorous quality checks and analyses of variable distributions.

• Support the acquisition of hospital discharge data. Process incoming data in a timely manner and manage follow up requests for missing or incomplete data.

• Harmonize discharge databases across participating states and develop a codebook/crosswalk of original and harmonized variables.

• Work closely with the lead statistician to develop the patient-centered longitudinal hospital discharge cohort databases for each state, including creating extensive metadata documentation for them, and conducting rigorous quality checks and analyses of variable distributions.

• Support and conduct Bayesian analyses of the distributions of drug-related harms during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and of the distributions of implementation activities for laws governing drug use in pregnancy.

• Support and conduct Bayesian and difference-in-differences regression analyses of relationships between features of the risk environment (including measures of the enforcement of laws governing drug use in pregnancy) and drug-related harms among pregnant and postpartum people, overall and by race/ethnicity, insurance status, and rurality/urbanicity.

• Contribute to manuscripts – draft methods and results, create tables and visual displays.

• This position will report to the lead statistician. This is a two-year position.

• Opportunities abound for ongoing professional development, including leading papers and conference presentations as a first author and co-author, and participating in journal clubs and work in progress seminars organized by the CORAL center.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A master's degree in public health (epidemiology) or related research intensive field from an accredited school.

• At least one year of related experience, which could be classified as fellowships, research assistantships, or part-time research activities, is preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong data management skills in R or SAS

• Knowledge of Bayesian and geospatial methods

• Interest in developing a career in reproductive justice and or harm reduction

• Strong capacity to work independently

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location. Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

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Job Number 133624

Job Type Regular Full-Time

Division School Of Public Health

Department SPH: Behav/Soc/Health Educ Sci

This position may involve the following Health and Safety issues: Not Applicable

Job Category Clinical Research

Campus Location (For Posting) : City Atlanta

Location : Name Emory Campus-Clifton Corridor