• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: 75,000-80,000

Position Summary

The School of Nursing at Columbia University (New York) seek a talented, highly motivated data manager with a strong data analysis background. Interest and/or knowledge of maternal health and health equity using antiracist approach is preferred. The candidate will lead analyses using questionnaire data from a large, longitudinal cohort study to examine health disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes. Specifically, we seek to understand how multilevel racism is mediated by epigenomics and is associated with preterm birth.

Responsibilities

• Database management and analysis, from a large, longitudinal study on pregnancy.
• Development and preparation of manuscripts and scientific presentations.
• Managing institutional review board and other reporting duties.
• Lead analyses using questionnaire data from a large, longitudinal cohort study to examine health disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes.
• Maintaining database security, merging, storage, management and cleaning.
• Ensuring that high quality data and the Integrity of the data are protected.
• Upgrading of database systems to meet the needs of the research team.
• Collaborating with and facilitating communication with research team members ranging from senior scientists to students.
• Assisting with dissemination including the development of original abstracts and manuscripts.
• Managing the secure acquisition and transfer of research-related data by developing processes for the efficient, secure transfer of encrypted data.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

The candidate will be called upon to present work at national and international research conferences.

This is a grant-funded position and employment is contingent upon continued funding.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of related experience or equivalent in education and experience.

• Required Application Materials:

  • Cover Letter
  • Curriculum Vitae

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Health Sciences (e.g., Nursing, Public Health, Medicine), social sciences (e.g., gender studies, sociology), Statistics, or a related technical discipline. 
• Experience analyzing quantitative data in SAS, R or another analytic package.
• Demonstrated interest in health of pregnant people, reproductive justice, health inequities in the U.S.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• A PhD in Health Sciences (e.g., Nursing, Public Health, Medicine), social sciences (e.g., gender studies, sociology), Statistics, or a related technical discipline.
• Interest or background in epigenomic analysis, -omics, genetic data analysis.
• Ability to present findings to a multidisciplinary audience, including manuscript writing and scientific presentations.

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