Research Associate IV

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The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

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Tracking California is a program of the Public Health Institute, in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health, and our mission is to mobilize data for public health action. We "track" or compile and analyze data about public health and the environment to protect California communities. Our core values include environmental justice and health equity - we work to ensure that all Californians, regardless of location, identity, or income, have the opportunity to live in healthy communities protected from environmental hazards. To achieve this goal, we help community groups, government agencies, researchers, and health advocates shine a spotlight on environmental hazards and other factors that may be impacting community health.

As part of our data team, the Research Associate IV (RAIV) will play a key role in supporting a variety of public health surveillance and research work within Tracking California's projects. Two core areas include:

1. Sickle Cell Longitudinal Data Collection (SCDC) Project- The RAIV will be a key team member of the SCDC project responsible for data management, probabilistic data linkage, and contributing to and leading analysis of SCDC data independently and with external researchers. The RAIV will also be a contributor to multi-state data analysis plans and execution, manuscript development, and data visualization.
2. Environmental health research & surveillance - The RAIV will provide analysis and research support to projects including but not limited to: Community Air Monitoring, Water Quality Data Visualizations, and the Environmental Health Tracking Network.

An ideal candidate would have values that align with our program's scientific integrity and accessibility, transparency, sustainability, partnership and promoting respect, as well as a passion for social justice. We aim to build an inclusive program team that is reflective of the populations we support and actively seek applications from individuals from communities that are marginalized and underrepresented.

This is a regular full time 100% FTE position. This is a remote California-based position. The incumbent must work from California and be able to travel to the Bay Area periodically as required.

Full salary range for this position: $70,296 to $101,911 per year. The typical hiring range for this position is from $70,296 (minimum) to $86,104 (midpoint), based on 100% FTE. The starting salary is determined based on the candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.

• Data Management: Oversee the organization, cleaning, and maintenance of surveillance data.
• Probabilistic Data Linkage: Assist with data linkage processes to integrate multiple datasets accurately.
• Data Analysis: Lead and contribute to the analysis of surveillance data (descriptive and inferential statistics, trended analyses) both independently and in collaboration with external researchers.
• Manuscript Development: Prepare literature reviews, research papers and manuscripts, posters and oral presentations, and data briefs.
• Data Visualization: Create visual representations of data to support analysis and dissemination.
• Compile and synthesize large amounts of data with strong attention to detail.
• Provide technical assistance to partners to support data use, decision-making, and capacity-building.
• Maintain documentation of processes and methodologies, validation of data and other content of work products prior to presentation or distribution.
• Participate actively and thoughtfully in multidisciplinary teams.
• Engage in professional development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• 5 years of research or data analysis experience.
• Bachelor's degree in science or quantitative field, or substitute with four additional years of related experience.

• Experience working with large health datasets such as Medicaid claims, hospital discharge data, and vital records data.
• Experience working with environmental exposure data such as air quality data, water quality data, and pesticide use data.
• Experience using Statistical Analysis System (SAS) and/or R and/or Python to create, manage and analyze data.
• Experience documenting and maintaining data processing, code, codebooks, metadata, etc. For example, using version control tools such as git.
• A strong background in statistical analysis and epidemiologic study design.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct data analysis and assist work with the interpretation of findings.
• Understanding of public health and environmental health methods, practices, and terminology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong time management skills.
• Ability to clearly summarize and communicate data and methods to collaborators and/ or audiences with varied professional backgrounds.

• Previous work experience and expertise in public health or environmental health surveillance.
• MPH/Master's degree is strongly preferred.
• Experience and/or interest in health disparities and/or rare disease research.
• Experience and/or interest in environmental health.
• Familiarity and experience with GIS, either using software programs, such as ArcGIS or QGIS, or spatial programming libraries (in R or Python).
• Willingness to learn new data management, statistical programming, or data visualization software and/or methods as needed.
• Experience or interest in developing interactive, web-based data visualizations (R-Shiny, ArcGIS Online apps, Tableau)
• Experience in a similar position at PHI strongly preferred.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) STATUS

This position is classified as exempt based on the job duties. However, based on the FTE, salary level of the employee, or federal/state/local laws, the employee may be classified as nonexempt.

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