UTMB Faculty Group Practice · 2 months ago
Research Scientist II - Health and Clinical Outcomes Research
Galveston, Texas, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
1+ years expUTMB Health is seeking Research Scientists to advance decision-grade evidence from real-world data to study and understand human health. The role involves leading health and clinical outcomes research, performing advanced data analyses, and collaborating across UTMB's schools on defined research programs.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Leading and contributing to high-impact health and clinical outcomes research
Planning and performing advanced data analyses using UTMB's exceptional data infrastructure, with particular emphasis on electronic health record (EHR) data including EPIC, EPIC Cosmos, TriNetX, and Medicare administrative datasets
Building transparent cohort definitions and phenotypes using ICD-10/PCS, CPT/HCPCS, LOINC, and RxNorm
Implementing modern causal-inference strategies (e.g., target-trial emulation, robust confounding control, time-to-event and longitudinal models, principled handling of missingness, falsification and sensitivity analyses)
Collaborating across UTMB’s schools on defined research programs
Contributing to abstracts, manuscripts, and grant applications as PI/Co-I or key personnel
Integrating clinical timelines with multi-omics and other high-dimensional data while preserving clinical interpretability and privacy
Presenting research at professional meetings and conferences
Participating in H-COR's monthly works-in-progress seminars
Qualification
Required
Ph. D, M.D, D.O., or D.V.M in related field and one year of related experience
Preferred
PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in a relevant discipline (health services research, epidemiology, biostatistics, data science, computer science, or a closely related field)
A track record in health and clinical outcomes methods
Demonstrated expertise analyzing clinical and population-health data with specific experience in EHR analytics
Proficiency with large healthcare databases (Epic, Epic Cosmos, TriNetX, Medicare)
Fluency in at least two of R, Python, SAS, and SQL
Excellent scientific writing and communication
Evidence of peer-reviewed publications commensurate with career stage
Experience with OMOP and HL7 FHIR data models
Hands-on practice with target-trial emulation and advanced propensity and longitudinal methods
Clinically oriented NLP and time-aware feature extraction
Familiarity with multi-omics data structures and cautious EHR-omics linkage
Experience in HPC or cloud settings (e.g., TACC, Azure, AWS) and workflow engines that promote end-to-end reproducibility
Mentorship of analysts or trainees
A record of effective, cross-disciplinary collaboration in an academic health-sciences environment
Company
UTMB Faculty Group Practice
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Faculty Group Practice (FGP) is comprised of over 950 faculty physicians and advanced practice providers who drive UTMB’s mission of improving health by delivering innovative education and training, pursuing cutting-edge research, and providing the highest quality patient care.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase