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Universities of Wisconsin · 20 hours ago

Sexual Health Researcher

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$75K/yr - $85K/yr

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Data Scientist to join a community-engaged research project funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The role involves conducting analyses related to sexual health and SAMP among young adults, utilizing various data science techniques to uncover patterns and inform intervention strategies.

Higher Education

No H1B

Responsibilities

Documents approaches to address research questions and contributes to the establishment of reproducible research methodologies and analysis workflows

Independently identifies and implements appropriate data science techniques to find data patterns and answer research questions chosen by the lead researcher including data visualization, statistical analysis, machine learning, and data mining

Composes and assembles reproducible workflows and reports to clearly articulate patterns to researchers and/or administrators

Organizes and automates project steps for data preparation and analysis

Prepares data sets for analysis including cleaning/quality assurance, transformations, restructuring, and integration of multiple data sources

Lead data cleaning and documentation procedures under the direction of PI and co-Is

Analyze complex research data sets including nationally representative samples and community driven, non-representative samples

Execute analytic plans to identify national prevalence estimates of SAMP and identify harm increasing and reducing circumstances of SAMP

Conduct Latent Class Analyses and general multivariate statistics (e.g., regression) across multiple samples

Organize and document analysis code for research transparency, standardization, and replication

Support and prepare documents in accordance with data sharing procedures as required by funder

Support administrative processes related to participant compensation and other tasks related to the project’s grant

Supervise research specialist/project coordinator on tasks to support this grant-funded project

Assist in the preparation of annual progress reports, reports for the community, manuscripts, and community and peer-reviewed presentations

Qualification

Quantitative statisticsLatent Class AnalysisData cleaningWranglingStatistical packages SPSSStatistical packages STATAStatistical packages RStatistical packages MPlusSexual health researchIndependent problem solvingWriting skillsVerbal communication skillsOrganizational skillsCollaborative skills

Required

Knowledge of sexual health, sexual violence, sex work and/or sex trafficking research

Strong background in quantitative statistics including: Data cleaning and wrangling, Multivariate statistical analyses including regression, Latent variable models including factor analysis and/or latent class analysis

Quantitative analytic skills in statistical packages, such as SPSS, STATA, R and/or MPlus

Excellent writing skills with regard to publication

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to remain highly organized, attend to detail, manage a variety of tasks, and meet required deadlines

Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse group of faculty, affiliates, staff, and students

Ability to work independently on set tasks

Ability to engage in creative and independent problem solving