University of Wisconsin-Madison · 17 hours ago
Sexual Health Researcher
Madison, WI
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$75K/yr - $85K/yrThe University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Data Scientist to contribute to a community-engaged research project focused on sexual health. The Data Scientist will analyze complex datasets, implement data science techniques, and support the research team in understanding the prevalence and characteristics of sexual acts for pay among young adults.
EducationUniversities
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
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
Preferred
Lived (personal) and/or work (professional) experiences or expertise related to sex work, sex trafficking, or providing SAMP
Prior research experience with sexual health, sexual violence, sex work and/or sex trafficking research
Experience with Latent Class Analyses
PhD in social work, psychology, sociology, public health, or related discipline, preferred
Benefits
Generous vacation
Holidays and paid time off
Competitive insurance and saving accounts
Retirement benefits
Company
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison is a research institution providing education opportunities.
Founded in 1848
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$24.76MKey Investors
US Department of EnergyHyundai Hope On WheelsNational Institute of Food and Agriculture
2024-09-17Grant· $2M
2024-08-28Grant· $0.4M
2024-06-26Grant· $1.31M
Leadership Team
Nita Ahuja
Dean School of Medicine and Public Health and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
Page Moreau
Marketing Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Brand and Product Management
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