RESEARCH SCIENTIST Job at Duke University
Job Title: RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Job Code: 1826
Occupational Summary:
The Research Scientist will participate in scientific projects and programs, including research about health policies, natural experiments, and health insurance designs, conducted within the Department and under the supervision of a Faculty Investigator. He/she will work closely with internal and external co-investigators, programmers/analysts, project managers/coordinators, and scientific staff. The position will be familiar with all aspects of health services research, from data acquisition and cleaning to manuscript preparation and revision. He/she will provide expertise in health services research and/or biostatistics to develop and implement study designs and analyses, and will serve as a lead and/or contributing author of protocols, reports, and manuscripts as appropriate based on standard authorship criteria.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides health services research and/or biostatistical expertise in research projects and/or scientific activities under continuing mentorship as a member of a project team.
- Participates in project initiation activities, including development of proposals and responses to research funding opportunities.
- Drafts interim and final reports to IRB and/or funders.
- Contributes to all aspects of projects including data acquisition and cleaning, study design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation.
- Serves as lead and/or contributing author of protocols, reports, and manuscripts, as appropriate.
- Presents work internally and externally.
- Collaborates and communicates effectively with internal staff (including project managers, programmers, and co-investigators) and external study partners.
- Supervises project staff work as appropriate.
- May provide mentorship to junior staff.
Required education, experience and skills:
- Doctoral-level degree in relevant field
- 5+ years of Postdoctoral or relevant professional experience
- Evidence of the ability to excel in research/science, such as demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of data structures, coding schemes, and data sources, working knowledge of study design and analytic methods, and/or working knowledge of research methodology and statistical methods
- Experience with health insurance claims-based studies strongly preferred
- Proven potential for original or collaborative scholarship
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to collaborate and work with internal staff and external partners
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills
Minimum Qualifications
Education
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Experience
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