Florida International University (FIU) is seeking a Medical & Education Data Analyst to support the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in addressing health research data challenges, including data collection, analysis, and mentorship for students in research projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and six (6) years of appropriate experience or a Master's degree in an appropriate area of specialization and four (4) years of appropriate experience.
Responsibilities
- Develops data collection and analysis methodology, including helping students navigate ethical considerations, defining detailed data requirements, data sources, and proper data collections procedures for statistical analysis.
- Develops and implements data collection quality assurance procedures to ensure accuracy, validity, and reliability of results.
- Provides expertise to the quantitative and qualitative data analysis of health research data.
- Makes recommendations regarding design and data collection methodology for clinical, healthcare, or epidemiological research.
- Responsible for data organization, maintenance of databases, statistical analysis, general interpretation and reporting of results to appropriate stakeholders.
- Collects data using appropriate methods (e.g.: checklists, global rating scales, surveys, forms, questionnaires, etc.).
- Generates reports, charts, tables, and presentations as appropriate for the reporting of data and outcomes to individuals, offices, and committees.
Other
- Mentors HWCOM students with the study design and during the conduction of their Research Scholarship Course (RSC) projects, with emphasis on the steps related to the collection of primary or secondary data; data cleaning / preparation / management; data analysis (including discussion of theoretical concepts, methods, and hands-on activities); and interpretation and report of research findings.
- Supports other educational activities conducted by the Division, with emphasis on those related to research data collection, evaluation, analysis, interpretation and report.
- Builds and maintains structures as needed to capture data for longitudinal reporting.
- Serves as a resource for faculty conducting health research regarding data issues such as appropriate collection and entry methods as well as data quality.
- Collaborates with HWCOM IT to identify requirements and parameters for data delivery and specifications.
