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Senior Research Associate, Data Analysis
A Senior Research Associate position, focused on data analysis, is available in the Department of Global Health with Dr. Emily Smith’s research group. The research group focuses on how nutrition and infection shape healthy birth, growth, and development across the lifecycle.
This Senior Research Associate will independently carry out research activities to support high-quality, harmonized data collection and analysis on an international, multi-site study. The study, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to capture robust, harmonized data on maternal and newborn health outcomes throughout pregnancy and postpartum for an ongoing clinical cohort in Kenya, India, and Pakistan.
Using a certain degree of creativity and latitude, the core responsibilities of this position include managing complex datasets, analyzing data, and interpreting results. This person in this role must be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field of epidemiology and global health.
Responsibilities include:
- Analyze longitudinal data with guidance from the PI and in collaboration with other team members, including those based at GW and external international collaborators.
- Develop queries to ensure consistency, completeness, and accuracy of data.
- Write and run codes for site-specific data quality assessment; interpret and present findings in a monthly monitoring report and scientific publications.
- Perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.
The Senior Research Associate will be supervised day-to-day by the PI (Dr. Emily Smith). The initial appointment is for one year, with an opportunity for an extension after successful completion of the one year.