University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill
Analyst
Below is the description
of an analyst position that is currently available at the Sheps
Program on Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care, University of North
Carolina a Chapel Hill. The official job description and
application information are available at this web address:
http://www.unc.edu/epa-job/?p=390#more-390.
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Research
Associate (Analyst), Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care,
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
– 75% Time
Posted December 12, 2007
Job
Category: Research,
General
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research is a
world-renowned, university-based research center, in which over 100
faculty, fellows, and research staff conduct a broad array of
research activities in a collegial, interdisciplinary environment.
The Program on Aging, Disability, and Long- Term Care is one of the
largest of the Sheps Center programs. Directed by Drs. Philip Sloane
and Sheryl Zimmerman, the Program encompasses a variety of research
activities focusing on aging and disabled persons who reside in the
community and in residential long-term care settings. Major
project foci include quality of care and quality improvement in
nursing homes and assisted living residences; medical care needs of
persons with chronic illness and risk factors for chronic illness;
improving the care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related
disorders; and community-based long-term care.
This 75%
analyst will be an integral part of the project team. The
primary responsibility is data analysis, and also participation in
proposal and manuscript preparation. For projects in the data
collection stage, the analyst will guide the development of data sets
by planning the overall data structure, reviewing data collection
forms or files, overseeing the construction of entry screens,
supervising entry, conducting reliability studies, and
overseeing/performing data cleaning. For projects in the
analytical stage, the analyst will work with the project
investigators and consultant biostatistician to design and conduct
the appropriate analyses, to draft methods and results sections of
papers related to the analyses, to create tables and figures, and
(for selected projects) to summarize relevant literature related to
the conceptualization and interpretation of the analyses.
Description of the principal functions:
Data analysis - serving as the primary analyst for the program, working in consultation with the program’s biostatistician.
Participation in the development of proposals and manuscripts related to analytic issues.
Training and supervision - serving as a resource person on analytical issues for other program staff and for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and doctoral students who work on program-related activities.
Data management - in collaboration with the program’s project coordinators, oversight of and involvement in data tracking, the development of data sets, variable construction, and the conduct of reliability studies.
Project coordination - occasionally, on a methodological project, serving as overall coordinator.
Applicants must have at least a master’s degree in biostatistics or a related field and excellent academic writing skills; experience in aging research is preferred. Persons with training beyond a master’s degree and/or related analytic experience are encouraged to apply. Women and other minorities are encouraged to apply.
Priority will be given to applicants who have some or all of the following:
a). 2+ years experience
analyzing data from observational and/or experimental studies.
b). strong programming skills for creating composite variables,
transposing data sets, handling messy data and merging data sets is
essential.
c). experience with multiple linear and logistic regression and model-building;
d). experience with
longitudinal analysis, linear and nonlinear mixed models and
generalized estimating equations (GEE).
e). familiarity with
power calculations and sample size estimation.
f). experience
with measure development, such as factor analysis, reliability
testing.
Supervisors will be Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH and
Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD; Co-directors, Program on Aging, Disability,
and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research, 725 Martin Luther King Jr., Boulevard, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, 27599-7590.
Inquiries:
Email
inquiries should be directed to Sheryl Zimmerman
(Sheryl_Zimmerman@unc.edu)
or Philip Sloane (psloane@med.unc.edu).
Salary range: $50,000 - $70,000.
Closing Deadline is
January 18, 2008.
Please submit resume and cover letter to:
Donna Curasi/Taryn Teague
Human Resource Coordinator
The
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
The University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
CB#7590
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer.