UNIV -Research Associate - College of Health Professions, Dept. of Health Sciences and Research

Job Description Summary

The MUSC CEDAR Core, residing in the College of Health Professions, is announcing an opportunity for a part-time Research Associate to work with the Core Director, Dr. Sara Knox on current CEDAR studies. The CEDAR Core performs health services research (HSR), program evaluation, and comparative effectiveness studies that use secondary data and quasi-experimental designs to measure access, cost, and outcomes for populations defined by treatment or policy issues.

Entity

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Temporary

Cost Center

CC000222 CHP - HS&R Admin

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

University-00

Pay Range

0.00 - 0.00 - 0.000

Scheduled Weekly Hours

6

Work Shift

Job Description

The MUSC CEDAR Core, residing in the College of Health Professions, is announcing an opportunity for a part-time Research Associate to work with the Core Director, Dr. Sara Knox on current CEDAR studies. The CEDAR Core performs health services research (HSR), program evaluation, and comparative effectiveness studies that use secondary data and quasi-experimental designs to measure access, cost, and outcomes for populations defined by treatment or policy issues. This position will collaborate with Dr. Knox and other Core faculty on data extraction and cleaning, data set construction, statistical analysis, and report/paper writing. Opportunities for co-teaching classes in HSR methods under Dr. Knox’s mentorship may be available. Knowledge of HSR designs for patients after acute stroke, major surgery, and/or experience and interest in studies related to Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias is desirable. This position is available immediately and is limited to 12 months. Under the guidance of the Core Director, you are expected to take the lead in data extraction from Medicare, Medicaid, All-payer data, and private insurance databases. You will learn to apply standardized approaches to data cleaning, quality control, population matching, data analysis, and reporting. Your daily work will also entail presenting the results at internal meetings, and national conferences, and writing manuscripts. Ideally, you have a degree in health services, public health, biostatistics, or another health-related quantitative field. Existing experience in archival data analysis, and strong skills in SAS programming is expected. Likewise, an excellent understanding of quasi-experimental designs, causal modeling, risk adjustment, and familiarity with ICD-10 and CPT coding is highly desirable. A PhD is required.

Job Duties:

35% - Extract clean and validate data for funded and unfunded research projects.

35% - Assist the Director on funded research projects. Collaborate with other members of the Core.

20% - Draft papers for peer-reviewed journal publications based on data analysis, interpretation, assist with manuscript writing, submission, responding to reviewer comments, and re-submission.

10% - Develop a personal area of HSR focus and execute an initial study in this area using CEDAR data.

Additional Job Description

Physical Requirements: (Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section: Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift; Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift; Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift) Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Continuous) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to climb stairs. (Infrequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work in all cold temperature extremes, i.e. spot coolers. (Frequent) Ability to bend at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to twist at the waist. (Frequent) Ability to perform 'pinching' operations. (Continuous) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (Continuous) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Continuous) Ability to fully use both legs. (Continuous) Ability to reach in all directions. (Continuous) Possess good finger dexterity. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) Ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 15 lbs., unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to lift objects, up to 15 lbs., from floor level to height of 72 inches, unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to lower objects, up to 15 lbs., from height of 72 inches to floor level, unassisted. (Frequent) Ability to push/pull objects, up to 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift and carry objects up to 15 lbs. a distance of five (5) floors and to outlying buildings. (Frequent) Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. (Continuous) Ability to match or discriminate between colors. (Continuous) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Continuous) Ability to be qualified physically (by medical personnel) for respirator use, initially and annually. Ability to work alone in isolated areas, such as darkrooms. (Frequent) Additional New Requirements: Ability to obtain and maintain a valid drivers license. Computer literacy. Ability to work rotating shifts as required. Ability to work overtime as required. Ability to learn and use new processes, tools and equipment as required.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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