Epidemiologist

This position provides epidemiologic support for the Lifetime Surveillance of Astronaut Health project and the Flight and Medical Operations Division at NASA Johnson Space Center.

The incumbent will:

• Assemble and prepare datasets
• Analyze medical and environmental exposure data
• Generate reports presentations and publications
• Provide evidence to support clinical care
• Conduct literature reviews
• Support occupational surveillance operational investigations and scientific research

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Extract and manipulate medical data from electronic databases in a cloudbased environment. Prepare data for analyses including visualization using statistical programs. Document methodology and results.
• Conduct comprehensive literature reviews including identifying relevant publications and summarizing scientific findings.
• Analyze medical data and generate reports presentations and publications. Convey results to managers and project leaders.
• Generate reports to support clinical care and epidemiologic analyses of medical data.
• Participate as an epidemiology SME in assessing health risks during spaceflight.
• Ensure data quality control and assurance during analyses. Collaborate with epidemiologists and biostatisticians to identify and resolve issues.
• Prepare materials for presentations and poster sessions for internal audiences and the scientific community.
• Support the development of manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.
• Automate recurring reports using statistical software and data mining tools to enhance efficiency.
• Maintain current CITI Human Subjects Research Biomedical Research certification and complete other necessary trainings.
• Maintain confidentiality of all medical and personal information to which access has been granted.
• Provide weekly status reports of work activities to the supervisor.
• Perform other tasks as directed.

Education & Experience:

Required:

• Masters degree in Epidemiology Biostatistics Data Science Health Informatics Public Health or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in extracting manipulating and analyzing clinical data using statistical software as well as preparing reports and presentations.

Desired:

• Experience querying electronic medical records (EMR) and other relational databases manipulating large datasets and working with raw unclean data.
• Three years of data analysis experience preferably using clinical healthcare data.
• Experience or coursework in risk assessment.

Skills & Training:

Required:

• Proficiency in database management including data extraction cleaning and auditing.
• Experience developing data visualizations in Tableau Power BI or other visualization software.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including technical writing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite products.
• Effective planning problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
• Ability to work effectively both in small teams and independently.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to thrive in fastpaced environments and effectively prioritize work projects.
• Highly developed organizational skills and attention to detail.

Desired:

• Experience with electronic medical records and data resulting from this type of record or experience with human health data.
• Experience working with collaboration tools such as Teams SharePoint OneNote and bibliographic software such as EndNote.
• Experience creating Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG) to model probability connectivity and causality.
• Knowledge of regulatory and legislative requirements related to personally identifiable information (PII) and data privacy laws (e.g. Privacy Act of 1974 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) etc..
• Experience extracting manipulating and analyzing data in cloudbased environments. Working knowledge of building analytical data models using R Python Scala or other relevant cloud services such as AWS SageMaker or AWS Comprehend.

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