Environmental Health Data Analyst - Hybrid/Remote

Columbia University in the City of New York; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Job summary

Columbia University in the City of New York is seeking a Data Analyst to support environmental health research at the Mailman School of Public Health. The role focuses on turning field and sensor data into analysis-ready datasets using reproducible workflows in R and Python.

The position is full-time for one year with the possibility of extension; frequent collaboration with NY staff and international partners is expected, with occasional travel to field sites in Ghana and East Africa.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and 3 years of related experience.
• Master’s degree in biostatistics, statistics, data science, epidemiology, or related field preferred.
• Strong programming and data management skills with reproducible workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop data processing pipelines for high-frequency sensor data and exposure metrics.
• Clean and manage survey and cohort data with documentation and codebooks.
• Perform statistical analyses across projects and collaborate with researchers.
• Create reproducible analysis workflows using Git/GitHub, R Markdown, and Quarto.
• Prepare datasets and documentation for archiving and data-sharing compliance.
• Produce figures and tables for manuscripts, grants, and reports.
• Coordinate with field teams and may travel to Ghana/East Africa for data work.
• Contribute to manuscripts and grant applications including methods and results.

Skills

R (tidyverse)

Python

Git/GitHub

Reproducible research

Time-series data

Survey data management

Data visualization

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's degree in biostatistics / epidemiology / data science

Tools

GitHub

R Markdown

Quarto

REDCap

ODK

SurveyCTO

renv/conda

Job description

Columbia University in the City of New York is seeking a Data Analyst to support environmental health research at the Mailman School of Public Health. The role focuses on turning field and sensor data into analysis-ready datasets using reproducible workflows in R and Python.

The position is full-time for one year with the possibility of extension; frequent collaboration with NY staff and international partners is expected, with occasional travel to field sites in Ghana and East Africa.