Environmental Health GIS & Data Research Assistant II

Baylor College of Medicine; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The Program in Population and Environmental Health Disparities at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking a Research Assistant II to support an NIH-funded R01 project. You will assist with geospatial and environmental data processing, data curation and management, and cleaning of administrative health datasets.

The position will also support literature reviews, manuscript preparation and proofreading, and other research activities related to the project aims.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or a related field.
• Three years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Use R and GIS to generate geospatial predictor datasets for air pollution models.
• Perform GIS analyses including geocoding, spatial joins, and linking exposure estimates with health data.
• Maintain organized research databases, data dictionaries, and reproducible data-processing records.
• Assist with cleaning administrative health datasets from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
• Review and proofread manuscripts, abstracts, and reports.

Skills

Geospatial data processing

Statistical programming (R/Python)

Data management

Literature reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Basic Science or related field

Tools

R

Python

GIS

HPC

Job description

The Program in Population and Environmental Health Disparities at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking a Research Assistant II to support an NIH-funded R01 project. You will assist with geospatial and environmental data processing, data curation and management, and cleaning of administrative health datasets.

The position will also support literature reviews, manuscript preparation and proofreading, and other research activities related to the project aims.