Health Data Scientist – Cancer Outcomes & AI Analytics

musc; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 54,140,000 - 92,024,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking a Programmer/Research Analyst to support research using Medicare, Medicaid, SEER, NHANES, Optum, and EMR data within Hollings Cancer Center. The role focuses on cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship, developing reproducible pipelines and analytic datasets.

You'll collaborate on multidisciplinary projects applying ML/AI to population health, health services research, and outcomes research, with strong mentorship and opportunities for

Qualifications

• A high school diploma and two years work experience as a Statistical and Research Analyst I; a bachelor's degree with mathematics/statistics may substitute.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in health informatics, data science, biostatistics, epidemiology, or related field.
• Experience programming with SAS, SQL, Python, R, or Stata and managing large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality, well documented code for analyses.
• Support manuscript ready analyses and presentations at conferences.
• Collaborate on multidisciplinary research teams with mentors and staff.
• Create reproducible data pipelines and analytic datasets from healthcare sources.
• Perform descriptive, exploratory analyses to guide study design.

Skills

SAS

SQL

Python

R

Stata

Education

Bachelor's degree in mathematics or statistics

Master's degree in health informatics / data science / biostatistics / epidemiology

Tools

Large analytic datasets

Job description

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is seeking a Programmer/Research Analyst to support research using Medicare, Medicaid, SEER, NHANES, Optum, and EMR data within Hollings Cancer Center. The role focuses on cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship, developing reproducible pipelines and analytic datasets.

You'll collaborate on multidisciplinary projects applying ML/AI to population health, health services research, and outcomes research, with strong mentorship and opportunities for