Health Data Scientist - Pharmacoepidemiology (Hybrid)

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health in Los Angeles seeks a Clinical Informatics Specialist to join the Program in Pharmacoepidemiology within the Division of General Internal Medicine. This role focuses on analyzing large healthcare datasets, leveraging real-world data to improve patient care and inform healthcare decision-making.

The ideal candidate has strong programming skills (SAS, SQL, R, STATA, Python) and experience with health care claims data, collaborating with clinicians, epidemiologists, and researchers to

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Biostatistics, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, or related field.
• Experience with administrative health care claims data required, i.e., data management, cleaning, and linkage of large healthcare datasets
• Proficient in data management and statistical programming languages (SAS, SQL, R, STATA, or Python)
• Solid understanding of pharmacoepidemiologic study designs and causal inference methods for observational data analysis
• Familiarity with drug coding systems (NDC, ATC), diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD, CPT)
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills for scientific reporting and collaboration
• 3 years demonstrated experience with statistical analysis and programming for research
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary research team
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other programmers/analysts working with other programming languages
• More than 5yrs of experience with programming in a health care environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage and analyze large healthcare datasets and develop analytic files for observational research.
• Support advanced statistical analyses and collaborate with clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and researchers.
• Contribute to evidence generation that informs healthcare policy and clinical practice.

Skills

SAS

SQL

R

Python

Data Management

Statistical Programming

Education

Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Biostatistics/ Epidemiology

Tools

STATA

Job description

UCLA Health in Los Angeles seeks a Clinical Informatics Specialist to join the Program in Pharmacoepidemiology within the Division of General Internal Medicine. This role focuses on analyzing large healthcare datasets, leveraging real-world data to improve patient care and inform healthcare decision-making.

The ideal candidate has strong programming skills (SAS, SQL, R, STATA, Python) and experience with health care claims data, collaborating with clinicians, epidemiologists, and researchers to