Healthcare Data Research Analyst II – Onsite LA

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health is seeking a Research Data Analyst 2 to support clinical and health services research using large healthcare data assets. This role focuses on constructing research datasets, performing advanced statistical analyses, and communicating findings through clear visual and tabular reporting for publications and presentations.

The position is onsite in Los Angeles, CA with responsibilities spanning data quality, dataset development, statistical modeling, and documentation to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics / Computer Science / Bioinformatics / Data Science or equivalent.
• Knowledge of basic and multivariable statistics.
• Experience with modeling approaches: hierarchical/multilevel, GLM and GEE, two-stage, survival.
• Knowledge of research design.
• Competency in statistical software: STATA, R, SAS.
• Experience using SQL to query and extract data.
• Ability to conceptualize and construct tables and graphs.
• Ability to summarize statistical analyses for collaborators.
• Ability to manage and merge large datasets from multiple sources to develop analytic datasets as a single file.
• Ability to produce visual tools that highlight essential information from a project or study.
• Ability to learn new statistical techniques and adapt existing code.

Responsibilities

• Construct, manage, and clean large, complex datasets from UCLA/VA EHR, Medicare, and other sources.
• Collaborate with faculty and research staff on data quality control and database design.
• Develop and apply statistical models to support clinical and health services research.
• Summarize results in clear graphical and tabular formats for reports, publications, and presentations.
• Partner with research teams to ensure analyses are accurate, reproducible, and well documented.

Skills

Statistics

Data analysis

SQL

STATA

R

SAS

Python

Data visualization

Research design

Big data handling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics / Computer Science / Bioinformatics / Data Science or equivalent

Master’s degree or higher in Biostatistics/Statistics/Computer Science or related field

Tools

STATA

R

SAS

SQL

Python

Jupyter notebook

Job description

UCLA Health is seeking a Research Data Analyst 2 to support clinical and health services research using large healthcare data assets. This role focuses on constructing research datasets, performing advanced statistical analyses, and communicating findings through clear visual and tabular reporting for publications and presentations.

The position is onsite in Los Angeles, CA with responsibilities spanning data quality, dataset development, statistical modeling, and documentation to ensure