Public Health Data Scientist — Research & Evaluation

DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Loan forgiveness

Health benefits

Work From Home option

Pension plan

Tax-deferred savings

Wellness program

Job summary

The Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS) within DOHMH seeks a City Research Scientist to advance data modernization and link public health, healthcare, and social services to improve health outcomes for New Yorkers.

Duties include designing and evaluating research projects, data matching with engineers, developing storage systems, documenting processes, co-authoring manuscripts, and presenting findings to internal and external audiences.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required with specialization in an appropriate field of public health or related discipline.
• Doctorate with supervisory or research experience preferred.
• Equivalent education/experience may be accepted with two years of required experience.

Responsibilities

• Apply analytic, statistical, and programming skills for the design, planning and implementation of research and evaluation projects focused on the impact of supportive housing on health and equity outcomes.
• Co-lead data matching and data management processes in partnership with data engineers for complex, multi-agency projects using efficient probabilistic matching algorithms.
• Develop database storage systems and periodically upload, transform, and manage data for team projects.
• Carefully document data matching, management, and governance processes.
• Co-author peer-reviewed manuscripts related to the impact of supportive housing on health outcomes.
• Interpret research findings to inform policy and programmatic decision making.
• Prepare and present knowledge products (such as slides, briefs) to a range of internal and external audiences.
• Participate in data- and methods-related technical assistance to agency projects as needed.

Skills

Health research

Data science

Data matching

Collaboration

Public health analytics

Education

Master's in public health or related field

Doctorate in physical/biological/environmental/social science

Job description

The Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS) within DOHMH seeks a City Research Scientist to advance data modernization and link public health, healthcare, and social services to improve health outcomes for New Yorkers.

Duties include designing and evaluating research projects, data matching with engineers, developing storage systems, documenting processes, co-authoring manuscripts, and presenting findings to internal and external audiences.