Research Data Analyst 2 - Limited 5% FTE

UCLA Outpatient Clinics; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Outpatient Clinics is seeking a data analyst to support high-impact health research using large healthcare datasets, including EHR data from UCLA and VA, Medicare, and other clinical sources.

The role involves building and managing research datasets, cleaning data, and applying advanced statistical analyses. Collaboration with faculty and research staff is essential to ensure data quality, reproducible analyses, and clear presentation of results in reports and publications.

Qualifications

• Data cleaning and management of large healthcare datasets.
• Develop and apply statistical models for health services research.
• Summarize complex results in clear visual formats for reports.

Responsibilities

• Construct, manage, and clean large datasets (UCLA/VA EHR, Medicare, and others).
• 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 graphical and tabular formats for reports, publications, and presentations.
• Partner with research teams to ensure analyses are reproducible and well documented.

Job description

Description

We are seeking a detail oriented Data Analyst to support high impact research using large healthcare datasets, including UCLA and VA electronic health records (EHR), Medicare data, and other complex clinical databases. The analyst will play a key role in building and managing research datasets, performing data cleaning, and conducting advanced statistical analyses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Construct, manage, and clean large, complex datasets (UCLA/VA EHR, Medicare, and others).
• 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 accurate, reproducible, and well documented analyses.

This role is ideal for candidates who enjoy transforming raw data into meaningful insights that drive impactful healthcare research.

This is a 5% FTE limited position, which may convert to career.

Salary: $35.06 - $73.02hourly