Data Scientist (Public Health Sciences)

The University of Miami is among the top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation, and one of the largest private employers in South Florida.

With more than 16,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to add value. Through values of Diversity, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Compassion, Creativity, and Teamwork (DIRECCT) the U community works together to create an environment driven by purpose, excellence, community, and service.

The Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine has an exciting opportunity for a full time Data Scientist. This position is for a social network analyst to work under the direction of Dr. Mariano Kanamori from the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of  Miami. The analyst will be responsible for analyses, interpretations, reports, and publications.

• Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.

• Mine and analyze data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.

• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.

• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.

• Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, operational efficiencies, and other business outcomes.

• Coordinate with different functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes.

• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a closely related field of study
• Three years of relevant experience in SNA research design, implementation, and analyses; preferably in a public health/health setting; in SNA visualization tools (e.g., Cytoscape, Gephi, UCINET, and R); in data manipulation, cleaning, and running bivariate and multivariate analyses using R/SPSS; and in translating findings into manuscripts, conference presentations, and/or reports
• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form
• Skill in collecting, organizing and analyzing data
• Proficiency in computer software (i.e. Microsoft Office)
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of social network analysis (SNA) research methods
• Working knowledge of descriptive and inferential SNA analyses (e.g., network structures, centrality, centralization, hypothesis testing, dyadic and network level tests)
• Working knowledge of SNA models
  • Quadratic Assignment Procedure (QAP)
  • Multiple Regression Quadratic Assignment Procedure (MRQAP)
  • Linear Network Autocorrelation Models (LNAM)
  • Mixed-Effects Models/Multilevel Models (MLM)

• Working knowledge of both sociocentric and egocentric analyses
• Willingness to learn or experience in the design and testing of questionnaires for SNA in REDCap, Qualtrics, and/or Network Canvas

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida’s only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We’re the challenge you’ve been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza (“the flu”) season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

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