Research Specialist Intermediate Charlottesville
State of Virginia · Virginia
- Role
- Data scientist
- First seen
- Jul 11, 2026
- Closes
- Not listed
- Salary
- $88,899.00 per year
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Summary
The Research Specialist Intermediate supports cancer-related population health research at the University of Virginia's Population Health and Cancer Outcomes Core, managing the full data lifecycle from acquisition and preprocessing through statistical modeling and reporting. The role involves extracting and analyzing large-scale healthcare databases (SEER-Medicare, state cancer registries, Virginia APCD, EHR data) using advanced statistical methods, machine learning, and geospatial analysis to inform clinical practice and public health policy. Responsibilities include developing analytical workflows, creating data visualizations and dashboards, preparing publications, and leading training workshops for the research community.
Key qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in statistics, biostatistics, data science, economics, public policy or related quantitative field with 3+ years relevant experience, or Master's degree in lieu of experience
- Advanced statistical programming in SAS, Stata, R, and Python for large datasets
- SQL expertise for extracting and querying large-scale datasets in local and cloud environments
- Data management, cleaning, preprocessing, and advanced statistical methodologies including regression and econometric modeling
- Experience with machine learning/AI tools, GIS/ArcGIS for spatial analysis, and data visualization tools (Tableau, R, Python)
- Ability to work in virtual machine and cloud-based environments and manage multiple projects simultaneously
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