The Frailty Research Program at the Hebrew SeniorLife Marcus Institute for Aging Research seeks applicants for a Data Scientist III who has expertise in Medicare data programming.
Our mission is to improve care of older adults with frailty by generating high-quality evidence, training future clinicians and researchers, and changing health systems and policy. Toward this mission, Data Scientist III will work together with PIs and other investigators (clinical investigators, epidemiologists, and biostatisticians) to evaluate outcomes of drug therapy, surgical procedures, and healthcare services in older adults, including those who live with frailty and dementia. The main responsibilities of this position include performing SAS programming of Medicare data and other routine healthcare data, improving the efficiency of the Medicare data analysis projects, and training research staff in Medicare data programming.
A competitive candidate must have the working knowledge about Medicare data and 5 or more years of experience in Medicare data programming related to pharmacoepidemiology or health services research. The candidate must be willing to share ownership and responsibilities of the ongoing projects with PIs to meet study deadlines; must have leadership to improve the efficiency of the research process and train other research staff; must have the ability to work on multiple projects, prioritize tasks, develop workflow, and meet study deadlines; must be able to work with minimal supervision, be self-motivated, and work independently and as a part of a team.