Data Scientist - Research Administration

Data Scientist - Research Administration

The Data Scientist - Research Administration provides dedicated data science and engineering support to the Department of Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The role will focus on developing data pipelines, performing statistical and machine learning analyses, and generating high-quality research outputs using large-scale clinical datasets. This position will work closely with surgeons and researchers to translate clinical questions into data-driven insights. It is a strategic role designed to strengthen the departments research infrastructure and competitiveness for external funding.

Key Roles and Responsibilities :

• Collaborate with Department of Surgery researchers to define project requirements and analytic goals
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and perform ETL processes for clinical data
• Conduct statistical and machine learning analyses on large, complex healthcare datasets
• Clean, transform, and prepare high-quality analytic datasets for research
• Build and validate predictive models to support research questions and clinical insights
• Develop and maintain reusable data marts for commonly used research variables
• Document data workflows, coding processes, and analytic decisions to ensure reproducibility
• Prepare visualizations, summary reports, and presentations of research findings
• Contribute to manuscript and grant writing by providing data-related content and results
• Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy regulations, and institutional policies

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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