Data Analyst CTB

The Research Data Analyst 3 role supports data management and analysis for domestic and international research initiatives at UCSF Campus BU. You will work within projects that include NIH-funded multicountry TB diagnostic research, contributing to analysis-ready datasets and publications. The position is based in California (onsite) and supports both day-to-day data operations and cross-site coordination.

Key responsibilities

• Design data collection instruments and REDCap databases
• Create data dictionaries and standard operating procedures
• Oversee data collection, validation, cleaning, integration, and documentation
• Train and support project staff
• Monitor data quality and data timeliness
• Resolve data discrepancies with collaborating research sites
• Conduct statistical analyses using established methods in collaboration with investigators and biostatisticians
• Interpret study findings
• Prepare tables, figures, and reports
• Contribute to abstracts, manuscripts, and scientific presentations
• Manage competing priorities across multiple projects
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary collaborators while ensuring compliance with applicable research protocols and data privacy and security requirements
• Support multicountry data systems for the primary project: Rapid Research in Diagnostics Development for TB Network (R2D2 TB Network)
• Collaborate with international research teams, including monitoring data quality and preparing analysis-ready datasets
• Depending on experience and project needs, contribute to human factors research, Bayesian analyses, and health economic studies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in epidemiology, public health, or a related area
• 3 years of directly relevant work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Human Subjects research training, or ability to obtain it in the first year of employment
• Thorough knowledge of research function
• Thorough skills in statistical analysis and systems programming
• Thorough skills in analysis and consultation
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely in writing and verbally
• Knowledge of multiple statistical programs including STATA or R and MS Excel, plus experience with REDCap to ensure study data accuracy, build analysis datasets, conduct analysis, and prepare data for publication and presentation

Technologies

• STATA
• R
• MS Excel
• REDCap and REDCap databases
• Sawtooth

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working on international collaborations, including international field experience
• Experience in global health research, including in sub-Saharan Africa or Asia
• Proficiency designing and analyzing choice experiments using Sawtooth and/or other statistical programs including STATA or R
• Skills in project management
• Knowledge of medical terminology with a focus on tuberculosis
• Research skills to evaluate alternate solutions and provide recommendations

Compensation: USD 110,000 per year.