SAS Data Scientist - Health Data Research
Core
Process hospital discharge data across states to create harmonized, uniformly formatted files for research and analytics.
Role type
Data Scientist I (Health Data Research)
Builds
Harmonized data files, reports, dashboards, and visualizations for research teams and clients.
Domain
Healthcare / Health Data Research
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
SAS programming (including macros), statistical analysis, data cleaning and transformation, database management, data visualization, SQL, Python, R, Tableau, Hadoop, Hive, MapReduce
Preferred skills
Experience with healthcare or administrative claims data, familiarity with large-data systems
Responsibilities
Collect, clean, transform, validate, and harmonize data from various sources; Identify trends, patterns, and data-quality issues; Develop reports, dashboards, tables, charts, and other visualizations; Create, document, manage, and maintain databases, data systems, and data dictionaries; Support data-storage optimization and data-management procedures; Work with research teams, project leaders, and clients to understand analytical needs and advance project objectives; Contribute to proposal development, including drafting technical and analytical sections.