SENIOR POPULATION HEALTH RESEARCH ANALYST
DATA-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT-- AMGA is a trade association leading the transformation of health care in
America located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Representing multispecialty medical groups and integrated systems of care, we advocate, educate, and empower our members to deliver the next level of high performance health. AMGA is the national voice promoting awareness of our members’ recognized excellence in the delivery of coordinated, high- quality, high-value care. More than 170,000 physicians practice in our member organizations, delivering care to one in three Americans. For more information, visit amga.org.
AMGA Analytics is AMGA’s engine for innovative health analytics. We work directly with member organizations, helping them use data to drive clinical decision-making, enhance patient-centered care, transform care systems, and improve population health. AMGA has access to an unparalleled clinical data resource — longitudinal EHR and claims data for more than 50 million patients.
The Senior Population Health Research Analyst is the primary investigator responsible for leading the completion of one or more research projects within AMGA R&A. This role is responsible for leading all aspects of a successful project, from ideation through publication and dissemination, with support from other R&A staff Members. This is an individual contributor role, though successful Sr. Analysts should feel confident collaborating with other analysts and programmers to manage the different aspects of a complex research project.
Summary of Responsibilities
- Apply advanced analytic skills to design statistically sound analytical approaches and compelling data visualizations to support population health improvement for medical groups and integrated health care systems across the US
- Lead mixed methods and implementation research projects including developing study concepts, designing research protocols, conducting research, and disseminating findings through presentations and peer reviewed manuscripts
- Collaborate with multiple stakeholders including funders, members of the programming team, and other analysts to ensure projects are completed successfully
- Analyze integrated administrative & clinical data using statistical and data visualization software such as SAS, Stata, R, & Tableau
- Design and generate reports, provide insights, and interpret analytic results in clinically meaningful terms
- Conduct qualitative research, e.g., interviews, focus groups, and support qualitative data analysis
Senior Population Health Research Analyst
- Master’s degree in public health, statistics, epidemiology, or related field, or equivalent experience (Doctoral degree preferred)
- Experience with statistical analysis of clinical trial or observational study data
- Expertise in statistical software such as R, SAS, Stata, or SPSS
- Proficiency with data visualization using software (e.g. Tableau) or programmatic methods (e.g. ggplot)
- Expertise in research involving analysis of clinical, operational, and/or financial health care data, including qualitative as well as quantitative methods (preferred)
- Experience planning research projects, conducting analyses of clinical outcomes, and presenting findings
- Demonstrated experience in proposal preparation, including literature review and protocol development
- Proven ability to “tell a story with data,” capable of conveying complex concepts to audiences with multiple perspectives, at different levels of sophistication, including chief medical and quality officers, front-line care teams, and operations executives
- Familiarity with clinical settings, health care operations, and quality improvement methods, including translation
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $100,000.00 - $139,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
Schedule:
Application Question(s):
- Do you have experience writing grants, study protocols and/or published manuscripts?
Education:
Experience:
- healthcare research: 1 year (Preferred)
- R, SAS, Stata or SPSS: 3 years (Required)
- data visualization: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote
