Research Assistant - Periodontics, College of Dentistry
University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics · Iowa City, IA · 2 wk ago
Information Technology$51k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Aid investigators on NIH-funded R01 research project through data management, statistical analysis, and scientific literature review.
- Collect, clean, validate, and maintain longitudinal clinical and multi-omics datasets while ensuring data quality and compliance with study protocols.
- Assist with statistical analyses and prepare tables, figures, reports, and visualizations for manuscripts, presentations, and research meetings.
- Maintain research databases, project documentation, and study records, and collaborate with investigators, research staff, and laboratory personnel to support project objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Public Health, Health Informatics, Biomedical Sciences, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated ability to organize, track, and maintain accurate and complete large sets of data records.
- Experience using statistical, analytical, or data management software.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new software applications and research procedures.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Qualifications
- Desirable qualifications include experience supporting research, quality improvement, or data-focused projects, experience working with datasets for data cleaning, validation, organization, or analysis, experience using R, Python, SQL, SAS, SPSS, or similar analytical software for data analysis, visualization, reporting, or dashboard development, experience with REDCap, Qualtrics, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, or similar platforms, experience working with healthcare, public health, clinical, biological, or other complex datasets, experience assisting with presentations, reports, abstracts, manuscripts, or other scholarly products, experience with microbiome, genomic, metabolomic, or other high-dimensional datasets.
Benefits
Starting Salary: $50,967 to commensurate (Pay Grade: 3A)
Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm
Pay
$50,967 to commensurate (Pay Grade: 3A)
Contact Information
Contact Name: COD-Requisitions@iowa.uiowa.edu
Contact Email: COD-Requisitions@iowa.uiowa.edu