Research Data Analyst

The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research is seeking a Research Data Analyst to conduct analyses and coordinate QA activities with statistical and natural language data analyses. This is a casual position, working 10-15 hours a week. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Advise faculty/investigators on appropriate statistical analysis procedures. Assist in study planning and in quantitative and natural language processing analysis planning.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of research data. Analyses will include, as appropriate to specific projects.
• Data review and cleaning as necessary to ensure the data accuracy.
• Preparation of frequency tables.
• Calculation of descriptive statistics that includes T-Tests, ANOVA’s and Posthoc Tests.
• Repeated measures analyses, regressions, correlations, multi-level modeling, discriminant analyses and other multivariate techniques.
• Conduct natural language analyses of archival and research data.
• Requires the ability to work independently and prioritize multiple demands.
• Assist faculty/investigators in interpreting and writing up statistical analysis methods and results. Will assist faculty/investigators in conducting natural language processing.
• Will be assigned projects by CPCR faculty investigators.
• Must be knowledgeable regarding the guidelines for the collection of research data and CPCR’s standardized methods of data management and project management.
• Provide investigators with summary tables of the results of statistical analyses; provide explanations and interpretations of statistical methods and results. Will conduct and interpret qualitative analysis on archival and research data.
• Create professional, publication quality figures for studies conducted at CPCR. Figures will be used in presentations and scientific manuscripts.

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work in a team dynamic and troubleshoot programmatic issues.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent oral communication skills to deal effectively within and outside the department..
• Excellent written communications skills.
• Skilled in computer programs such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn about the work of the department as well to acquire new technical skills as needed.
• Must work well with others to accomplish tasks with an emphasis on quality and efficiency.
• Good interpersonal skills required.

Technical Qualifications or Specialized Certifications

• Experience with computers required.
• Experience with statistical software packages including R, SAS, or SPSS as well as spreadsheet programs including Microsoft Excel is required.
• Previous experience in the use of Macintosh and IBM-compatibles is desirable.
• Experience with natural language processing is required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
• Three years related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in computer science, quantitative psychology, or related field, but PhD preferred.
• At least one year’s experience in a research lab or professional setting.
• At least one year of instructional experience in research methods and statistics strongly preferred.

 

 

Classified Title: Research Data Analyst   
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MC  
Starting Salary Range: $24.61 - $43.12 HRLY ($23,400 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Varies 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview 
Department name: ​​​​​​​PSYCHIATRY CPCR 
Personnel area: School of Medicine