Research Data Analyst (contractor)

Primary Function of Position: The Contingent Research Data Analyst, based out of Taiwan, will provide research, analytic, and data management support to the Ion Custom Hospital Analytics (Ion CHA) team. Ion CHA uses hospital-provided patient care data to assess the impact of the Ion lung biopsy platform on lung cancer treatment programs. The research analyst will work remotely with health services researchers and market access specialists to generate and answer research questions by independently analyzing healthcare data. The research analyst will also support data cleaning and visualization activities for Ion CHA. Roles & Responsibilities: • Data Management and Visualization o Using a scripting language such as R, write code to clean data, create derived variables, merge/join/concatenate tables, identify missing values and outliers, and identify data inconsistencies. o Visualize healthcare data by creating data dashboards with charts and tables by leveraging tools such as Tableau, R-Shiny, Quarto, ggplot2, and plotly. o Automate data reports to share with internal and external stakeholders, including market access specialists and hospital executives. • Research and Analysis o Explore electronic health record data (EHR) and other large healthcare datasets to answer business questions related to cancer outcomes and costs. o Use statistical and research design methodology to identify significant differences between patient cancer treatment pathways. o Support the development of research publications and conference abstracts. • Additional Project Support o As needed support GAVE team with additional data analytic and visualization projects based on analyst interests and team needs.