Research Technician II - Epidemiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7268549 (Ref:20116-en_US)
Posted: August 1, 2024
Job Description
Summary
The Program in Population and Environmental Health Disparities in the Center for Precision Environmental Health and Department of Medicine (Section of Epidemiology and Populations Sciences) at Baylor College of Medicine is seeking a Research Technician II to assist with data curation, data management, and data analyses for ongoing research projects. The Program is home to an NIH P50 Center of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research, the Maternal and and Infant Environmental Health Riskscape Center. The Research Technician will have the opportunity to participate in multiple research projects involving data management and analysis and contributing to publications.
Job Duties
- Downloads, manages, and processes publicly available data for air pollution modeling.
- Assists in creating maps and conducts analyses of spatial-temporal data using ARCGIS.
- Assists in managing and analyzes data in R and SAS for specific research projects.
- Documents results of analyses and prepares reports for principal investigators.
- Reviews relevant scientific literature.
- Tracks study activities by keeping detailed notes.
- Prepares summaries and reports and develops Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), as needed.
- Develops and implements QA/QC procedures.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in managing and interrogating large data sets that includes geospatial data sources (e.g., shape files).
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
