Research Analyst (SAS and R) (Job 1368)

Overview

DLH Corp, is looking for a Public Health Research Analyst, using SAS or R, to join our talented and innovative team supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This position is 100% remote. However, employees may be required to attend occasional in-person meetings, trainings, or team events on an as-needed basis. To support onboarding and compliance requirements, candidates must reside within reasonable commuting distance of Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; or Washington, DC. Access to one of these secure office locations is required for smart card issuance, background investigation processing, and other periodic administrative or security-related activities.

CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), the Division of HIV Prevention (DHP) is charged with preventing HIV infection and reducing the incidence of HIV-related illness and death. The overarching objectives of the contract held by DLH are to assist DHP in addressing its public health mission by providing data management, data governance, data analysis, and data dissemination support to strengthen the nationwide capacity to monitor the HIV epidemic.

Responsibilities

• Develop SAS programs for validating surveillance, clinical, or research study data.
• Verify that all variables that should be included in the resulting dataset are present in the dataset and extraneous variables are excluded.
• Identify data discrepancies and other inconsistencies in the resulting dataset.
• Develop codebooks and documentation for datasets.