At Houston Methodist, the Sr Research Data Scientist position is responsible for addressing the best uses of data science and informatics development for providing a competitive advantage or addressing pressing research, clinical or business problems in Houston Methodist (HM) research, operations, and care, as well as to effectively communicate informed conclusions and recommendations across an organization's leadership structure. This position will explore, collate, harmonize, and analyze data from multiple disparate sources and many angles, including the organization's needs to access and understand research, clinical, financial, operational, population health, social, behavioral, and marketing data. Under the guidance and direction of the Director, Center for Health Data Science and Analytics (HDSA) and or the Lead Research Data Scientist, the Sr Research Data Scientist position will work closely with researchers, physicians, scientists, caregivers, hospital staff, administrators, and other stakeholders to implement projects of research, clinical and business benefits. This position be involved in various projects including research workflow optimization, innovative tracking, predictive analytics, clinical and operations decision support, advanced analytics, outcomes measures, cost reduction, quality improvement, population health management, statistical and advanced modeling techniques to different types of health, cost, and media data, and coordinate with clinicians and developing recommendations and presentations for a variety of audiences and stakeholders. The Sr Research Data Scientist position will leverage information in HM enterprise data warehouse and designated electronic medical record as well as adhere to data definition standards set by the Research and Hospital Data Governance committees.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

• Master’s degree in computer science, Clinical Informatics, Public Health Administration, Business Administration, or Engineering, or an MD with experience in Informatics and Statistics or related field

EXPERIENCE

• Five years’ experience in healthcare data analytics or database management in a healthcare organization; if HM internal employee, four years' experience in healthcare data analytics or database management in a healthcare organization
• Advanced experience in computer science and applications, modeling, statistics, and analytics, e.g., big-data, data lakes, and cloud computing

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Preferred

• Credentials or experience working with AWS and/or i2b2 or other common clinical data models strongly preferred

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist Academic Institute oversees the Education Institute and Research Institute. The Academic Institute aligns our research and education initiatives in service to the clinical mission, providing solutions that answer the call for new technologies and skills our clinicians need for patient care. Houston Methodist Education Institute coordinates our primary academic affiliation with Weill Cornell Medicine and other joint programs, including the Engineering Medicine Program at Texas A&M University Intercollegiate School of Engineering Medicine. The Education Institute also oversees continuing medical education and graduate medical education, and supports trainees in residence for medical, nursing, allied health and research education programs. Houston Methodist Research Institute supports research programs and infrastructure that enable faculty across the system to bring new scientific discoveries to patients as rapidly as possible through the full cycle of a cure from conceptual bench research, to prototyping and development, to clinical trials and FDA approval. The Research Institute supports clinical research protocols and extramurally funded translational research programs.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.