University of Chicago
Research & Lab Survey Anayst – Precision Analytics
Job Description
Department BSD PSY – Lyons Lab About the Department To transform mental health through compassionate, innovative interdisciplinary care, pioneering research, and the education of future leaders dedicated to advancing the well-being of individuals, families, and their communities. Job Summary The job plans and executes laboratory data collection and analysis to support research, and assists in specialty research involving technologies, among others. The position supports the organization’s data and analytics work by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to inform decision-making, program improvement, and research.
This role helps ensure that data is accurate, accessible, and actionable for staff, partners, and stakeholders. Responsibilities Collect, clean, and organize data from multiple sources. Conduct analyses using statistical and computational methods. Develop data visualizations, dashboards, and reports to share findings.
Collaborate with program, training, and operations teams to apply data insights to projects. Ensure data quality, security, and integrity across systems.
Contribute to cross-team initiatives by embedding data-informed practices. Develop and code data dictionaries for discrete data. Write, Implement, and develop efficient code and machine learning tools and pipelines for data processing and analysis.
Work with collaborators to implement emerging external computational tools for program data. Develop training material. Keep lab’s knowledge-based trainings up to date.
Calibrates data between large and complex research and administrative datasets. Guides and may set the operational protocols for collecting and analyzing information from the University’s various internal data systems as well as from external sources.
Designs and evaluates statistical models and reproducible data processing pipelines using expertise of best practices in machine learning and statistical inference. Provides expertise for high level or complex data-related requests and engages other IT resources as needed. Analyzes moderately complex data sets for the purpose of extracting and purposefully using applicable information.
Plans own resources and training on various methods and techniques related to molecular-based genetic tests to new laboratory technologists, rotating residents, clinical fellows, researchers, and others. Applies standard laboratory procedures to support research studies, such as the preparation of reagents. Handles, processes, banks, and ships patient samples.
Prepares quality and safety control measures for the laboratory, such as checks of equipment, temperature control, and documentation of quality improvement projects. Under a moderate degree of supervision, provides support to clinical research studies. Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Certifications:
EWJD3