App Programmer/Analyst Inter

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Why Join Michigan Medicine?

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in . Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30, employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Responsibilities*

The candidate will serve as a programmer-analyst, mentored by the lead programmer/analyst and under the overall supervision of the Principal Investigator and Research Team Director and other research faculty. The candidate will work with large and complex data sets typically used based on project needs (for example, Medicare, Medicaid, Department of Veterans Health Administration, Optum, and NHANES. The candidate may be required to work with data provided by industry (e.g., Insurer, Data Company, Pharma or Other) and help with its analysis. The candidate will assist other team members collaboratively as needed in data preparation for analyses and development of research manuscripts. The candidate will perform data cleaning and data analyses under guidance of the Lead Programmer-Analyst and Study PI(s), Epidemiologists and Biostatisticians. The candidate will help with grant submissions as needed and the team's development of Project Reports and other Deliverables. As required, they will also help analyze new data sources and assist the PI and Team in understanding them for their potential value. Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications*

The ideal candidate will have Masters degree in Biostatistics OR Epidemiology (MS, MPH or equivalent), or similar field and at least 2 years of experience as a graduate student research assistant during school or after graduation. 3-5 years of systems analysis/programming activities in a business environment Extensive knowledge and experience programming in SAS is required.

Desired Qualifications*

Familiarity with statistical modeling such as Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Generalized Linear Model, Survival analysis, etc. Experience with other programing languages, such as SAS, R, SQL, Tableau Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English Team player

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