Job Opportunities

Statistician/Data Scientist

Date Posted: 01/19/2023
Career | BHHI | Location: ZSFG

The Statistician/Data Scientist will work with UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative under the direction of the BHHI faculty director and a more senior statistician. They will uses skills as a seasoned, experienced research professional with a full understanding of statistical methods and data analysis software packages. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. This position requires extensive experience conducting statistical analysis of observational studies, program evaluations, administrative data, or longitudinal cohorts.

The Statistician/Data Scientist will apply statistical and data science methodologies to original research projects focusing on homelessness and its effects on health. The successful candidate will have the ability to work with a variety of data sources, including administrative and longitudinal survey data, and will be able to clean, manage, link, and analyze these sources. They will be passionate about using data to find innovative solutions to homelessness. The incumbent will be able to conduct analyses and data management on multiple projects concurrently. We seek a highly organized individual with outstanding statistical analysis and data management skills who has superior written and verbal communications skills and excellent time management. Interest in BHHI’s mission/work with experience in public or population health working with health or health care data is preferred.

While candidates living in the Bay Area are preferred, the position may be fully remote. Salary Range: $75,000-$100,000.

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Postdoctoral Scholars

Date Posted: 10/18/2022
Post-Doc | BHHI

The UCSF BHHI is seeking highly motivated scholars to join a multidisciplinary team for a 2-year post-doctoral program. This is a full time position based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Scholars will work closely with established BHHI faculty to conduct research on projects related to homelessness, and to translate these findings into evidence-based programs and policy solutions. One of the goals of the post-doctoral scholars program is to help scholars develop a research program that could lead to grant applications to establish research independence. Scholars will have the opportunity to obtain additional research training in Implementation Sciences through the UCSF Training in Clinical Research Program. Scholars will be based at the UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital campus and will have access to resources across the UCSF campuses. Scholars will spend the first three months of the post-doctoral program exploring projects and mentorship within the BHHI. By the end of the third month of the program, post-doctoral scholars will be required to find a primary research mentor and project and a secondary research mentor. Post-doctoral scholars will also have the opportunity to work with other faculty across UCSF. They will be a part of a group of 3 to 4 postdoctoral scholars from different disciplines engaged in a structured training program that includes works-in-progress and other career development activities, including writing and publishing manuscripts and grant writing. Salary: $82,000.

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