Data Analyst | Radiation Oncology | SOM | 625270

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine is an academic medical center seeking a Data Analyst for its Department of Radiation Oncology. The role provides analytical support for clinical, translational, and outcomes research by collecting, processing, analyzing, and reporting healthcare and operational data. The analyst also develops data-handling software modules, communicates insights through reports and visualizations, and trains others in research and analytics techniques.

What you'll do:

• Formulates research questions to address and solve complex challenges in radiation oncology
• Integrates concepts and data from health care sources to create analyses that serve research and strategic efforts
• Builds software modules to handle data communication protocols in radiation oncology, such as DICOM handling module, json data handling module etc
• Identifies data sources; data querying, cleaning and gathering; processing and validation; statistical analysis and interpretation; and visualization
• Uses database query tools and statistical, analytical, and visualization software to extract, manipulate, analyze, interpret, and visualize data trends and patterns and uncover insights
• Synthesizes and communicates insights from research and health care data for decision makers through data visualizations, reports, and presentations
• Trains others in research design, statistical analysis, and visualization techniques
• Other responsibilities aligned with our clinical and research initiatives

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Statistics, or related field; or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in industry standard programing languages (python and SQL) and analytics packages as well as visualization software
• Ability to produce high quality, accurate results in a deadline-driven environment
• Ability to prepare reports for a variety of stakeholders in a cohesive and intuitive manner
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to explain technical and statistical information in understandable terms
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics, Data Analytics, or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience handling healthcare data standards and communication protocols such as DICOM, FHIR R4 JSON data
• Familiarity with web application development frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Flask, React) or business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
• Knowledge of cloud data architectures (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes) and clinical workflows within Radiation Oncology (ARIA, Eclipse, Epic)

Benefits:

• Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid