PDMP Program Coordinator and Research Analyst (Research Analyst 3)

Job number:  REQ-54664

This is a full-time, permanent classified position and is represented by a union.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Injury and Violence Prevention Section in Portland, OR is recruiting for a PDMP Program Coordinator and Research Analyst to support the current operation of the statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and work to develop and implement new data system customizations.

What will you do?
As the PDMP Program Coordinator and Research Analyst, you will contribute to the overall excellence in operations, planning, implementation, and oversight of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. You will serve as primary liaison between state and local, stakeholders and partners working together to customize the data system and as the contract administrator for the PDMP vendor services contract.

In this position, you will support and develop public health injury surveillance by utilizing prescription drug monitoring data to develop and produce metrics. You will prepare reports for publication by reviewing gathered information and writing statistical and narrative summary reports, including summary figures and tables and explaining the significance of trends. In addition, you will provide technical consultation by explaining and discussing data with agency personnel, other agencies, and news media.

What are we looking for?

Requested Skills

• Minimum requirements: A bachelor's degree in any discipline that included six-quarter units in statistics or quantitative analysis methods and procedures, and one year of experience using computerized applications to independently gather, compile, and analyze data and prepare narrative or statistical reports; OR four years of research experience using computerized applications to independently gather, compile, and analyze data and prepare narrative or statistical reports.
• Master’s degree in public health with a research design and analysis or informatics focus is preferred.
• Experience in epidemiologic surveillance; data research study design, analysis and evaluation; and quality assurance studies.
• Experience generating reports and research in health practice, preferably in physical and behavioral healthcare.
• Experience with multiple regression, factor analysis, analyses of variance and discriminate analysis.
• Experience using advanced statistical or quantitative analysis computer applications such as R, STATA and SAS.
• Experience working with relational databases and data linkage of large data sets using deterministic and probabilistic matching software such as Link King, and/or Link Plus.
• Experience using bibliographic software such as Endnotes, Mendeley, and/or Zatero.
• Experience in using trends such as social, economic, or industrial to do analytical research.
• Experience presenting to groups in person and via webinars with experience posting study results online.
• Experience promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment

Contact Information

Cyndi Phipps-Roman 503-569-0066