Sr. Research Data Analyst, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Posted July 8, 2021

Description:

General summary/purpose: Assist in analysis of documents in the Opioid Industry Documents Archive and with further development of the Archive.

Specific duties & responsibilities:

Perform a rapid, critical analysis of approximately 247,000 documents produced by opioid manufacturer Insys Therapeutics, Inc. that have been released as a result of litigation, with respect to content of the materials, including the cases, dates, products, stakeholders, and document types, in order to summarize information for research and communication purposes;
prepare summary materials from such analyses that are suitable for dissemination to general public to promote archive access and use;
review, analysis and development of metadata accompanying submitted documents;
apply similar tools and methods to those used for the analyses above to new contributions to the opioid archives;
work with the project team in pursuing potential new sources of contributions to the archive.

Minimum qualifications (mandatory):

Master’s degree in related discipline.
1 year related experience.
Require highly specialized advanced knowledge, education and/or training in a specialized field of study to conduct research.

Preferred qualifications:

Knowledge of health sciences, health policy, and/or history of science, medicine and technology.

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Knowledge of current national metadata standards.
Education/training in archives, library and information science, history, or related field;
Experience working in archives, digital humanities, digital preservation, and/or data mining;
Experience with or knowledge of research methodologies in the social sciences is preferred;
Ability to work remotely and collaborate with a diverse and geographically distributed team;
Good written and oral communication skills;
Attention to detail.