<p>Position Details</p> <p>Position Information</p> <p>Recruitment/Posting Title RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (NON-TENURE TRACK) AUTISM POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DATA SCIENCE Department State Health Policy Center Salary Details A minimum of $100,000 Offer Information</p> <p>The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks, if and when appropriate, and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the university's broader compensation structure. We are committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.</p> <p>Benefits</p> <p>Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include:</p> <ul> <li>Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage </li><li>Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs </li><li>Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options </li><li>Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable) </li><li>Life insurance coverage </li><li>Employee discount programs </li></ul> <p>Posting Summary</p> <p>The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (Center/CSHP) within the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research (IFH), a unit of Rutgers Health, is recruiting a Research Associate to join our faculty to scientifically advance a portfolio focused on autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities research led by the incoming Director of the Center for State Health Policy. This is a co-terminus, externally grant and contract funded junior faculty position that will report directly to the incoming leader of the CSHP.</p> <p>The faculty member hired under this recruitment will assume a leadership role in best practice use of large-scale or multi-source datasets, including CMS Medicare and Medicaid data, across the Center's autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities portfolio. Responsibilities include designing and implementing complex analytic workflows, developing innovative data visualizations to support research and policy translation, contributing to peer-reviewed publications and policy reports, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams across study projects. The position also includes mentoring junior researchers, fellows, and staff in quantitative and mixed-methods research, and fostering team-level skills in data science, programming, and reproducible workflows.</p> <p>Experience with advanced analytic tools (e.g., R, Python, SAS, Stata) and translating data insights into actionable policy recommendations is essential. The initial appointment will be for one year, renewable for annual or multi-year periods, depending on productivity, overall performance, and continued availability of funding.</p> <p>Duties of the Position</p> <p>Conduct high-impact, policy-relevant quantitative research on autism and developmental disabilities using advanced data methods</p> <ul> <li>Lead development of quantitatively driven research proposals, including submissions to NIH and other federal funders </li><li>Centralize and manage teamwide initiatives related to the uses of primary (e.g., survey) and secondary (e.g., claims) data to inform a body of ongoing analyses and proposal development </li><li>Prepare scientifically rigorous reports for funders, academic audiences and broad stakeholder constituencies </li><li>Publish peer reviewed, academic articles focused on quantitative analytic findings and methods related to the study of autism and other intellectual/developmental disabilities </li><li>Participate in, and present at, appropriate scientific conferences and professional meetings </li><li>Translate complex data findings for non-technical audiences to maximize the impact of the research, using advanced visualization techniques, including for example, dashboards employing Power Bi and/or Tableau </li><li>Oversee all analytic research completed on the CMS Medicaid claims and encounter data through the Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse (CCW) through the Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC), assuring scientific rigor and compliance with all security standards including, but not limited, to CMS data use agreements. </li></ul> <p>Management of Data Analytic Staff</p> <ul> <li>Oversee diverse analytic staff supporting the autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities research portfolio, including providing guidance and expertise on multiple coding languages including, but not limited to, R, STATA, SAS and Python, </li><li>Identify and implement appropriate analytic training opportunities to facilitate career and scientific advancement of the data team under the direction of this position. </li><li>Develop and execute the data analytic plans for all autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities related projects and coordinate allocation of resources to assure timely completion of deliverables. </li></ul> <p>Position Status Full Time Posting Number 26FA0325 Posting Open Date Posting Close Date 05/01/2026</p> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>Minimum Education and Experience</p> <ul> <li>Master's degree in Data Science/Analytics, Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Public Health, or other related discipline required. </li><li>Minimum of two years of experience managing analytic staff. </li><li>Minimum of three years of experience designing and employing advanced analytic methods in support of academic research. </li><li>Knowledge of autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities policy. </li></ul> <p>Certifications/Licenses Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities</p> <p>Advanced skills in multiple coding platforms, including R, STATA, SAS, and/or Python</p> <p>Preferred Qualifications Equipment Utilized Physical Demands and Work Environment Overview</p> <p>About the Center for State Health Policy</p> <p>Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (Center/CSHP) is an initiative within the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, which is part of Rutgers Health. Established in 1999 with major funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Center combines Rutgers University's traditional academic strengths in public health, health services research, and social science with applied research and policy analysis initiatives. The Center was conceived in response to the unique and essential role of the states in the formation and implementation of sound health policy.</p> <p>The Center is home to 27 full-time employees and will be welcoming Dr. Lindsay Shea as its new director in July 2026, succeeding Founding Director Joel Cantor. The Center's signature areas of research include Health Care Access and Coverage, Health and Long-Term Care Workforce, Health System Performance Improvement, Long-Term Services and Supports, and Population Health.</p> <p>Within this core portfolio, CSHP marshals the expert resources of its team of multidisciplinary faculty and staff to:</p> <ul> <li>Conduct rigorous, timely, and impartial research on health policy issues; </li><li>Provide objective and practical evaluation of programs and policy choices; </li><li>Convene the health policy community in a neutral forum to promote an active exchange of ideas on critical issues; </li><li>Educate current and future health policy makers, researchers, and administrators; and </li><li>Promote the practical application of scholarship in health policy. </li></ul> <p>Equal Employment Opportunity Statement</p> <p>It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. 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