Drug-Checking Data Analyst,Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Job New York New York USA,Healthcare

Location: New York

The Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use (BADU) works to close gaps and reduce overall morbidity and mortality related to alcohol and substance use among New Yorkers. BADU develops, implements, and evaluates interventions and prevention strategies through contracting of treatment, recovery and support services; policy analysis and development; epidemiology and surveillance; dissemination of treatment and management guidelines; harm reduction initiatives; public and provider outreach and education;

and community involvement and interagency collaboration. The Bureau amplifies the voices of those most impacted and focuses on inequitable structural, social, service, and communication factors that drive disparities. The Office of Research, Surveillance, Policy, and Communications within BADU conducts alcohol- and drug-related surveillance, program evaluation and research, maintains databases, designs research protocols, produces reports, writes scientific articles for peer-reviewed journals, facilitates program and policy development, and develops messaging and other communication materials for provider and public audiences.

In 2021, BADU established a drug-checking pilot to gain more insight into the unregulated drug supply and provide fact based information to people using the service. Using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and immunoassay test strips, trained drug checking technicians currently offer point-of-care drug-checking services at syringe service program locations in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn, including two sites that offer overdose prevention services.

The Drug-Checking Data Analyst will support the development and implementation of data collection, analysis, and reporting systems for the drug-checking initiative. The Drug-Checking Data Analyst work collaboratively with the Drug Checking Team to coordinate and support data management activities, including monitoring and analyzing program data, ensuring data quality, supporting data requests, and preparing data products for internal and external stakeholders.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

Extract, clean, manipulate, organize, and analyze drug-checking data primarily using R, REDCap, Excel, SQL, and other platforms

Work collaboratively with drug-checking technicians to perform quality assurance data checks and implement quality improvement processes to ensure data quality

Support the Senior Drug Checking Epidemiologist in designing and developing new methods of analyses for the drug-checking initiative in conjunction with the Bureau’s drug-related syndromic surveillance data to inform future program direction

Contribute to the design and maintenance of the drug-checking database, including queries and data entry procedures and preparing documentation

Support the creation and revision of study and data management documentation related to the drug-checking program, including data dictionaries and codebooks

Assist with the reporting of programmatic data, including, but not limited to, internal reporting (e.g., weekly reports, dashboards), external reporting, Power Point presentations, and ad-hoc data requests

Support the maintenance of a drug-checking dashboard and other data visualization activities

Assist with development of protocols, workflows, questionnaires, and surveys

Support the preparation of IRB applications for research study protocols

Contribute to the development of manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals

Contribute to the Bureau’s racial justice and health equity activities

PREFERRED

SKILLS:

Experience practicing public health and working across systems to further a public health approach to substance use
Experience with program monitoring, evaluation, and/or quality improvement
Knowledge of and experience within the fields of substance use/harm reduction
Experience (at least 1 year) analyzing public health data in an applied setting using R
Experience with quantitative data, including the ability to read, interpret and synthesize epidemiologic and other scientific literature
Experience with survey data collection and database management using REDCap, SQL, Microsoft Access or similar platforms
Experience with or willingness to learn data visualization and dashboarding tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
Able to work independently and as part of a team
Exceptional interpersonal, research, written, and verbal communication skills
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Proficiency in Excel, Access, Word, and Power Point
Able to…

Drug-Checking Data Analyst, Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use