Post-doctoral Fellow, Health Services Research

At the American Cancer Society, we're leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.

The Health Services Research team at the American Cancer Society conducts interdisciplinary research to examine the economic burden of cancer and the impact of health policies and systems on health equity for cancer survivorship. The team consists of epidemiologists, economists, and data scientists, and utilizes a variety of expertise and skills to explore research opportunities in artificial intelligence and big data fields-and their potential to advance public health research. The postdoctoral fellow will use advanced data analytics and machine learning techniques to examine social determinants of health and financial hardship among cancer patients and their families. The postdoctoral fellow will participate in projects related to cancer-related health services research and collaborate with researchers from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Health Research and Quality, and research universities. Specifically, the postdoc is expected to utilize social media data for scientific research, access data through Application Programming Interfaces (API), conduct geocoding and mapping, and create data visualizations to present results to both internal and external collaborators. Additional roles include drafting research proposals and manuscripts and performing other scientific activities under supervision depending on research interests and specific projects.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilize APIs to access social media data and places/foot traffic data, including but not limited to crowdfunding sites (e.g. gofundme), twitter, safegraph, google map, transportation data.
• Prepare and analyze social media data to evaluate cancer related research topics: e.g. impact of COVID19 on receipt of cancer treatments (twitter data).
• Perform natural language processing tasks to understand cancer survivorship.
• Conduct literature reviews, assist in developing research proposals and participate in scientific manuscript writing.
• Prepare tables and figures for scientific presentations.
• Lead or co-lead a research project in cancer disparities.

REQUIRED:

• Doctoral student with data science background (3 years of data analysis experience).
• Python programming skills in a computer science environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Organizational and interpersonal skills are plus.

PREFERRED:

• Web-scraping and text mining methods, machine learning techniques, and statistical analyses software; experiences in large datasets and graph/mapping visualizations.

LOCATION:

• Downtown Atlanta, GA

The American Cancer Society has adopted a vaccination policy that requires all staff, regardless of position or work location, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where prohibited by state law).

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits. We are a proud equal opportunity employer.

Salary : $61,500 - $76,900