Research Program Analyst, Ehlers Danlos Clinic

The University of Virginia Department of Medicine’s Division of General, Geriatric, and Palliative Medicine seeks a Research Program Analyst to support the Center for Ehlers-Danlos and Hypermobility Syndromes.

The Research Program Analyst will provide analytical, technical, and programmatic support for faculty-led research focused on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, hypermobility-related conditions, and associated complex health concerns. Working under the direction of the Center Director, faculty investigators, and designated research and administrative leadership, the analyst will help develop the Center’s emerging research infrastructure and contribute to assigned clinical, translational, and data-driven projects.

Primary responsibilities include scientific literature review, data preparation and analysis, grant and manuscript support, pilot-project planning, development of preliminary data, preparation of abstracts and presentations, and coordination of research activities across multidisciplinary teams. Depending on project needs and the successful candidate’sexpertise, assignments may involve clinical data, genomics, bioinformatics,multiomics, metabolomics, infectious or environmental exposures, and responsible applications of artificial intelligence or machine learning in biomedical research.

This is a staffresearch-supportposition. The Research Program Analyst will not function as an independent investigator, principal investigator, research scientist, faculty member, or postdoctoral fellow. Scientific priorities, study design, analytic plans, interpretation, and dissemination will beestablishedor approved by the responsible faculty investigator.

Responsibilities

• Support faculty-led research projects from planning through analysis and dissemination;maintainproject plans, timelines, decision records, deliverables, and organized research files.

• Conduct structured literature searches and reviews; synthesize scientific evidence and prepare concise summaries, background sections, annotated references, and research briefings.

• Prepare, clean, document, and analyze assigned datasets usingappropriate statisticalor computational methods under an approved analytic plan.

• Develop reproducible data workflows, code, tables, figures, data dictionaries, and technical documentation; perform data-quality checks and communicate limitations or concerns.

• Assistfaculty investigators with grant development, including opportunity research, background materials, preliminary-data summaries, proposal components, graphics, references, internal timelines, and coordination with research administrators and collaborators.

• Contribute to manuscripts, abstracts, posters, presentations, progress reports, and other scholarly products through analysis, drafting, editing, formatting, reference management, and coordination of coauthor input.

• Support planning and implementation of pilot studies and collaborative projects, including collection and organization of preliminary data for future funding applications.

• Assistwith research documentation and operational requirements, such as protocol materials, data-management plans, IRB-related documents, data-use requests, regulatory files, training records, and approved research systems, under the direction of investigators andappropriate compliancepersonnel.

• Coordinate research meetings and collaborations involving faculty, research staff, trainees, patients or community partners, institutional units, and external organizations; document decisions and follow up on assigned actions.

• Help develop standard operating procedures, templates, trackers, shared resources, and reporting tools that strengthen the Center’s research infrastructure and continuity.

• Perform other research, analytical, and program-development duties consistent with the scope and level of the position.

• Assistwith processing, labeling, aliquoting, and storing blood and tissue specimens according to established laboratory protocols;maintainaccuratesample documentation, support quality-control procedures, and ensure compliance with biosafety, infection-control, and research requirements.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, biostatistics, data science, epidemiology, public health, biology, genetics, computational biology, biomedical sciences, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• At least 2 years of relevant experience in biomedical or health research, research data analysis, bioinformatics, research program support, or a closely related area. Relevant graduate education may substitute for aportionof the experience requirement, subject to Human Resources review.

• Experience using at least one statistical, programming, or data-analysis environment such as R, Python, SAS, Stata, MATLAB, or a comparable platform, along withproficiencyin Microsoft Excel.

• Demonstrated ability to interpret scientific literature, organize complex information,maintainaccuratedocumentation, and communicate analytical findings clearly.

• Strong organizational, problem-solving, written communication, and collaborative skills, with careful attention to data quality, confidentiality, and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree, doctoral training, or other advanced preparation in a relevant scientific, quantitative, or health-related discipline. A PhD is notrequired.

• Experience in clinical or translational research, rare disease research, complex chronic illness, genomics, bioinformatics,multiomics, metabolomics, virology or infectious disease, environmental exposures, or biomedical applications of machine learning.

• Experience preparing grant proposals, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, scientific presentations, orpreliminary-datapackages.

• Experience managing and analyzing clinical, genomic, omics, survey, registry, or other complex biomedical datasets.

• Experience with reproducible research practices, version control, databases,REDCap, Qualtrics, reference-management software, data visualization, or research collaboration platforms.

• Familiarity with human-subjects research, IRB processes, HIPAA, data-use agreements, research data security, or related compliance requirements.

• Ability to explain technical concepts to collaborators with varied scientific, clinical, and analytical backgrounds.

Physical Demands

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

Salary Range

• Theanticipatedhiring range is $75,000-$85,000,commensuratewith education and experience.

Position Type & Work Location

• This isan exempt-level,benefitedposition. Learn more aboutUVA benefits.

• This is a restricted position, which is dependent on funding and is contingent upon funding availability.

• This position has a term limit of1 yearafter which continued employment will depend on department need and funding.

• The position is expected to work primarily on-site. Limited hybrid work may be available based on project responsibilities, data-access requirements, operational needs, andapplicableUniversity and departmental policies.

About UVA and the Community

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Application Timeline

Application review will begin afterJuly 28, 2026.

Additional Requirements

• Background checks and pre-employment health screeningswill be conducted on all new hires prior to employment.

How to Apply

Please applyonline, by searching for requisition numberR0085609.

Internal applicantsmay search and apply for jobs on theUVA Internal Careers website.

Complete an application with the following documents:

• Resume

• Cover Letter

Upload all materials into the resume submissionfield. You cansubmitmultiple documents intothis onefield or combine them into one PDF.Applications without allrequireddocuments will notreceivefullconsideration.

Applicants may also be asked to provide a brief work sample, code sample, publication, poster, analytical summary, or description of a relevant project at a later stage of the selection process.

Reference Check Process

Reference checks will be completed by UVA’s third-party partner, SkillSurvey, during the final phase of the interview. Five references will be requested, with at least three responsesrequired.

Contact

• For questions about the application process, please contactJonFreeman, [email protected].