ResDAC Careers

The Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota seeks an Executive Advisor for the Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC) Assistance Desk. The ResDAC Assistance Desk is the initial point of contact with external researchers nationwide who are seeking information about accessing and using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrative data. The Executive Advisor will work with a team of ResDAC staff, CMS staff, CMS contractors, and outside researchers to coordinate and review requests for research identifiable data files to be reviewed by the CMS Privacy Board.

As a Technical Advisor you’ll join our team of epidemiologists, public health specialists, health services researchers, biostatisticians, and health informatics specialists who have primary responsibility for providing advice to researchers from around the nation. ResDAC is the initial point of contact for any researcher in the public, private and government sectors who are seeking information about accessing and using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrative data to study a range of topics such as health outcomes, policy, and economics. Based on your review of researchers’ study proposals, you will recommend the most appropriate CMS data files. As a new Technical Advisor, you will be part of a comprehensive training program on the use of the CMS data.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Conduct an independent and detailed technical review of researchers’ proposals for Medicare and Medicaid data and provide feedback to researchers (20%)
• Research and answer complex questions regarding CMS data (20%)
• Act as a researcher liaison and advocate with CMS and other CMS contractors to resolve data-related questions (20%)
• Provide individual technical consultation and assistance through phone, email, or online to researchers nationwide interested in Medicare and Medicaid data for research (20%)
• Use CMS data to help researchers understand the data (10%)
• Create educational materials to assist external researchers and/or ResDAC staff. This may include analyzing data, writing technical documents, and developing and delivering online webinars (5%)
• Develop and facilitate online and in-person training sessions for internal ResDAC staff and faculty, as well as external researchers (5%)