Data Analyst - Mental Health (Remote, DMV)

About this role

ICF is seeking a Data Analyst to support Department of Defense (DoD) mental health research projects that seek to further our understanding of various mental health conditions that are of importance to the DoD. The position involves working with researchers to prepare aggregated datasets of personnel and health variables extracted from Military Health System and other data repositories; support the development of research proposals, reports, and presentations; manage datasets using statistical and MS Office software; and provide clerical and logistics support for research meetings (scheduling, generating minutes). The Data Analyst will support research projects intended to inform clinicians, policy makers, and other researchers about the causes, treatments, and outcomes of conditions that affect active-duty military, such as traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorders, operational stress, and other mental health conditions of concern for the DoD.


Key Responsibilities:
This position will support a variety of data management activities, including, but not limited to:

• Work closely with researchers, data scientists, an epidemiologist, and a statistician to translate detailed study criteria and compile datasets for planned analyses
• Conceptualize, design, and conduct exploratory analyses and report on key findings to inform studies
• Manage requests, acquisition, and use of large military health and personnel datasets through secure virtual platforms to support a diverse portfolio of psychological health research
• Develop and facilitate implementation of standard operating procedures for research proposal and analytic plan development
• Answer health services questions about the active-duty military population by designing and conducting research projects as a supporting investigator.
• Track research study milestones and communicate updates to the Branch Chief
• Assist researchers with gaining access and use o...