Research Data Scientist (Data Quality)

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Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Data Scientist III

Job Summary:

The Research Data Scientist – Data Quality will serve as a hands-on technical contributor responsible for developing, implementing, and operationalizing data quality capabilities within the Wisconsin Health Data Hub (WHDH) platform. WHDH is a federally funded initiative developing a secure, cloud-native data ecosystem designed to support biomedical research, advanced analytics, and AI-driven discovery using real-world health data.

This role focuses on the practical application of data science, statistical, and computational methods to assess, improve, and monitor the quality of complex clinical, biomedical, and research data. The Specialist will design and implement scalable data quality processes that identify issues related to data accuracy, completeness, consistency, validity, timeliness, and provenance across large and varied datasets. The position will develop automated quality checks, metrics, monitoring capabilities, and analytical approaches that transform complex health data into trusted, research-ready data assets.

The position requires a strong data science and analytical mindset, combined with the ability to translate research and data governance requirements into reliable, scalable solutions…