Health Services Researcher

IPRO is seeking a Health Services Researcher to support the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) Tobacco Control Program's Surveillance and Evaluation grant activities. In the Health Services Researcher position you will play a lead role in analyzing healthcare, survey, population health, and programmatic data to evaluate tobacco prevention and cessation initiatives across Connecticut. The Health Services Researcher will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of public health professionals, epidemiologists, evaluators, data analysts, and healthcare quality improvement specialists. The role will be responsible for conducting analyses, developing reports and dashboards, supporting grant-required evaluation activities, and translating findings into actionable recommendations for CT DPH and program stakeholders. This role is well suited for a candidate with strong quantitative and analytical skills and a commitment to using data to improve population health outcomes and reduce tobacco-related disparities. Duties to include but not limited to: Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to support the evaluation of statewide tobacco prevention and cessation initiatives. Manage and analyze qualitative and quantitative data. Develop and maintain data collection protocols, data dictionaries, analytic specifications, quality assurance processes, and documentation. Perform data validation, quality checks, and completeness assessments to ensure integrity of evaluation findings. Conduct trend analyses and statistical evaluations to assess program performance, reach, outcomes, and health equity impacts. Develop dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visualizations across tobacco cessation control projects.