
Research Scientist
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Job overview
The Research Scientist manages data for clinical and non-clinical trials across study stages, develops data-collection methodologies and databases, and advises on health-data architecture and access. The role collaborates with investigators on statistical analysis plans, performs analyses and power and sample-size calculations, and supports study design, interpretation, and preparation of data for presentations and publications.
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Skills
Full job description
Data Management:Develops methodologies and databases for collecting data using REDCap, Qualtrics and other data collection platforms.Manages data for clinical/non-clinical trials in all stages of study from different sources: collection, extraction, quality control, cleaning, data manipulation, preparation.Provides insight into current health data architecture and possible solutions to barriers.Monitors for compliance with federal and state regulations as well as internal and partner requirements (such as IRB approval, Dell Medical School policies) needed to access or share health data.Serves as an internal resource to faculty, fellows, and residents to answer questions related to data access, data aggregation, and data management.Works closely with analysts and informatics staff and with external data teams in Dell Medical Schools partner institutions.Receives, manages and delivers requested data tasks; works with data requestors to translate data requests into logical queries using standard language and tools.Statistical Consulting and Study Collaboration:Collaborates with investigators to develop statistical analysis plan.Carries out statistical analyses independently/completes statistical responsibilities for more complex projects with supervision.Performs power and sample size calculations.Helps to define research questions and then translates into appropriate methodologies and statistical analyses.When applicable, provides feedback about study design, protocols and feasibility as it relates to given timelines and setting.When applicable, assists with the interpretation of data.When applicable, assists with the preparation of data for presentations and publications.Regularly attends division research meetings, lab meetings and 1:1 meetings with collaborators inside and outside of the institution.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,205 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$64–76K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$35–49/hr47 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 153 open Research Scientist jobs in Texas and 2,205 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)59 open
- MD Anderson Cancer Center19 open
- Houston Methodist12 open
- Experience
- Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 6 years (1,201 postings).
- Education
- 1,226 of the 2,205 open Research Scientist jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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