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Associate Scientist roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, or a directly related field. Pharma, biotech, and CRO employers sponsor H-1B visas for these roles regularly, and the 85,000-slot annual cap means timing your job search around the April lottery window matters.
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Responsible for receiving, informing, and executing projects that entail the entire scope of the data science pipeline which include, but are not limited to: integrating disparate and centralized data into data marts, developing statistical models, designing and automating report distribution while continuously presenting and re-assessing results in support of department initiatives. This position will both lead and support interdisciplinary collaboration to identify opportunities and deploy adaptive analytic strategies to provide measurable improvements in the value of care delivered by University Hospitals to current and future patient populations.
What You Will Do
- Lead the discovery and requirements gathering process with key clinical and business stakeholders to inform analytic plans
- Collaboratively co-create the discovery, design, development, deployment, optimization, and maintenance of advanced analytics and data science techniques to enrich disparate datasets to craft data-driven interventions aimed at achieving the Quadruple Aim.
- Research, design, develop and implement statistical models, and advanced analytics to support key strategic initiatives.
- Develop and deploy innovative analytic solutions for simplistic Analytics-As-A-Service Business Intelligence dashboards, rapid-fire flash reports directly to clinical and operational colleagues and/or other customized reporting distribution solutions.
- Visualize data in creative ways that brings data and insights to life and is consumable in the business and operational workflow of end-users
- Creatively utilize diverse data sources, such as electronic health record data, insurance claims data, scheduling and financial data, social determinants of health data and any other relevant sources that help support UH Clinical Transformation and System Operations Strategy.
- Develop purpose-driven data marts in Alteryx and SQL environments (on premise and Microsoft Azure).
- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
- Collaborate with IT to support data architecture of diverse datasets that support clinical integration by converging these disparate data systems into repositories fit for algorithmic development and model training.
- Evaluate business performance and dynamically monitor critical operational measures related to shared savings arrangements and other value-based programs with governmental and commercial payors.
- Propose and develop novel solutions to UH data science problems, demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility of these solutions and continuously adapt these solutions to integrate into the context of real-world clinical care.
- Support the creation of analytics and scientific exploration related to risk modeling, financial performance and quality of care for managed populations.
- Create technical interfacing to deploy simplified analytics directly to provider portal(s), websites, or mobile applications to enhance the UH Clinical Transformation and System Operations Strategy.
- Develop documentation, software, support tools, and technology infrastructure to enhance the ability of analysts and operational leaders across the clinical enterprise to effectively and rapidly extract meaning from health care data.
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze analytical model performance and data accuracy; provide ad-hoc analysis and visualizations.
- Engage, mentor, co-create, cross-train, and learn from data science and analytical colleagues to promote a collaborative environment with applied process learning.
Additional Responsibilities
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
- Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Sociology, Public Health, or related Quantitative of Social Science discipline (Required)
- Master's Degree in related field (Preferred)
Work Experience
- less than 1 year working with complex analytic situations or big data environments (Required)
- Healthcare (Hospital/Health System, Payor, or Life Sciences) experience (Preferred)
- Population Health Experience (Strongly Preferred)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Experience with statistics, geospatial analytics or business intelligence development, report automation, and applied ETL development (Required proficiency)
- Experience with at least 1 advanced programming method (e.g. Python, R, etc.) (Required proficiency)
- Experience with relational databases and SQL queries (Required proficiency)
- Experience in data visualization and ability to communicate results to a non-technical audience (Required proficiency)
- Experience being part of strategic projects with high visibility and impact with many internal and external teams involved. (Required proficiency)
- Experience providing insights to executive stakeholders (Required proficiency)
- Experience managing collaborative data science projects (Required proficiency)
- Experience providing analytics that have a major impact on company’s strategic imperatives and business results. (Required proficiency)
- At least one scientific computing language such as Python (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn, genism, seaborn, tensorflow) or R (e.g. caret, dplyr, ggplot2) (Required proficiency)
- SQL/complex SQL queries (Required proficiency)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure (Required proficiency)
- Ability to work independently and use creative approaches to problem-solving but know when to seek help from other team members (Required proficiency)
- Optimistic, self-directed performer capable of complex decision making and communication (Required proficiency)
- Capable of turning questions into testable hypotheses, extracting data from complex databases, creating and evaluating statistical models (Required proficiency)
- Capable of gathering and validating requirements, articulating the pros and cons of different analytic approaches, estimating timelines for completion of work, and predicting potential challenges to producing accurate time estimates and analytic plans. (Required proficiency)
- Working knowledge of emerging technology platforms (Required proficiency)
- Experience and working knowledge of Electronic Health Records (Epic and Allscripts), claims-based reporting, and fluency with healthcare coding. (Preferred proficiency)
Physical Demands
- Standing Occasionally
- Walking Occasionally
- Sitting Constantly
- Lifting Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Carrying Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Pushing Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Pulling Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Climbing Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Balancing Rarely
- Stooping Rarely
- Kneeling Rarely
- Crouching Rarely
- Crawling Rarely
- Reaching Rarely
- Handling Occasionally
- Grasping Occasionally
- Feeling Rarely
- Talking Constantly
- Hearing Constantly
- Repetitive Motions Frequently
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Frequently
Travel Requirements
- 10%
A Brief Overview
Responsible for receiving, informing, and executing projects that entail the entire scope of the data science pipeline which include, but are not limited to: integrating disparate and centralized data into data marts, developing statistical models, designing and automating report distribution while continuously presenting and re-assessing results in support of department initiatives. This position will both lead and support interdisciplinary collaboration to identify opportunities and deploy adaptive analytic strategies to provide measurable improvements in the value of care delivered by University Hospitals to current and future patient populations.
What You Will Do
- Lead the discovery and requirements gathering process with key clinical and business stakeholders to inform analytic plans
- Collaboratively co-create the discovery, design, development, deployment, optimization, and maintenance of advanced analytics and data science techniques to enrich disparate datasets to craft data-driven interventions aimed at achieving the Quadruple Aim.
- Research, design, develop and implement statistical models, and advanced analytics to support key strategic initiatives.
- Develop and deploy innovative analytic solutions for simplistic Analytics-As-A-Service Business Intelligence dashboards, rapid-fire flash reports directly to clinical and operational colleagues and/or other customized reporting distribution solutions.
- Visualize data in creative ways that brings data and insights to life and is consumable in the business and operational workflow of end-users
- Creatively utilize diverse data sources, such as electronic health record data, insurance claims data, scheduling and financial data, social determinants of health data and any other relevant sources that help support UH Clinical Transformation and System Operations Strategy.
- Develop purpose-driven data marts in Alteryx and SQL environments (on premise and Microsoft Azure).
- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
- Collaborate with IT to support data architecture of diverse datasets that support clinical integration by converging these disparate data systems into repositories fit for algorithmic development and model training.
- Evaluate business performance and dynamically monitor critical operational measures related to shared savings arrangements and other value-based programs with governmental and commercial payors.
- Propose and develop novel solutions to UH data science problems, demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility of these solutions and continuously adapt these solutions to integrate into the context of real-world clinical care.
- Support the creation of analytics and scientific exploration related to risk modeling, financial performance and quality of care for managed populations.
- Create technical interfacing to deploy simplified analytics directly to provider portal(s), websites, or mobile applications to enhance the UH Clinical Transformation and System Operations Strategy.
- Develop documentation, software, support tools, and technology infrastructure to enhance the ability of analysts and operational leaders across the clinical enterprise to effectively and rapidly extract meaning from health care data.
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze analytical model performance and data accuracy; provide ad-hoc analysis and visualizations.
- Engage, mentor, co-create, cross-train, and learn from data science and analytical colleagues to promote a collaborative environment with applied process learning.
Additional Responsibilities
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
- Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Sociology, Public Health, or related Quantitative of Social Science discipline (Required)
- Master's Degree in related field (Preferred)
Work Experience
- less than 1 year working with complex analytic situations or big data environments (Required)
- Healthcare (Hospital/Health System, Payor, or Life Sciences) experience (Preferred)
- Population Health Experience (Strongly Preferred)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Experience with statistics, geospatial analytics or business intelligence development, report automation, and applied ETL development (Required proficiency)
- Experience with at least 1 advanced programming method (e.g. Python, R, etc.) (Required proficiency)
- Experience with relational databases and SQL queries (Required proficiency)
- Experience in data visualization and ability to communicate results to a non-technical audience (Required proficiency)
- Experience being part of strategic projects with high visibility and impact with many internal and external teams involved. (Required proficiency)
- Experience providing insights to executive stakeholders (Required proficiency)
- Experience managing collaborative data science projects (Required proficiency)
- Experience providing analytics that have a major impact on company’s strategic imperatives and business results. (Required proficiency)
- At least one scientific computing language such as Python (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn, genism, seaborn, tensorflow) or R (e.g. caret, dplyr, ggplot2) (Required proficiency)
- SQL/complex SQL queries (Required proficiency)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure (Required proficiency)
- Ability to work independently and use creative approaches to problem-solving but know when to seek help from other team members (Required proficiency)
- Optimistic, self-directed performer capable of complex decision making and communication (Required proficiency)
- Capable of turning questions into testable hypotheses, extracting data from complex databases, creating and evaluating statistical models (Required proficiency)
- Capable of gathering and validating requirements, articulating the pros and cons of different analytic approaches, estimating timelines for completion of work, and predicting potential challenges to producing accurate time estimates and analytic plans. (Required proficiency)
- Working knowledge of emerging technology platforms (Required proficiency)
- Experience and working knowledge of Electronic Health Records (Epic and Allscripts), claims-based reporting, and fluency with healthcare coding. (Preferred proficiency)
Physical Demands
- Standing Occasionally
- Walking Occasionally
- Sitting Constantly
- Lifting Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Carrying Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Pushing Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Pulling Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Climbing Rarely up to 20 lbs
- Balancing Rarely
- Stooping Rarely
- Kneeling Rarely
- Crouching Rarely
- Crawling Rarely
- Reaching Rarely
- Handling Occasionally
- Grasping Occasionally
- Feeling Rarely
- Talking Constantly
- Hearing Constantly
- Repetitive Motions Frequently
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Frequently
Travel Requirements
- 10%
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Associate Scientist
Verify your degree maps to the role
USCIS scrutinizes whether your degree field directly relates to the Associate Scientist position. A biochemistry or molecular biology degree supports most lab-based roles; a general science degree may trigger a Request for Evidence. Pull the O*NET profile for your exact SOC code before applying.
Target employers with active LCA filings
Use Migrate Mate to filter Associate Scientist roles by employers with verified H-1B Labor Condition Application history. A company that has filed LCAs for your SOC code recently is far more likely to move through sponsorship without delays than one sponsoring for the first time.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your job title, location, and experience level. Run your offer through the OFLC Wage Search before accepting so you know whether the salary satisfies Level I or Level II requirements for your specific metro area.
Confirm the role is classified as specialty occupation
Associate Scientist postings sometimes list a bachelor's degree as preferred rather than required. USCIS will deny an H-1B petition for any role where the degree requirement isn't mandatory. Ask the recruiter directly whether the job description on the I-129 specifies degree as a minimum requirement.
Plan your application timeline around the lottery window
H-1B cap-subject petitions must be filed by April 1 for an October 1 start date. If you're finishing OPT or CPT, map your program end date against that window. Employers filing after the lottery cycle closes can't start a cap-subject hire until the following fiscal year.
Ask about premium processing during offer negotiation
USCIS premium processing upgrades your I-129 adjudication to 15 business days. For Associate Scientist roles with a defined project start date or clinical trial timeline, ask whether your employer will elect premium processing before signing the offer letter, not after.
H-1B Visa Associate Scientist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Associate Scientist role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as chemistry, biology, biochemistry, or a related discipline. USCIS evaluates the job duties, not just the title. If the role accepts any bachelor's degree regardless of field, it may not meet the specialty occupation standard and the petition could face denial or a Request for Evidence.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for Associate Scientist positions?
Pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, contract research organizations, and medical device manufacturers are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for Associate Scientist roles. Academic research institutions and government contractors also file regularly. To find employers with verified H-1B filing history for this specific title and location, search for Associate Scientist roles on Migrate Mate.
What happens to my H-1B status if my Associate Scientist contract ends early?
If your employer terminates your H-1B before the approved end date, you have a 60-day grace period to find a new employer willing to file an H-1B transfer, change your status, or depart the U.S. The new employer's attorney files an H-1B transfer petition, and you can begin working as soon as USCIS receives it, not when it's approved.
Can I switch from a postdoctoral fellowship to an H-1B Associate Scientist role?
Yes. If you're on J-1 visa status, check whether you're subject to the two-year home residency requirement before pursuing H-1B sponsorship. J-1 holders with that requirement need a waiver before changing status. F-1 OPT holders can transfer directly into H-1B status if their employer files before OPT expires and the lottery selects their registration.
How do I find out what prevailing wage my employer must pay for this role?
The DOL prevailing wage for an Associate Scientist position depends on the specific SOC code, the work location, and the experience level assigned to the role. You can look up wage levels using the OFLC Wage Search. Your employer must certify on the LCA that your salary meets at least the Level I or Level II prevailing wage for that location before USCIS will approve the petition.