SEARCH CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

POSITION SUMMARY: 

Under the general direction of the department head or designee, the Biostatistician III is responsible for the planning, design, review, programming and implementation of special information systems activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Perform the statistical analysis of data, create project statements, and evaluate and implement research designs including but not limited to quantitative and qualitative (experimental and non-experimental) in standard APA format
• Participate in the design of questionnaires and interview forms
• Analyze data in collaboration with senior statisticians beginning with univariate and multivariate analyses such as logistic regression and factor analysis for research studies
• Instruct and supervise other personnel (data entry clerks, research assistants) in data management including merging and updating existing databases

• Collaborate with project staff on the design and analysis of biostatistics aspects of research protocols
• Design, develop, and maintain statistical analysis programs for research data. Create SAS/SPSS applications in support of research projects
• Interpret and present study results in collaboration with faculty members, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and project team members
• Collect background data for studies from various database sources: summarize findings for presentation at project-related meetings
• Provide tabular and written summaries of analyses in a form suitable for inclusion in project deliverables as well as media for presentation at project meetings
• Coordinate and collaborate with other biostatistics, information technology professionals, and interdepartmental project teams
• Prepare non-standard correspondence and minutes that require public scrutiny
• Responsible for content expertise and writing selected sections of project final reports; participates in the editing of reports; responsible for the execution and production of presentation-ready final project deliverables
• Participate in the oral presentation of all project findings and abstracts including participation in periodic project status meetings and presentation of final project deliverables
• Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology, or equivalent experience
• Strong working knowledge of SAS and working knowledge of other statistical packages (e.g., R, SPSS, M-Plus)
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written, necessary to interact with investigators, internal and external senior management, and project team members
• Ability to travel to off-site locations.