Biostatistical Consultant I, Internal Medicine

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Works under general direction to provide statistical consultation for faculty, staff, and students. Biostatistical Consultant with academic research experience for investigator-initiated research. This position will work with a research and analytic teams at UTSW to complete clinical, population-based and health services research for clinician investigators. Prominent research themes include use of administrative claims and electronic health record and disease registry databases to address questions about clinical care delivery, quality, and outcomes of care. This position requires experience with SAS, STATA, R, or Python.

Requirements

• Master's Degree In biostatistics or related discipline, or MPH with a concentration in biostatistics
• 1 year In statistical consulting with preference given to experience working in biomedical or health care environment
• Requires working knowledge of SAS, SPSS or other major statistical package (S+, R, etc.) and Microsoft Office (ACCESS and EXCEL)

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with investigators to identify problems and provide statistical consultation including design of experiments of survey, analysis of data, interpretation of results and preparation of reports.
• Writes statistical portion of manuscript based on results of analysis and address manuscript revisions based on reviewer's comments.
• Assists client data organization.
• Performs statistical computations.
• Provides graphical and tabular representations.
• Develops, maintains and modifies programs for in-house use.
• Collaborates with investigators in grant development including statistical design of studies and preparation of statistical portion of grant proposal.
• Performs non-statistical components of consulting such as providing analogous examples and explanations using non-technical terminology, and helping researchers formulate and clarify research issues.
• Visits client's work field whenever possible to establish rapport and to become familiar with and interested in client's research and data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level