Biostatistical Consultant III, School Public Health

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Works under general direction to provide complex statistical consultation for faculty, staff, and students. This position is responsible for leading the statistical design, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of research studies across multiple projects within the Biostatistics and Data Science Core (BDSC). The role requires application of advanced statistical methods, collaboration with investigators on study design and analytic planning, support for grant and manuscript development, and clear communication of findings to diverse research teams.

Requirements

• Master's Degree In biostatistics or related discipline, or MPH with a concentration in biostatistics
• 5 years Experience 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.
• Keeps current in statistical methods and computing skills; researches to find techniques for non-standard statistical analyses.
• May supervise biostatistical consultants and/or data entry operators.
• 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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees