Biostatistician IV - Department of Biostatistics and Data Science - Public Health Sciences

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Winston Salem, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is within the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science at Wake Forest University Health Sciences, focusing on Public Health Sciences. The Biostatistician IV will collaborate with biomedical investigators, assist in study design and data collection, and take on major responsibilities in research projects. This role involves administrative duties, leadership on committees and project teams, designing statistical analyses, and writing statistical methods and results for reports and publications. The individual will also develop statistical designs for grant proposals, potentially serve as a principal investigator on extramural grants, prepare scientific manuscripts, and make oral presentations at professional meetings. Participation in teaching statistics topics within graduate programs and supervising junior biostatisticians and analyst/programmers are also key functions.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Biostatistics or Statistics
• Seven years' experience in statistics
• Experience in analyzing data using statistical package(s) required
• Ability to organize data
• Ability to communicate statistical concepts to non-statisticians
• Ability to write statistical considerations for grant proposals

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a biomedical environment preferred

Responsibilities

• Collaborates independently or as co-investigator with other biomedical investigators and assists in developing objectives, designing sampling and randomization schemes, and data collection procedures to achieve study objectives.
• Assumes major responsibilities on research projects, including administrative duties (e.g., budget preparation and justification, planning and/or proposing staffing patterns, coordinating training sessions).
• Assumes leadership responsibilities on committees, working groups, and research project teams including directing and/or supervising project personnel, coordinating quality control efforts, and serving on writing teams.
• Designs statistical analyses and report generation procedures for specific research studies, and write statistical methods and results sections of reports and publications.
• Develops the statistical design and planned analyses for research grant proposals and takes primary responsibility for writing statistical design, including sample size, and statistical considerations in grant proposals for faculty throughout the School.
• Applies for specific extramural grants (e.g., NIH R-O3, private foundation) as principal investigator.
• Prepares scientific manuscripts and abstracts including primary authorship of research papers.
• Makes oral presentations at professional/scientific meetings, workshops, and seminar series.
• Participates in teaching of statistics topics within graduate programs.
• Supervises the work of Biostatisticians I, II, III and Analyst/Programmers serving on the same projects.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

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