Biostatistician or Senior Biostatistician, Public Health Sciences

University of Virginia

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Department of Public Health Sciences is seeking a Biostatistician/Senior Biostatistician, with the level determined by qualifications. The incumbent will collaborate with research faculty in the Division of Biostatistics and other investigators in the School of Medicine on clinical and biomedical research projects. Responsibilities include designing and performing reproducible statistical analyses, writing technical reports, interpreting study results, and supporting research publications and grant proposals. Senior Biostatisticians will also take lead roles in research projects, potentially supervising junior staff, and writing statistical design, methods, and analysis for research proposals. They will collaborate with biomedical researchers to develop objectives and design sampling, randomization, and data collection procedures.

Requirements

Master's degree in statistics, biostatistics, or a related quantitative field by appointment start date
Three years of related experience is preferred for Biostatistician, including professional biostatistical collaborative experiences
Five years of related experience for Senior Biostatistician, including professional biostatistical collaborative experiences

Nice To Haves

Programming experience in R, SAS/Stata, and REDCap
Experience with Snowflake, OMOP, Claims data, Python, LaTeX and/or Markdown

Responsibilities

Write statistical computer programs
Review computer output for consistency and quality
Analyze data and prepare tables for interim and final reports
Design tables and statistical procedures for specific research studies
Write results sections of reports and publications
Develop statistical designs and planned analyses for research grant proposals
Develop and implement new innovative procedures in the areas of data collection, quality control, presentation of results, and statistical analyses
Lead biostatistical collaborations with clinical research teams
Other duties may be assigned