Biostatistician, School of Medicine

Methodist University•Fayetteville, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine, located in Fayetteville, NC, is a candidate school with the LCME, with a start date of summer 2026 for its charter class. The school's mission is to prepare socially accountable, equity-focused, community-engaged physician leaders committed to reducing health disparities and improving outcomes in southeastern North Carolina and beyond. This role seeks a proactive, resourceful, self-directed, and highly organized biostatistician with experience in data science and/or epidemiological methods. The biostatistician will report to the Associate Dean of Research and will collaborate with faculty and students on research projects, contribute to teaching, and support the office of student assessment. The position requires working with large datasets, epidemiological studies, and potentially community partners.

Requirements

Master’s degree in (bio)statistics or related field and 2 years relevant experience.
Demonstrated contributions to significant projects or additional doctoral education may substitute for experience.
Proven proficiency in at least one statistical programming language, such as SAS or R.
Experience processing and analyzing large, multi-source datasets, with the ability to execute statistical analyses, develop analytical reports, and maintain high-quality documentation on time.
Excellent oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of data modeling and additional specialized software (e.g. SQL, Python).
Broad understanding of medical physiology, anatomy, and processes to be able to give consultative services across various medical disciplines.
Contributing to clinical research projects, manuscript preparation or other written summaries of results.
Collaborating with professionals who have various levels of statistical understanding.
Teaching and mentoring professional/graduate level students.

Responsibilities

Collaborating with faculty to design and conduct research projects.
Mentoring students and provide technical guidance on study design, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.
Contributing to dissemination of research findings including conference abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts for publication.
Contributing to developing grant proposals.
Teaching research and biostatistical concepts in the medical curriculum.
Supporting the Office of Assessment in data analytics, visualization, and reporting related to student learning, curriculum evaluation, and institutional effectiveness.
Other duties as assigned
Work with large existing datasets such as Epic Cosmos, NHANES, and NIS.
Be familiar with longitudinal data analyses as well as machine learning.
Work with community partners and contribute to epidemiological studies.