Biostatistician - School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

UTHealth Houston’s School of Public Health is hiring a full-time Biostatistician for the Center for Health Care Data in Houston, Texas. The Center is a research-accessible healthcare data repository that uses data to support improvements in health practice and policy. The position offers an opportunity for a recent graduate or early-career professional to apply statistical analysis to impactful research projects using large administrative, clinical, and social service datasets. The Biostatistician will work as an integral member of teams comprising researchers, programmers, analysts, and public policy experts. The role includes querying large administrative claims databases and creating analytical tables for statistical analysis used in public reports and peer-reviewed publications. The position also provides statistical support for investigational studies, projects, registries, and basic research, drawing on statistical methods and knowledge of clinical research. Employees must permanently reside and work in Texas. This is a security-sensitive position.

Requirements

Master’s degree in a related health science field.
At least 2 years of statistician experience.
Experience analyzing large administrative datasets, such as claims, registries, or EMR data, and observational studies.
Proficiency with statistical methods and applications in clinical or population research.
Proficiency in SQL.
Must permanently reside and work in Texas.
Ability to meet the security-sensitive position requirements described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate degree (PhD) preferred.
Experience with SAS preferred.
Experience with additional statistical packages, databases, and programming languages for data preparation, storage, transformation, analysis, or visualization is preferred; examples include R, SAS, STATA, SPSS, Python, Java, Tableau, and Excel.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with investigators to determine study design, contribute to protocol development, and write statistical analysis plans.
Perform statistical analysis and inference, and write and present reports summarizing findings, including publications in peer-reviewed journals.
May write program code to analyze data using statistical analysis software.
Provide high-quality statistical support for investigational studies, projects, registries, and basic research using advanced statistical skills and knowledge of clinical research.
Maintain expertise in state-of-the-art data manipulation and statistical methodology.
May conduct ad hoc analyses.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Query large administrative claims databases and create analytical tables for statistical analysis in public reports or peer-reviewed publications.

Benefits

100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees.
Generous time off, including holidays, a preventative leave day, vacation, and sick time, totaling around 37–38 days per year.
Increasing vacation accrual with longer service.
Longevity pay through monthly payments after two years of service.
Retirement/pension plan.
Free financial and legal counseling.
Free mental health counseling services.
Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs.
Employee discounts, including entertainment, car rentals, and cell phones.
Resources for child and elder care.