Senior Biostatistician (Per Diem-Smith Center)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

1d•$95,000 - $145,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Biostatistician will be responsible for performing primary analysis for research projects as determined necessary by the Department. She/he will be responsible for developing study hypothesis, method development, data extraction, organization and detailed analysis. She/he will work with faculty to design the study, analytic plans and then perform these analyses in a rigorous fashion. She/he will have responsibility for assuring that projects are proceeding according to plan and helps develop recording systems assuring the flow of data is tracked in an accurate and timely fashion.

Requirements

Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Statistics, Biostatistics or related field required.
5-8 years related work experience required.
Demonstrated ability to work with software programs including SAS, Access, Powerpoint, Epi Info and Excel.
Ability to conduct and interpret multivariable regression analysis.
Documented ability to manipulate complex, large databases including Medicare and other insurance claims data.
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.
May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Responsibilities

Assists in the design, development and maintenance of data collection instruments, databases and procedure manuals.
Designs, implements, and performs data management and quality control procedures as necessary for routine and special projects.
Writes computer programs to combine data from separate computer files to allow comparison of data from different sources.
Support the creation applications in support of research projects.
Collaborates with program staff on the design and analysis of biostatistics aspects of research protocols.
Participates in the design of questionnaires and interview forms.
Analyzes data beginning with univariate and multivariate analyses such as logistic regression and factor analysis for research studies.
Supports the interpretation and assist in the creation of study results in collaboration with faculty members, epidemiologists, biostatisticians and other team members.
Provides tabular and graphic summaries of analyses in a form suitable for inclusion in manuscripts for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals as well as for presentation at scientific meetings.