Statistician - School of Public Health (Austin)

UTHealth Houston•Austin, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin is hiring a full-time Statistician for a project examining the effects of integrated palliative care on health service outcomes and disparities in Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia. The role involves working with Medicare and organizational datasets, existing SAS code, and intervention data to prepare and analyze outcomes at the center level. The position is expected to be supported by project funding beginning October 17, 2026, with funding expected to end July 31, 2028, subject to a renewal decision expected July 31, 2027. Under Dr. Pérez’s supervision, the Statistician will prepare 2024 datasets, link data across sites and time, identify inconsistencies, and help establish participant inclusion and exclusion criteria for secondary analyses. The Statistician will learn and conduct analyses for missing data, explore proposed associations, test hypotheses, and help ensure that analyses are scientifically sound through day-to-day coordination and weekly team meetings. The role also includes preparing reports, tables, figures, and manuscripts and assisting with dissemination of study findings. Employees must permanently reside and work in Texas. This is a security-sensitive position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
At least 2 years of experience analyzing and presenting statistical data; equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement may substitute for required experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Working knowledge of MS Office.
Proficiency in SAS software programming.
Must permanently reside and work in Texas.
Must meet the security-sensitive position requirements described in the posting.

Nice To Haves

Experience with EndNote.
Experience with Medicare data.

Responsibilities

Become familiar with databases and existing SAS coding.
Conduct data management of Medicare data in preparation for statistical analyses and reports.
Classify polypharmacy medications, end-of-life estimates, and comorbidities in Medicare data and estimate changes between pre-intervention 2019 and post-intervention 2024 measures.
Transform databases needed for each outcome in the 2024 datasets under Dr. Pérez’s supervision.
Link organizational datasets for intervention sites with Medicare datasets over time to examine intervention aims at the center level.
Identify inconsistencies in post-intervention datasets and help determine inclusion and exclusion criteria for secondary analyses.
Learn to check and conduct statistical analyses for handling missing data, with training from Dr. Pérez.
Explore proposed associations and test hypotheses with Dr. Pérez’s assistance.
Coordinate with Dr. Pérez on database challenges and organization to address the study’s specific aims.
Participate in weekly team meetings to advance secondary data analyses and ensure statistical analyses are scientifically sound.
Create tables and figures for manuscripts and help write manuscripts for dissemination of study findings.
Apply standard statistical methods to conduct analyses and prepare reports.
Supervise routine tabulation of data and edit and analyze final reports and records, including detail and summary tables, graphs, and charts.
Perform statistical analyses using large and small samples of data.
Calculate medians, quantities, percentiles, and coefficients of correlation.
Test data for sampling errors and significant differences between samples.
Perform other assigned duties, including literature reviews, formatting tables, figures, and manuscripts, and mandatory trainings.

Benefits

100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees.
Paid holidays, a preventative leave day, vacation, and sick time, totaling approximately 37–38 days per year.
Increasing vacation accrual with length of 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.