Senior Biostatistician
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Job Summary
The Senior Biostatistician provides complex statistical consulting, education, survey design and analysis, clinical trial design and analysis, experimental design and analysis, data management, manuscript preparation and review. Participates in grant development activities, technical research, and manages trial databases. Provides mentoring and oversight to Biostatistics staff and trainees.
Essential Functions
Provide high-level statistical consulting on survey design, clinical trial design, experimental design and data analysisPerform statistical data analysis, presents results to project team and general audiences as needed.Collaborate with statisticians, investigators, and data analysts across Beaumont Heath SystemParticipates in manuscript preparation for publication of research findings. Conducts review of manuscripts for requesting investigators.Assists in grant development, including determining/justifying the sample size and writing the statistical analysis plan.Maintain up-to-date knowledge on various statistical issues and statistical programming methodology relevant to ongoing projects.Mentors junior staff and other departments with regards to statistical methodology and departmental operationsConduct seminars, workshops on statistics, research design for faculty, residents, and other healthcare professionals.Membership on committees (e.g., Scientific Review Committee, Institutional Review Board) to provide insight on proposed project methodology, measurement, sample size and statistical analysis.
Qualifications
Required Doctorate Ph.D. with a minimum of two years’ experience as a Research Assistant or Statistical Consultant at school, or Masters’ degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Statistics, Biostatistics or another related field with strong analytical skills.Requirements for Masters - Work experience in leading analytical teams, conducting advanced statistical analyses, designing research activities, analyzing complex datasets and reporting results. Research experience in the health sciences arena required. Experience working with large national-level datasets preferred. Experience with protocols for handling protected health information or other highly sensitive information. RequiredRequirements for Ph.D. - Experience of applying cutting edge methodologies, including various causal inference techniques, competing risk survival modelling, structure equation modelling, or machine learning/deep learning methods, to solve complex problems. Research experience in the health sciences arena is required. Required
Primary Location
SITE - Research Building - 3811 W 13 Mile Road - Royal Oak
Department Name
Research Institute Biostatistics Home RIBIO
Employment Type
Full time
Shift
Day (United States of America)
Weekly Scheduled Hours
40
Hours of Work
Variable
Days Worked
Monday-Friday
Weekend Frequency
N/A
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