Lead Biostatistician

Role Overview

• The lead biostatistician must have demonstrated the ability to independently and successfully consult and collaborate on short-term and long-term clinical research studies and demonstrate the skills necessary to serve as key personnel on sponsored research (i.e., serve as a Co-Investigator on a NIH grant).
• Thrives in a team science environment.
• Substantive input into the overall organization and presentation of clinical manuscripts (prepare first draft of the Results section, write statistical methods section, address reviewer issues about the analysis).
• Active participation in grant preparation on design and approach plus protocol development and study implementation after funding is an expectation.
• Reviews and helps prepare statistical and database management sections of NIH grant applications and other externally supported proposals.
• Provides input to standard operating procedures development and review and helps ensures good clinical practice guidelines are followed.
• Analyzes data using extensive knowledge of statistical software (SAS, R).
• Administrative roles include recruiting, training, supervising, evaluating and retaining masters¿ level staff.
• Mentor or teach one-on-one, and provide ad hoc training and targeted lectures as required to build a collaborative program.
• Acts as a lead statistician for clinical research projects; Participates in protocol team conference calls and meetings.
• Assist clinical investigators in designing studies, writing grant proposals, managing data, conducting statistical analyses, and writing manuscripts.
• Participates in study design and sample size considerations, designs and reviews Case Report Forms, develops and reviews randomization plans, and writes statistical analysis plans (SAP).
• Monitors data collection, institutes procedures to assure data quality and helps guarantee study protocols are followed appropriately.
• Trains and mentors junior staff statisticians.
• Supervises the work of graduate research assistants.
• Trains clinical personnel on data collection issues in clinical studies.
• Takes an active role in drafting the Manual of Procedures for prospective clinical studies.

Requirements

• A master's degree in statistics, biostatistics, computer science, or a related field and 8 years of experience as a biostatistician, preferably in an academic setting, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Proficiency in modern high level statistical languages such as R or SAS or Python.
• Database management experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Tech Stack

• Python

Benefits

• Not Applicable