The Senior staff biostatistician will provide biostatistics and study design support to faculty and staff in the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery and the Donald D. Trunkey Center for Civilian and Combat Casualty Care in the OHSU School of Medicine, supporting their research portfolio, which includes basic science projects and clinical trials.
General responsibilities include providing study design and methodology guidance, as well data management, programming and statistical analysis activities for internal and external reports, manuscripts and other publications. Statistical activities related to grant preparation, including power and sample size calculations/simulation, will be required.
This position involves significant interaction with principal investigators and their staff, requiring excellent and effective oral and written communication skills. For example, the incumbent should be able to explain complex statistical concepts and results to biomedical researchers with little statistical training.
Function/Duties of Position
Statistical collaboration including, statistical analysis, data management, and statistical reporting, grant applications and manuscript preparation (including but not limited to preparation of tables and graphs.)
Contribute to discussions and decision on study designs, statistical approaches, measurement considerations, and analytical strategies with PI, co-PIs and other collaborators.
Professional development including keeping up with current statistical knowledge through study group meetings, seminars and professional conferences.
Train Residents and Students on proper data analyses for projects.
Required Qualifications
Master's Degree in Biostatistics or Statistics or related field AND 3 years of relevant experience OR
Bachelor's Degree in Biostatistics or Statistics or related field AND 6 years of relevant experience.
Strong statistical programming skills, including experience with R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, and/or other statistical software programs
Strong oral and written communication skills, including writing analytic sections of protocols or grant applications
Experience designing and analyzing data from clinical trials
Designing and analyzing basic science experiments
Demonstrated mature and effective interpersonal communications skills including tact, diplomacy and flexibility with appropriate demeanor to maintain good working relationships
The ability to forge and foster collaborative working relationships and enlist the support of faculty and staff,
both within and external to the Donald D. Trunkey Center
Ability to manage and perform multiple tasks under conditions of fluctuating workloads, competing requirements, and changing deadlines; working independently and following through on assignments with minimal direction
Ability / interest in learning statistical techniques as needed to support projects as needed
Discretionary judgment necessary to handle confidential matters
Ability to analyze problems and offer creative solutions, and implement changes
Regular and Reliable attendance
Must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation
Preferred Qualifications
Data management (wrangling) of big datasets for health research
Development of statistical pipelines to accommodate novel data types
Project management experience
All are welcome
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