Senior Biostatistician

Senior Biostatistician

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Posted Job Title

Senior Biostatistician

Job Profile Title

Manager E, Research

Job Description Summary

Staff -level Senior Biostatistician supporting Division of Cardiology Studies. Provide support in highly technical areas related to statistical and data management needs. Assist with writing methods sections and power calculations for grant proposals, manuscripts and abstracts. Coordinate statistical activities with research project managers. Conduct appropriate statistical analyses in SAS, R, SPSS, or other suitable statistical software tool, including interpreting, preparing graphs and tables, and presenting results. Assist with periodic reports (DSMB, NIH or other sponsor reports) and clinicaltrials.gov requirements. Read and review appropriate biomedical and clinical research. Oversee various data management projects using the Qualtrics for surveys and REDCap for databases. Coordinate the REDCap Usersgroup meetings and serve as a technical resource for Qualtrics, REDCap and biostatistical software related issues. As statistical and data management demands increase, assist with the development and staffing of a more formal Data Management and Statistical Unit.

Job Description

This position is contingent upon favorable funding.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage administrative and statistical activities with research project managers. Train, supervise, and evaluate staff within project disciplines. Track work scope and budget to insure the successful completion of the project within the designated budget.
• Assist with grant proposal development by writing the data analysis plan, generating and summarizing the power analysis and assessing the scope of work and developing the appropriate budget justification.
• Design, develop, test, implement and document statistical programming in high-level statistical software packages.
• Develop, document, and maintain analytical data files, with variables derived from primary databases, suitable structured for statistical analyses.
• Oversee various data management projects using the REDCap databases. Coordinate the REDCap users group meetings and serve as a technical resource for SAS or REDCap related issues.
• Conducts appropriate statistical analysis, including interpretation and explanation of statistical techniques used, assumptions made, and generalization of results. Statistical issues may be complex in nature and require non-standard programming techniques to resolve.
• Documents methods and results through memoranda and reports communicating findings to project team members. Write and edit statistical methods section of manuscripts and abstracts for presentations and publications.
• Attend professional meetings, workshop, and seminars. Read and review appropriate biomedical and clinical research literature necessary for effective collaboration.

Qualifications

Job Location - City, State

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School

Perelman School of Medicine

Pay Range

74,476.00 - $117,086.00

Salary offers are made based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, as well as internal and market factors and grade profile.

Affirmative Action Statement

Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

Special Requirements

Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.

University Benefits

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