Biostatistical Consultant II- IM-Nephrology

Company: UT Southwestern Medical Center
Location: Dallas
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

Experience and Education Master's degree in biostatistics or related discipline, or MPH with a concentration in biostatistics. Minimum three (3) years experience in statistical consulting with preference given to experience working in biomedical or health care environment. Requires working knowledge of SAS, SPSS or other major statistical package (S+, R, etc.) and Microsoft Office (ACCESS and EXCEL) Job Summary This position will serve biostatistical resources for all faculty within the Department of Internal Medicine after securing research needs. The biostatistical consultant II will help develop innovative methods for integrating and analyzing complex data sets and assist faculty with developing and testing hyopotheses. This will help increase the quality of grant and research proposals from the Department, decrease contracts that pertain to outsourcing this service and support from this individual may be charged back on awarded mechanisms to match allocated effort.

Job Duties

• Collaborates with investigators to identify problems and provide statistical consultation including design of experiments of survey, analysis of data, interpretation of results and preparation of reports.
• Writes statistical portions of manuscript based on results of analysis and address manuscript revisions based on reviewer's comments.
• Assists client data organizations.
• Performs statistical computations.
• Provides graphical and tabular representations.
• Develops, maintains and modifies programs for in-house use.
• Collaborates with investigators in grant development including statistical design of studies and preparation of statistical portion of grant proposal.
• Performs non-statistical components of consulting such as providing analogous examples and explanations using non-technical terminology and helping researchers formulate and clarify research issues.
• Visits client's work field whenever possible to establish rapport and to become familiar with and interested in client's research and data.
• May supervise biostatistical consultants and/or data entry operators.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  Security This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information
  
  Salary Salary Negotiable
  UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. In accordance with federal and state law, the University prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment, on the basis of: race; color; religion; national origin; sex; including sexual harassment; age; disability; genetic information; citizenship status; and protected veteran status. In addition, it is UT Southwestern policy to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Associated topics: adult psychiatry, child psychiatry, clinical, consult, consultant, consulting, mhc, neuropsychiatry, psychiatry, pyschiatrist

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