Biostatistician 2

Company: Stanford Medicine
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

The Stanford Department of Radiation Oncology's mission is to create and deliver the most innovative, equitable, environmentally sustainable, personalized care and education through compassion, cutting edge technology and transformative research. The department is seeking a Biostatistician 2 to be with some independence, consult with investigators to refine research questions, define hypotheses, design studies and devise analysis plans. They will work with faculty to implement analysis plan and publish findings. The biostatistician will present results orally to clinical investigators and provide guidance on study design and analysis issues.

Our interdisciplinary team includes clinical and research faculty with broad levels of research expertise within the context of radiation oncology care delivery and practice. This individual will join a team with direct access to clinical resources, clinical datasets, and data generated from cutting-edge research in translational medicine to create new analyses and visualizations as we empower data-driven clinical care.

Stanford School of Medicine, and the Department of Radiation Oncology are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion for its staff, residents, fellows, & faculty. We aim to recruit, support, retain, & promote diversity. This position may be either hybrid or fully remote.

Duties include:

• Develop and implement protocol for quality control.
• Create analytic files with detailed documentation.
• Select appropriate statistical tools for addressing a given research question.
• Implement data analysis through statistical programming.
• Present results for investigators using graphs and tables.
• Summarize findings orally and in written form.
• Participate in the preparation of papers for publication.
• Consult with investigators on appropriate statistical approaches to data analyses; assist in study design and proposal development.
• Mentor collaborators in areas of experimental design, quality control, and statistical analysis.
  * - Other duties may also be assigned
  
  EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):
  
  Master's degree in biostatistics, statistics or related field and at least 3 years of experience.
  
  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):
  
  • Proficient in at least two of R, SAS, SPSS, or STATA.
  • Skills in descriptive analysis, modeling of data, and graphic interfaces.
  • Outstanding ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated excellence in at least one area of expertise, which may include coordinating studies; statistical methodology such as missing data, survival analysis, statistical genetics, or informatics; statistical computing; database design (e.g., expertise in RedCAP or MySQL); graphical techniques (e.g., expertise in Illustrator).
    
    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:
    
    • Frequently perform desk based computer tasks, seated work and use light/ fine grasping.
    • Occasionally stand, walk, and write by hand, lift, carry, push pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
      * - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
      
      WORKING CONDITIONS:
      
      May work extended or non-standard hours based on project or business cycle needs.
      
      WORK STANDARDS:
      
      • Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
      • Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
      • Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu .
        
        As an organization that receives federal funding, Stanford University has a COVID-19 vaccination requirement that will apply to all university employees, including those working remotely in the United States and applicable subcontractors. To learn more about COVID policies and guidelines for Stanford University Staff, please visit https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/working-stanford/covid-19/interim-policies/covid-19-surveillance-testing-policy
        
        Additional Information
        
        • Schedule: Full-time
        • Job Code: 5522
        • Employee Status: Regular
        • Pay Grade: I
        • Requisition ID: 94295 As an organization that receives federal funding, Stanford University has a COVID-19 vaccination requirement that will apply to all university employees, including those working remotely in the United States and applicable subcontractors. To learn more about COVID policies and guidelines for Stanford University Staff, please visit https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/working-stanford/covid-19/interim-policies/covid-19-surveillance-testing-policy

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