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Location

New Haven, CT | United States

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Job description

The Yale Department of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases is seeking an energetic and dedicated individual to fill a statistician position. The ideal applicant should be passionate about advancing early detection of pancreatic cancer to improve survival of this deadly disease through the integration of clinical risk factors with genetics. This position involves analysis of large epidemiologic datasets from the Veteran Health Administration, Million Veteran Program, and other studies.

Essential Duties

Develops operational procedures for collection, editing, verification, and management of statistical data.

2. Develops and implements relevant statistical programs to incorporate data from multiple projects.

3. Designs comprehensive relational databases with working knowledge of the scientific applications impacting on the data analysis and reporting.

4. Assists faculty and other research professionals with the formulation and description of appropriate statistical methods.

5. Evaluates research studies and recommends statistical procedures to analyze the data.

6. Carries out comprehensive statistical analysis for a broad spectrum of types of data and types of studies.

7. Integrates the research methodologies of multiple projects into bio-statistical analyses.

8. Prepares reports summarizing the analysis of research data, interpreting the findings and providing conclusions and recommendations.

9. Presents talks, seminars, or other oral presentations on the methodology and analysis used in scientific studies.

10. Assists investigators in preparation of research grant applications by writing research methods sections pertaining to acquisition, analysis, relevance and validity of data.

11. Participates in the preparation of manuscripts that are submitted for peer reviewed publication.

12. May supervise and provide training for lower level or less experienced employees.

13. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education And Experience

Master’s Degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, or a related field and four years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skill/Ability 1

Solid proficiency in SAS, R or STATA programming, including data manipulation and analysis procedures to conduct data analysis on longitudinal and case-control data sets.

Required Skill/Ability 2

Excellent organization skills.

Required Skill/Ability 3

Excellent communication skills.

Required Skill/Ability 4

Excellent written skills.

Required Skill/Ability 5

Detail oriented.

Preferred Education, Experience And Skills

Knowledge of R programming and other languages is highly desired.

Drug Screen

No

Health Screening

No

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

Required

The University maintains policies pertaining to COVID-19. All faculty, staff, students, and trainees are required to comply with these policies, which may be found here:

https://covid19.yale.edu/healt...

Posting Disclaimer

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.

EEO Statement

University policy is committed to affirmative action under law in employment of women, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Additionally, in accordance with Yale’s Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment, and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran.

Inquiries concerning Yale’s Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment may be referred to the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility (OIEA).

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