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Position Title: Biostatistician
Location: Hybrid based in Jacksonville, FL
Department: Biomedical Research Informatics Center (BRIC)
Reports To: Manager, Research Biostatistics
Overview:
The Biostatistician is a critical contributor to the Biomedical Research Informatics Center (BRIC), providing essential support as part of the Biostatistical Core. This hybrid role focuses on collaboration with researchers in the North Florida (Jacksonville) region, working alongside clinical investigators, physicians, and scientists in multidisciplinary research environments. This position requires a minimum of 3 years of post-Master's degree experience as a statistician/biostatistician.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with the design of clinical, epidemiological, and basic science research studies
- Draft statistical analysis plans for research proposals and grant applications
- Perform sample size calculations and power analyses
- Manage, analyze, and interpret complex clinical datasets
- Prepare statistical results for study reports, publications, and presentations
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful pediatric health research in a dynamic and collaborative setting. The Biostatistician will play a pivotal role in advancing scientific discovery and improving health outcomes for children through support of diverse clinical studies.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field (required)
- Minimum of 3 years of post-Master's degree experience as a statistician/biostatistician
- Proficiency in statistical and data science software (e.g., R, SAS, Python)
- Experience with health-related data and familiarity with clinical and biomedical research
- Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently while fostering team collaboration
- Effective technical communication, including writing, presenting, and documenting code
Preferred Experience:
- Pediatric research
About Us
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized children's health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children's hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we're on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children's health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child's world a place to thrive. It's a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children's and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .