What are the responsibilities and job description for the Statistician position at University of Michigan?
Responsibilities*
Provide statistical support analyzing health-related data derived from sources including but not limited to electronic medical records, biobanks, public research databases, and/or insurance claims databases; support development of quantitative analysis plans; write, test, and implement programs using SAS/STATA/R to clean, manage, merge, and analyze large, complex datasets; prepare and maintain technical documentation of data and analysis files; summarize, interpret, and present results in written, tabular and visual formats for reports, manuscripts, and presentations; assist in writing and editing reports, abstracts, manuscripts, conference presentations, and grant proposals; participate in discussions on analysis and improvement of data collection, quality of data analyses, programming and documentation; & communicate with institutional collaborators and regulatory agencies. 100% remote.
Required Qualifications*
Masters degree in economics, statistics, biostatistics, or related 1 yr experience using R or other statistical computing software to plan and conduct statistical analyses & interpretation of large healthcare datasets and surveys for research purposes; using descriptive statistics and testing to explore datasets and relationships between variables; summarizing analyses in data visualizations, tables, and reports using R or other statistical computing software; & using inferential statistics to solve analytic problems, including using statistical tests, generalized linear models, generalized linear mixed models, generalized estimating equations, survival analysis, mixed models with repeated measures. Experience must also include writing manuscripts for journal publication and conference abstracts.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.
Provide statistical support analyzing health-related data derived from sources including but not limited to electronic medical records, biobanks, public research databases, and/or insurance claims databases; support development of quantitative analysis plans; write, test, and implement programs using SAS/STATA/R to clean, manage, merge, and analyze large, complex datasets; prepare and maintain technical documentation of data and analysis files; summarize, interpret, and present results in written, tabular and visual formats for reports, manuscripts, and presentations; assist in writing and editing reports, abstracts, manuscripts, conference presentations, and grant proposals; participate in discussions on analysis and improvement of data collection, quality of data analyses, programming and documentation; & communicate with institutional collaborators and regulatory agencies. 100% remote.
Required Qualifications*
Masters degree in economics, statistics, biostatistics, or related 1 yr experience using R or other statistical computing software to plan and conduct statistical analyses & interpretation of large healthcare datasets and surveys for research purposes; using descriptive statistics and testing to explore datasets and relationships between variables; summarizing analyses in data visualizations, tables, and reports using R or other statistical computing software; & using inferential statistics to solve analytic problems, including using statistical tests, generalized linear models, generalized linear mixed models, generalized estimating equations, survival analysis, mixed models with repeated measures. Experience must also include writing manuscripts for journal publication and conference abstracts.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.